Dr. Marina Tejada

Dr. Tejada is a Colombian-American veterinarian from New York City. She graduated from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2010. She has been a small animal and shelter medicine veterinarian at North Shore Animal League America for the past 12 years, serving as a Supervising Veterinarian since 2014.

Dr. Tejada is Director of Outreach with the Latinx Veterinary Medical Association, on the Alumni Association Executive Board at the Cornell veterinary college, member of the President’s Council of Cornell Women, and a class representative of her high school alumni association.

Her special interests include shelter medicine, surgery, emergency response, mentoring pre-veterinary and veterinary students, and promoting diversity and inclusion in veterinary medicine.