A Minnesota veterinarian is getting ready to position his hobby for presidency coverage, One Well being, and public well being problems to paintings as an AVMA congressional fellow.
Meet Dr. Michael Streitz
Dr. Michael Streitz has been decided on to take part within the 2024-2025 George W. Bishop AVMA Fellowship Program, serving as a full-time clinical guide to a congressional workplace or committee. Dr. Streitz will follow his distinctive talents and veterinary wisdom to assist form public coverage on quite a lot of problems.
Dr. Streitz brings a big selection of public coverage enjoy to this function. He recently serves as a coverage liaison fellow within the U.S. Facilities for Illness Keep watch over and Prevention, Department of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Illnesses, in Atlanta. His background additionally comprises roles with the Mayo Health center and U.S. Division of Agriculture, and an externship with the Nationwide Beef Manufacturers Council.
The original point of view of veterinarians created thru our training and coaching will have to be thought to be when Congress addresses issues affecting animal and public well being, and veterinary medication.
Dr. Streitz additionally serves at the Advocacy Committee of the Georgia Veterinary Clinical Affiliation, reviewing veterinary-related law and advocating on behalf of Georgia veterinarians. Along with his policy-related paintings, he practices part-time with ShotVet in Atlanta, the place he supplies bodily assessments and vaccinations to cats and canines as a part of a cell veterinary care workforce.
A 2023 graduate of the College of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medication, Dr. Streitz additionally holds a grasp’s level in public well being.
“In the course of the AVMA’s fellowship program, Dr. Streitz will be able to paintings along lawmakers and their staffs on law that can immediately have an effect on animal welfare and the veterinary occupation,” mentioned AVMA President Dr. Rena Carlson. “His function embodies a basic theory of the AVMA that the original point of view of veterinarians created thru our training and coaching will have to be thought to be when Congress addresses issues affecting animal and public well being, and veterinary medication.”
To find extra details about the AVMA’s congressional fellowship program at avma.org/Fellowship.