ACZM-Compliant Training Programs 
Status as of January 2025
Brookfield Zoo/Shedd/University of Illinois
Contact: Dr. Jennifer Langan 
Colorado State University/Denver Zoo
Contact: Dr. Jimmy Johnson
Columbus Zoo/Ohio State University/The Wilds
Contact: Dr. Priya Bapodra
The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Columbus, Ohio 43210
USA
Contact: Dr. Mads Bertelsen
Copenhagen Zoo
Roskildevej 38
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
DENMARK
Cornell Wildlife Population Health
Contact: Dr. Sara E. Childs-Sanford
Cornell University 
College of Veterinary Medicine
240 Farrier Road
Ithaca, NY 14853
USA
Houston Zoo
Contact: Dr. Kendra Bauer 
Houston Zoo
6200 Hermann Park Dr. 
Houston, TX 77030
USA 
 
 
Illinois Zoological and Aquatic Animal Residency (IZAAR)
Brookfield Zoo/John G. Shedd Aquarium/University of Illinois 
Contact: Dr. Jen Langan
Brookfield Zoo
3300 Golf Road
Brookfield, Illinois 60525
USA
Illinois Zoological Companion Animal Residency (IZCAR)
University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine 
Contact: Dr. Michelle Borsdorf
UIUC - Veterinary Clinical Medicine
2001 S. Lincoln Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61802
USA
Illinois Zoological and Wildlife Health Management Residency (IZWHR)
University of Illinois/Forest Preserve of Cook County/Brookfield Zoo
Contact: Dr. Matt Allender
Brookfield Zoo
3300 Golf Road
Brookfield, Illinois 60525
USA
Lincoln Park Zoo 
Contact: Dr. Kathryn C. Gamble
Director of Veterinary Services
Lincoln Park Zoo
2001 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
USA
Milwaukee County Zoo
Contact: Dr. Christy Rettenmund
10001 W. Bluemound Rd. 
Milwaukee, WI 53226
National Zoological Park
Contact: Dr. Katharine Hope
National Zoological Park
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20008
USA
North Carolina State University
Contact: Dr. Craig Harms
College of Veterinary Medicine
1060 William Moore Drive 
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
USA
Oklahoma City Zoo
Contact: Dr. Gretchen Cole 
Oklahoma City Zoo
2101 N.E. 50th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111 
USA   
Oklahoma State University
Contact: Dr. João Brandão
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Contact: Dr. Shawna Hawkins
  
Saint Louis Zoo 
Contact: Dr. Chris Hanley
Department of Animal Health
Saint Louis Zoo 
One Government Drive 
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
USA
Tufts University
Contact: Dr. Marjorie Bercier
University of California, Davis 
Captive Wildlife (Zoo) Emphasis 
Contact: Dr. Jenessa Gjeltema 
Chief of Service - Zoo Medicine
Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
One Shields Avenue
University of California
Davis, California 95616
USA
University of California, Davis 
Zoological Companion Animal Emphasis
Contact: Dr. David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman 
Zoological Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery
School of Veterinary Medicine
One Shields Avenue, 2108 Tupper Hall
University of California
Davis, California 95616
USA
University of Georgia       
Contact: Dr. Stephen Divers
Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30605
USA
University of Florida 
Contact: Dr. Amy Alexander
Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine
2015 SW 16th Ave
PO Box 100123
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32610-0123 
USA
University of Florida, Aquatic Veterinary Medicine 
Contact: Dr. Ruth Francis-Floyd
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
P.O. Box 100136, HSC
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32610-0136
USA
Université de Montréal/Granby Zoo
Contact: Dr. Claire Grosset 
Centre québécois sur la santé des animaux sauvages
Département de Sciences Cliniques
Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire
Université de Montréal
Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, J2S 7C6
CANADA
Université de Montréal
Zoological Companion Animal Emphasis 
Contact: Dr. Claire Grosset 
Centre québécois sur la santé des animaux sauvages
Département de Sciences Cliniques
Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire
Université de Montréal
Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, J2S 7C6
CANADA
Université de Montréal/Granby Zoo
Wildlife Focus
Contact: Dr. Stéphane Lair
Centre québécois sur la santé des animaux sauvages
Département de Sciences Cliniques
Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire
Université de Montréal
Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, J2S 7C6
CANADA 
University of Tennessee
Zoological Companion Animal Emphasis
Contact: Dr. Emi Knafo
College of Veterinary Medicine
Knoxville, TN
USA
University of Tennessee
Zoo Emphasis
Contact: Dr. Julie Sheldon
College of Veterinary Medicine
Knoxville, TN
USA
School of Veterinary Medicine
2015 Linden Drive
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin 53706 
USA
 
University of Zurich
Contact: Dr. Jean-Michel Hatt
Clinic of Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife Vetsuisse Faculty
Winterthurerstrasse 260
8057 Zurich
SWITZERLAND
University of Zurich/Zurich Zoo 
Contact: Dr. Jean-Michel Hatt
Clinic of Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife Vetsuisse Faculty
Winterthurerstrasse 260
8057 Zurich
SWITZERLAND
 
Wildlife Conservation Society            
Contact: Dr. Jean Pare
Wildlife Conservation Society
2300 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, New York 10460-1099
USA