We’re a non-profit, 501C3, working to advance veterinary medicine while helping to improve the lives of pets everywhere. We work closely with the Animal Medical Center in New York City and the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary School at the University of Pennsylvania—home of the country’s first minimally invasive interventional radiology service— though our reach extends far beyond.
An established tool in human medicine, interventional radiology has tremendous potential for the treatment of serious maladies in pets. The procedure involves the use of contemporary imaging modalities to gain access to different structures in order to deliver materials for therapeutic reasons. With expert veterinarians like Dr. Berent, the veterinary community is acquiring and refining similar procedures to those in human medicine to provide nonsurgical alternatives with decreased morbidity/mortality rates, minimal anesthesia time, shorter hospital stays, and lower costs.
The Jack Ebrahimi Progam for Minimally Invasive Interventional Radiology and Endoscopic Procedures at the University of Penn will provide much-needed philanthropic support to perfect such treatments. Funding this program will help Penn continue as a center of excellence in minimally invasive procedures—as it is in so many other areas—and provide training to veterinarians around the world.
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