About Us

The Small Animal Clinical Skills Clubs (SACS) at Cornell is devoted to providing students with opportunities to practice and improve their clinical skills.

We host lectures and hands-on wet labs taught by residents or hospital technicians that allow students to practice clinical skills on both live animals and practice cadavers. Previous club events have included labs on dental radiography and dental techniques such as scaling and nerve blocks.

Two of our most memorable club events include the annual vaccination and SNAP test clinics hosted in the fall and spring. These clinics are open to students, staff, and faculty of the vet school and usually draw in around 60 animals per clinic. The clinics are run entirely by club members and volunteers and offer students opportunities to perform numerous vaccinations and blood draws under the supervision of our trusted advisers, Pati Kirch (LVT/Teaching Support Specialist), Carolyn McDaniel (VMD/Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Sciences), and Patrick Carney (Ph. D, DVM, ACVIM, Associate Professor, Section of Community Practice Service)