Who We Are

Dr. Leslie D. Appel is the Founder and Executive Director of Shelter Outreach Services (SOS). She is also a Courtesy Lecturer at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Prior to her current positions, Dr. Appel was a staff member at the ASPCA where she...

Dr. Elizabeth Barnes received her veterinary degree from University of Illinois. She completed an internship in Ambulatory (Farm Animal) Medicine and Surgery at Cornell Veterinary Hospital 1 year later. After several years in dairy and mixed animal practice, a move...

Dr. Bridget Barry grew up in a small city near Albany, graduated from Cornell in 1991, and has lived in Slaterville Springs on an old dairy farm ever since. Over the years she has worked at several small animal practices and currently works at Cornerstone Veterinary...

Dr. Christy Cable is a 1994 graduate of the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine.  Following graduation, she completed an internship and then a 3 year residence in Large Animal Surgery.  After her residency, she was a staff surgeon in the large animal...

Dr. Brian Collins grew up in upstate New York on a farm. Prior to attending the veterinary school at Cornell he worked at a wildlife rehabilitation center and managed an animal shelter. After graduation he worked in a mixed animal practice in central New York but for...

Dr. Lauren Jacobsen graduated with her DVM from University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign in 2008. Following graduation, she completed an equine surgical and medical internship in Arizona. She entered general practice and focused primarily on equine medicine for 8...

Annie grew up in Pittsburg PA, and graduated from Cornell in 2007. After an internship at UPenn, she stayed in Philadelphia doing emergency medicine for a few years. She then married her vet school sweetheart and moved to upstate NY, so he could work with cows. In...

Dr.Michelle Kaleta received her veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania.  She currently practices at the Towanda Creek Animal Hospital in Towanda PA, and has been a long time supporter of shelters, rescues and TNR efforts in Bradford county.  She is...

Bryan Langlois, DVM is a Shelter Veterinarian who has recently moved to the Bradford County area. Originally from Long Island, NY, he attended the Atlantic Veterinary College on Prince Edward Island, Canada and received his veterinary degree in 2005. He was the staff...

Dr. Paul Maza has been working for SOS since 2004.  He is also on the faculty of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.  In addition to the duties he has with SOS and the veterinary college, he runs a NGO called FARVets in which he leads teams to...

Dr. Michael Plotkin grew up in Rockaway Beach, NY, and has lived in central NY since 1989. After earning a BS in biology from the State University at Albany, he worked in biology research before pursuing a career in veterinary medicine. He received his DVM from...

Dr. Kim Snedden is the SOS Medical Director. Dr. Kimberly Snedden received her veterinary degree from Louisiana State University, after completing a Masters degree in Animal Nutrition at Cornell University. She worked several years in a mixed animal practice in New...

Dr. Thorne comes to us from the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. After graduating from the University of Guelph with her Bachelor's of Science, she attended vet school on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts at Ross University. As much as she enjoyed island life, she fell...

I am originally from Long Island and I obtained my undergraduate education at the State University of New York at Geneseo,  obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1996. I  then returned to school at the State University of Stony Brook to obtain my  prerequisites...

Dr. Gabrielle Woo grew up in Toronto, Canada, and graduated from Cornell with her DVM in 2017. She worked at a mixed animal practice in central New York for several years before returning to Ithaca with her husband, who is a Cornell graduate student. Gabby's...

Dr. Susan Yanoff graduated from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1980. After three years in private practice, she joined the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. While on active duty, she completed a 3 year residency in small animal surgery and became board...