Phone: (631) 475-1312639 Route 112

Patchogue, NY 11772

service@paumanokvethospital.com

Paumanok

Veterinary

Hospital Community service in action

www.PaumanokVetHospital.com

We are proud of Paumanok’s commitment to improve the lives of the people, animals, and environment of our community.

We hope you’ll join us.

Paumanok is the Indian name for Long Island. It literally means, “island in the shape of a fish.” It was immortalized in a poem by the famous Long Island native, Walt Whitman.

Dr. David Roy Hensen, DVM, DABVP Diplomat of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners

(canine and feline)Dr. Deirdre M. Hensen, V.M.D.

Patchogue Rotary Animal Assisted Therapy Program (PRAAT)Carefully screened dogs visit hospitals, nursing homes, handicapped facilities and other human health care facili-ties. This interaction between dog and human patient has proven to have tremendous benefit to the physical and emo-tional well being of the people visited.

History: Dr. Dave started this program shortly after opening Paumanok Veterinary Hospital. PRAAT is actually a Rotary Club community service program. Dr. Dave wanted the emphasis to be on helping people first. When PRAAT was established, animal assisted therapy was not well grounded in the medical arena. Today it is an integral part of most hu-man health care facilities. PRAAT remains the largest and, we like to think, the best animal assisted therapy program in Brookhaven.

Commitment: After canine candidates are screened and se-lected (only 40% pass), they must go through a mandatory dog obedience course. The trainers continue to evaluate the dogs during this period. Those dogs that make it through training are individually taken to a participating facility to see how they do in a real life situation.

Volunteers are expected to make two visits a month for one year. The volunteer is expected to pay for training, but af-ter a volunteer completes all 24 visits, the money spent on training will be reimbursed. We also provide instruction to our human volunteers on what to expect in human health-care facilities and how to interact with disabled people.

Volunteers are expected to maintain their pet’s well being and health care. PRAAT volunteers DO NOT HAVE TO USE PAUMANOK VETERINARY HOSPITAL for veteri-nary services. However, we need access to the dog’s medical records and the care must be provided by a New York State licensed veterinarian working in a hospital setting. Clinics do not qualify.

When: This program runs year round.

How to learn more or get involvedhttp://praatinc.orgpraat@optonline.net631.207.9325639 Route 112Patchogue, NY 11772

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Pets over Paralysis (POP) Photo FundraiserProfessional-quality photos will be taken of your pets, and we’ll give you a photo package in time for the holiday season.

Your donation will benefit the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and the Center for Paralysis Research, Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.

When: generally the first Sunday of October.

Key people: Dr. Dee Hensen, Mr. Wally Broege, Ms. Jane Broege, Mr. Rich Wozniak and Ms. Joan Wozniak and Paumanok staff

History: Started by Dr. Dee in 1993, in memory of her beloved dog Lauren. Lauren was euthanized for humane reasons. She suffered quadraparalysis, the victim of cervical vertebral spondylopathy, aka wobbler syndrome. Over the years we have raised over $30,000 for paralysis research..

How to get involved: Just call Paumanok Veterinary Hospital at 631-475-1312.

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RotaryService Above Self

Rotary International is the world’s first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio.

Dr. Dave Hensen joined Patchogue Rotary in 1993 and has been active ever since. He is currently a member of Middle Island Rotary. He served as President of Patchogue Rotary in 2002-03 and is slated to serve as president of Middle Island Rotary in 2010. Some of the Rotary programs credited to Dr. Hensen include Patchogue Rotary Animal Assisted Therapy (PRAAT) and Rotary Energy Conservation and Sustainability task force (RECS 7260). He is a Paul Harris fellow and Rotary Foundation benefactor.

For more information about Rotary visit www.rotary.org or ask Dr. Dave about it.

This program provides high school students tutorial programs about many aspects of animal careers. It is a cooperative program between the Long Island Veterinary Medical Association (LIVMA) and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County (CCE). Paumanok has been involved with the program every year since 1992.The first session always deals with what it takes to get into veterinary school and what to expect after graduation. Other topics may include companion animal medicine, laboratory animal medicine, acupuncture, surgery, radiology, equine medicine, industrial veterinary medicine, zoo medicine, and more. Students are required to shadow a local veterinarian . This gives students and their parents an idea of what to expect in an animal-related career.When: Five Tuesdays in March occasionally extending into April. The students are expected to arrange their own shadow experience with a local veterinarian, Students completing the course receive a certificate.Where: The Suffolk County building on Yaphank Avenue in Yaphank (exit 67 of LIE)Key people: Dr. Dee Hensen and Ms. Britney Accettella (CCE)How to get involved: Call Paumanok at 631-475-1312 or ask your guidance counselor or biology teacher about the program. ALL SCHOOLS ON LONG ISLAND are notified; if your school is not aware of the program, call CCE at 631-852-4603

Veterinary Medicine Career Exploration Program

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Career Orientation Students

Pet Photos with Santa

Each December, Paumanok Veterinary hospital is transformed to the North Pole. We’ll take a photo of you and your pet with Santa in our beautiful winter wonderland!

Your photos will be burned onto a CD on the spot. Typically we take twenty photos of each pet, children and families may be included.

