One of the largest and most advanced companion animal teaching hospitals in the world, the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania sees more than 28,000 patient visits a year, including more than 12,000 through the Emergency Service. It has the largest caseload of any university-associated veterinary teaching hospital.

 

   Friends of the Ryan Veterinary Hospital at Penn play an important role in ensuring the highest level of patient care. Thanks, in part, to their generous support, many medical feats that would have been considered miracles a decade ago now occur every day at the veterinary hospital.

 

   Annual gifts through the Friends program provide a critical source of unrestricted funds to support the Ryan Veterinary Hospital's basic operations, funding interns' salaries, minor equipment purchases, and clinical enhancements. Without the Friends' support, the veterinary hospital could not maintain its standard of excellence. 

 

   Donors can support the Ryan Veterinary Hospital through a variety of special programs:

• Great Living Legends and The Friendship Tree--Create a lasting tribute to honor your special companion animal while supporting the School's Junior Faculty Research Fund, which provides funds for important research of companion animal diseases. With a Great Living Legends gift, a plaque with the picture of your pet and your citation will be placed in the waiting area. A contribution to The Friendship Tree enables the donor to have a pet's name and a citation on a tag placed on the tree sculpture in the waiting room. 

• Pet Memorial Program--Established in 1982, the Pet Memorial Program has grown from a handful of veterinarians to a large group of practitioners across the country who make gifts in memory of clients' pets. The funds raised enhance teaching and service, which enables the Ryan Veterinary Hospital to provide the best veterinary care for its companion animal patients and remain at the forefront of veterinary education.

Pet Memorial Program Card Order Form  

• Planned Giving Program--Learn about the benefits of naming the Ryan Veterinary Hospital as a beneficiary of your will, retirement plan, life insurance policy, life income gift or other type of planned giving arrangement by visiting the Planned Giving web page.

   For your convenience, support the Ryan Veterinary Hospital at Penn now by making a gift with your credit card through a secure online transaction. Or you may send your gift today to: Office of Development and Alumni Relations, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6047.

 

   For more information on how to support the Ryan Veterinary Hospital, please contact Elana Beck Arons, Director of Development for the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital, at (215) 898-4235 or at elbeck@vet.upenn.edu.