Dr. Marta Andelson (’19)
A shelter preceptorship wasn’t in the cards for Marta Andelson when she was a 4th year veterinary student at Iowa State. But today Andelson gets to observe the preceptorship first-hand. As the contact person for Wayside Waifs in suburban Kansas City, Andelson coordinates the preceptorship program for that metropolitan area’s largest and most comprehensive no kill pet adoption campus. In her role at Wayside Waifs, Andelson works with students not only from Iowa State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, but also students from other veterinary medicine schools across the United States and Canada. She shares the teaching component with another Wayside Waifs colleague which includes surgery, wellness and medical exams. “We are really proud to be able to provide surgical mentorship for students at the individual level, which allows us to give feedback on the surgical challenges unique to each student,” Andelson said. “Showing them how different high-volume doctors complete spays also helps each student develop their own approach to the surgery.”