Joseph Dabbraccio

About Joseph Dabbraccio

Joseph D’Abbraccio, DVMVeterinarian | Managing Partner at Catskill Veterinary Services | President, NYSVMSI’m a veterinarian, practice owner, and advocate committed to expanding access to high-quality, compassionate veterinary care. As Managing Partner of Catskill Veterinary Services, I lead a growing network of hospitals across the Hudson Valley — with a focus on general, urgent, and specialty medicine, including exotic animal care and large animal services.In my role as 2025 President of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society (NYSVMS), I work to advance the profession through advocacy, workforce development, and mentorship. Whether it’s building a specialty hospital from the ground up, guiding policy that supports veterinarians statewide, or mentoring the next generation of professionals — I’m all in on elevating veterinary medicine in New York and beyond.Let’s connect — especially if you’re passionate about animal care, veterinary leadership, or expanding services in underserved communities.

Experience

1. Board Member

   Veterinary Information Network

   Oct 2012 — Present

   The VIN Foundation (VF) was created in August 2005 and initially had a broad mission associated with the entirety of the veterinary profession. In the Fall of 2008, the VIN Foundation Board met to narrow their mission to better direct their efforts towards those most in need.Even though the Board was most focused on those who are need of an extra hand, the agenda is designed to view the entire veterinary profession as an integrated \"system\" such that each event or decision intended to aid one sector ensures a rippling effect to eventually impact all sectors of the profession.Although it cannot be denied that every colleague and career is unique, most travel similar avenues to get to those stressful transition points. And that first transition point is when the new grad, typically heavily laden with six-figure debt, formally enters the profession without a safety net of a support system to guide them through the shift from student to wage earner.Since we all affirm that a new graduate\'s first veterinary position may color how they view this profession for the rest of their life, it is important to us that this newly minted veterinarian has at their disposal the resources necessary to make the right decisions. Therefore, this this transition point was chosen as a key focus for the VIN Foundation in 2010.The VF Board is committed to reviewing all aspects of this transition in an attempt to use our resources to best help those new graduates.

Education

• SUNY New Paltz

  Biology

  2008 — 2009

• North Carolina State University

  Clinical Veterinary Training

  2011 — 2012

• State University of New York at Delhi

  Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS)

  2006 — 2008

• St. Matthew's University

  DVM

  2009 — 2012

Skills

• Radiology
• Medicine
• Pets
• Animal Nutrition
• Animal Husbandry
• Organizational Leadership
• Animal Welfare
• Veterinary Medicine
• Exotic Animals
• Client Education
• Soft Tissue Surgery
• Animal Behavior
• Critical Care
• Diagnostic Ultrasound
• Adult Education
• Animal Health
• Community Outreach
• Animal Surgery
• Veterinary
• Laser Therapy
• Dogs
• Team Leadership
• Emergency Medicine
• Animal Work