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Nancy E. Halpern, DVM is Director of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture's Division of Animal Health. Prior to her appointment, she served as assistant director of livestock disease control (1999 to 2002).
 

Dr. Halpern has been owner of Large Animal Medical Associates since 1987, and has served as resident in theriogenology at the University of Illinois School of Veterinary Medicine and clinical instructor in ambulatory medicine at Virginia Tech's College of Veterinary Medicine. She has also served as an ambulatory medicine intern at Cornell; externships at both the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and Metropolitan Toronto Zoo; and as a research fellow at the San Diego Zoo, Oklahoma City Zoo and Royal Rotterdam Zoological and Botanical Garden in the Netherlands.
 

A graduate of Duke and Purdue Universities, Dr. Halpern is the recipient of many awards, including the New Jersey Association of Equine Practitioners’  "Equine Practitioner of the Year" (2000) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary’s Honor Awards for her work with West Nile Virus (2001).


Dr. Halpern is a member of numerous industry associations, including the National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials; Rutgers University Board for Equine Advancement; United States Animal Health Association; Northeast United States Animal Health Association, and New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association.

 

 

 

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