Sarah A. LaMere

Sarah A. LaMere, DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

UC San Diego School of Medicine · La Jolla, California

Service & Affiliations

  • National Veterinary Council Animal Wellness Action Veterinarians advising on national animal-welfare policy. About the council
  • Board member & volunteer veterinary surgeon Friends of the Humane Society de Tijuana Helped found the San Diego–based nonprofit and, for several years, ran cross-border street clinics in Tijuana most weekends — eight to ten surgeries a day, more than a thousand in all — and led major street-rescue operations. friendsofhstj.org

Selected Media

  • U.S., Mexico volunteers team up to help strays in Tijuana CNN · September 2010 National coverage of the cross-border rescue effort, with Sarah as the veterinary authority quoted throughout. Highlighting Napoleon, the wonder dog. Read
  • Op-eds and commentary on science and research policy Times of San Diego · 2025– Public writing Author page
  • First captive wild animal to test positive for COVID-19 is no cause for excessive alarm KXXV · April 2020 Veterinary perspective on SARS-CoV-2 in animals. Read
  • Hurricane Harvey veterinary relief efforts — first of many Paws Into Grace · 2017 Sarah's own account of deploying to Houston as a relief veterinarian after Harvey. Read
  • Veterinarians dive in to aid Harvey victims, battle personal effects themselves dvm360 · September 2017 Coverage of the veterinary disaster-response effort Sarah took part in after Hurricane Harvey. Read
  • Latest studies haven’t changed spay/neuter recommendations Dr. Andy Roark · August 2016 On the evidence behind spay/neuter guidance. Read
  • The service spectrum: exploring the dazzling array of ways to use a veterinary degree dvm360 · May 2016 Profiles Sarah as a veterinarian who built a research career — from marine-mammal medicine to HIV. Read