All proceeds are given to the Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), a leader in providing service dogs to people with disabilities other than blindness. Since 1992, our Photos With Santa events have raised more than $8,000 for CCI. (For more information about CCI: www.cci.org)

When: The first Sunday of December

Key people: Dr. Dave (photographer), Dr. Dee (Santa – yes Santa is a girl) and the entire Paumanok staff

Special thanks to Sara Jean Hammel and her CCI dog Tulane

For more information or to schedule a photo appointment, call Paumanok at 631-475-1312.

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Paumanok Annual Open House

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Find out what goes on behind the scenes at a veterinary hospital!

One day each year, we open our hospital to the public for tours and demonstrations. Especially geared for youth contemplating a career in animal care, we include allied animal fields such as Canine Companions for Independence, PRAAT, and Cornell Cooperative Extension. This is event is free, and many animal care samples are distributed. This event is exclusively for our human friends; please leave your pets in their own comfortable homes!

When: The last Sunday of March—or whatever Sunday coincides with the annual Patchogue Saint Patrick’s Day parade. Check our web site or call our hospital in late February to learn the exact date and time.

Key people: Dr. Dave, Dr. Dee and the entire Paumanok staff

Open house

Paumanok Volunteership: To participate in this competitive program, students must fill out an application and write an essay. Students who are accepted spend one afternoon a week shadowing the doctors and observing the staff do their jobs. The six-month program gives participants an excellent feel for what veterinary medicine is all about. This program is geared to high school students age 14 and up.

Scouting and school group tours

Geared for younger students, Dr. Dee has fun talking to kids about taking care of animals and role playing with them about what it is like to be a veterinarian.

Long Island Mentor Program

In this formal program between local High schools and businesses, students have an opportunity to shadow the doctor. Traditionally, this is held on Ground Hog Day, February 2. Paumanok always participates.

High school career days. We regularly attend Career Day events in local high schools.

Informal shadow experience. We almost always let anyone of any age follow us around for a single day and it’s hit or miss in terms of what we have going on any particular day. Our only rule: one person at a time!

Training site for BOCES Adult Veterinary Assisting program

Suffolk Community College Veterinary Technician Program We offer our hospital to the internship program to train technicians in their second year so they may gain valuable clinical experience.

Rotary vocation days

Vocational

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Dr Dee with Volunteer Candice The young man’s name is Connor

Rotary Youth Exchange

High school students from abroad spend an academic year in this country, and we send students abroad. Drs. Dee and Dave have served as a host family for two students, and Dr. Dave has served as counselor for more than ten students. He also arranges field trips to the Bronx Zoo.

Stony Brook University (SBU) International Student host family program

The students involved with this program are generally graduate students at SBU and live independently. Host families serve as friends to the students and give valuable advice about local customs and points of interest. The students are invited to join their host families in celebrating the traditional American holidays.

Group Study Exchange

Professionals ages 25 to 40 from other countries visit the United States to see how their professions are practiced here. Teams are composed of one team leader--always a Rotarian--and four other Non-Rotary members. We also send young professionals abroad. Drs. Hensen and Paumanok Veterinary Hospital are fixtures for anything related to animal care and conservation.

International Programs

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Ranger Justine + GSE Team (from India)

Halloween Dog Costume Parade and Contest

What: This is our newest community service project: a dog costume contest with many awards given to the dogs and fun for everyone. It is FREE to the public.

Purpose: To raise awareness of PRAAT, look for volunteers and bring people to the CCE farm.

When: The Sunday before Halloween

Where: Cornell Cooperative Extension Education center and farm in Yaphank.

Key organizations: Patchogue Rotary Animal Assisted Therapy Program, Paumanok Veterinary Hospital, Middle Island Rotary, Cornell Cooperative Extension

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Friends of Fire Island National Seashore

Dr. Dave Hensen is a fixture! He is currently serving as President and is generally credited with revitalizing this organization after its founder and first president, Vinny Lynch, passed away several years ago. Friends of Fire Island is a public support organization that benefits the national seashore.

Wild Life Conservation Society Heritage Circle

Working to conserve wildlife and the environment, The Wildlife Conservation Society consists of the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Coney Island Aquarium and Queens Zoo, and all the international field work. Both Dr. Hensens are members of the prestigious heritage circle. Dr. Dave regularly arranges tours of the zoos for visiting Rotary groups: youth exchange, group study exchange, and others..

American Littoral Society –Concerned primarily with coastal issues, each year the Littoral Society oversees a national beach clean up.

Rotary District 7260 Energy Conservation and sustainability task force (RECS 7260) – the green force of local Rotary.

Conservation

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Emergency Response Commitment

The Paumanok Veterinary Hospital is one of the sites listed with the Long Island Veterinary Medical Association Disaster Preparedness committee to help animals in need during times of disaster.

After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Dr. Dave volunteered his time and expertise caring for the service dogs called into action. He also worked a shift during the 2004 Republican National Convention in Manhattan.

We enjoy working with local law enforcement personnel and emergency response professionals. We feel privileged to serve in this capacity, and we will not hesitate to volunteer whenever our services are needed.

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