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Dr. Cindy Driscoll

Marine Mammal Conservation and Necropsy Examination Considerations

Dr. Cindy P. Driscoll is the first Fish & Wildlife Veterinarian for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Her responsibilities cover the health and disease issues for all natural resources in the state and the position is the first of its type on the East Coast. Dr. Driscoll formerly worked as the first marine mammal veterinarian for the US Department of Commerce Office of Protected Resources. Additionally, she has been a Clinical Instructor & Adjunct Associate Professor of Wildlife Diseases at the University of Maryland since 1992 where she also advises pre-veterinary students. She also collaborates with various federal agencies (USGS, USFWS, USDA Wildlife Services and Veterinary Services). Each year she is a faculty member for the aquatic training courses MarVet and AQUAVET. She provides marine mammal/ sea turtle/ wildlife lectures and necropsy labs for the Special Species Symposium, and lectures for University of Vermont, Penn State University, Frostburg State University, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and WorWic Community College. She is a member of the following professional associations: IAAAM member and served 3 years on the IAAAM Executive Board; AVMA member serving 6 years on the Committee on Environmental Issues and one year on the Regulatory Advisory Panel; WDA member serving on several committees: the Long-Term Vision Committee, Student Advisory Committee, Nominations Committee, and Teller Committee; and is also a member of AAWV. She also participates in numerous federal and state task forces including: Mid-Atlantic Zoonotic Vector-borne Disease Working Group, Chronic Wasting Disease Committee, Harmful Algae Task Force, and since 2007 has been a consultant to the federal government on biological terrorism. In 2014, with veterinary colleagues in the Caribbean, she facilitated the development of "Caribbean Watch" a One Health newsletter posted quarterly on the University of the West Indies School of Veterinary Medicine website. With husband John, daughter Caitlin, and bearded collie Wiley, she enjoys weekends at the family condo in Ocean City, MD. She is a concerned citizen for the environment and supports Chesapeake Bay and Maryland environmental causes. Her interest is also in encouraging student involvement in all matters concerning One Health, the veterinary profession, the environment, and health & disease of all natural resources, fish & wildlife.

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