Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts University

Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts University Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals provides specialty medical services for pets including 24 emergency care.

Please call 508-839-5395 before coming to the hospital. This account is not monitored by veterinarians. The Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals (FHSA) at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine provides 24-hour care for pets 365 days of the year. We offer consultation, referral and emergency veterinary services for cats, dogs, birds, fish, reptiles, and other small animals such as ferrets and guinea pigs. We are accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), a distinction awarded to only 15% of animal hospitals.

The AKC Canine Health Foundation honored Dr. Lisa Freeman, NG96, V91, A86, for her groundbreaking research into a diet-a...
03/24/2026

The AKC Canine Health Foundation honored Dr. Lisa Freeman, NG96, V91, A86, for her groundbreaking research into a diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs with it's inaugural Canine Health Discovery of the Year Award.

The award recognizes Freeman’s study with her team on diet-associated DCM, published last year in the American Journal of Veterinary Research, providing new clues to the cause. Although diet-associated DCM is relatively new, DCM is not. It is a disease of the heart muscle that can progress to heart failure or even sudden death.

Read more: https://vet.tufts.edu/news-events/news/inaugural-canine-health-discovery-year-award-goes-dr-lisa-freeman

[📸: Jeff Poole]

Associate professor Megan Mueller, Ph.D., discusses her research on how dogs can help teens through challenging times wi...
03/24/2026

Associate professor Megan Mueller, Ph.D., discusses her research on how dogs can help teens through challenging times with Mars, Incorporated. Mueller is leading the first ever longitudinal study looking into the impact of pet dogs on teens with social anxiety. This ground-breaking research is part of the Pets and Wellbeing Study (PAWS) program, led by Waltham in collaboration with leading academic institutes and experts.

Read more: https://www.mars-petsandwellbeing.com/blog/in-conversation-with-dr-megan-mueller-associate-professor-of-human-animal-interaction-hai-at-cummings-school-of-veterinary-medicine-at-tufts-university/

[📸: Jeff Poole]

Cummings School alums in action. Amici Cannis mentors, Dr. Danielle Diamond, V09, and Small Animal Internal Medicine Spe...
03/23/2026

Cummings School alums in action.

Amici Cannis mentors, Dr. Danielle Diamond, V09, and Small Animal Internal Medicine Specialist Dr. Antonia Ioannou, (Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency at Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals, 2021-2024) participate in a community vaccination clinic in Equador.

Current student, Caelan Treacy, V26, participates as part of their externship noting, "Growing my skills, growing independently, learning so much not just about surgery and community medicine, but also about myself. I am endlessly grateful. And so happy I have another week."

Tufts Alumni
Amici Cannis Foundation

[📸: Katie Holmes]

Calling all Cummings School alumni!Tufts University Veterinary Alumni Association is seeking nominations for our next Pr...
03/21/2026

Calling all Cummings School alumni!

Tufts University Veterinary Alumni Association is seeking nominations for our next President. If you know a leader who embodies the service and passion of our veterinary community, we want to hear from you!

Nominate someone today and help shape the future of our alumni association: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9XP36zMx5Wloqxw

The Street Vet, Dr. Kwane Stewart, will be on campus on Friday April 24, to talk with students, faculty, and staff about...
03/11/2026

The Street Vet, Dr. Kwane Stewart, will be on campus on Friday April 24, to talk with students, faculty, and staff about "The Immense Power of Kindness...and YOU!" Dr. Stewart gave a preview of his talk in a recent Q & A: https://vet.tufts.edu/news-events/news/q-dr-kwane-stewart-street-vet
Project Street Vet

The public is welcome to hear from Dr. Stewart on Saturday, April 25 at an event sponsored by the Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association: https://www.massvet.org/events/kwane-stewart-2026.

[📸: Kwane Stewart]

03/05/2026

Time to wake up!
Healing and helping. That’s what we do.
🐱💤

[🎥: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University]

When an animal ingests rat poison or ibuprofen, there is no time to waste getting treatment. Hemoperfusion can clear the...
03/04/2026

When an animal ingests rat poison or ibuprofen, there is no time to waste getting treatment. Hemoperfusion can clear the blood of selected toxins quickly and more safely with new technologies. Foster Hospital's Dr. Emmanuelle Butty, ACVNU, has published guidelines on emerging treatment options, including hemoperfusion, for pets with toxicities in The Veterinary Journal.

"Now that this modality is available it can really save lives. We had more risk in the past than we have now with this newer technology, but we also need clinical experience. These guidelines are based on these first five years we've been using this. They're going to be updated as we acquire more and more experience."

Read more: https://vet.tufts.edu/news-events/news/dr-emmanuelle-butty-publishes-guidelines-emerging-treatment-options-pets-toxicities

[📸: Jeff Poole. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine]

Meet Dr. Stephanie Maciorowski, V22, a resident on Foster Hospital’s Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care team. "As a ...
03/03/2026

Meet Dr. Stephanie Maciorowski, V22, a resident on Foster Hospital’s Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care team.

"As a student, I saw the compassion and hard work of the Tufts [Cummings School] team, and that is what drew me back for residency. The team is so caring, and we all work as a team to care for our patients."

Read more: https://vet.tufts.edu/news-events/news/meet-dr-stephanie-maciorowski

[📸: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine]

Dr. Mauricio Solano, Section Head of Diagnostic Imaging at Foster Hospital, & Dr. Cynthia Smith, V99, President and CEO ...
03/03/2026

Dr. Mauricio Solano, Section Head of Diagnostic Imaging at Foster Hospital, & Dr. Cynthia Smith, V99, President and CEO of the National Marine Mammal Foundation & a Tufts University trustee, recently co-hosted an interdisciplinary workshop on advancing pulmonary health assessment in dolphins.

“Our collaboration with Cummings School began about 20 years ago when Dr. Mauricio Solano, my former professor, agreed to help us advance diagnostic imaging techniques for bottlenose dolphins. Over the years, we have implemented these techniques in our health assessments of dolphins all over the world, from at-risk bottlenose dolphins impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in US coastal waters, to critically endangered river dolphins that are enduring rising water temperatures and deteriorating air quality in the Amazon.”
Dr. Cynthia Smith


Tufts Alumni

Read more: https://nmmf.org/nmmf-and-cummings-school-of-veterinary-medicine-at-tufts-university-host-interdisciplinary-workshop-to-advance-pulmonary-health-assessment-in-dolphins/

[📸: NMMF]

Just before tomorrow’s full moon or the worm moon.🌕[📸: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine]
03/02/2026


Just before tomorrow’s full moon or the worm moon.
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[📸: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine]

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