Meet Our Team

Brian A. DiGangi, DVM
Shelter Medicine Resident
Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida
digangib@vetmed.ufl.edu

Dr. DiGangi is a third-year resident in shelter medicine.  During his veterinary school career, he completed clinical externships in both shelter medicine and exotic animal medicine. As co-founder of the University of Florida Student Chapter of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians, he volunteered at the county animal shelter on a regular basis, organized spay-neuter wet labs for students, regularly participated in Operation Catnip, and fostered animals for local rescue organizations.  Dr. DiGangi is currently pursuing certification as a general practitioner with the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners as well as a Master of Science degree in Veterinary Medical Sciences at UF. Special interests includ cleaning and disinfection; high quality, high volume spay-neuter techniques; and enhancing the welfare of animals in shelters.  Dr. DiGangi will be joining the faculty of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine this fall as a clinical assistant professor of shelter medicine. 

Education:

• Resident in Shelter Medicine, Cornell University, 2007-2009
• Intern in Small Animal Medicine, Surgery and Critical Care,  Long Island Veterinary Specialists, Plainview, NY, 2006-2007
• DVM, University of Florida, 2006
• BS, Animal Science, North Carolina State University, 2001

Publications:

• Griffin B, DiGangi BA, Bohling M. (2009). A Review of Spay-Neuter.  In Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine VI.  Ed. August J.  Saunders Elsevier: St. Louis.

• DiGangi BA. Cleaning and Disinfection for the Spay-Neuter Clinic.  2009.  Available at:  http://www.sheltervet.org/members/vtfasn/3e/DisinfectionS-NClinics.pdf

• DiGangi BA, Crawford PC, Levy JK. Outcome of cats adopted from a biomedical research program.  J Appl Anim Welfare Sci 2006; 9: 143-163.