Tatyana Shkolnaya, M.D., has joined the staff at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, as attending physician for pediatrics with hospital privileges. Shkolnaya has practices in Howell Township and Eatontown. She received her medical degree at Kievskij State Medicinskij Institute, Kiev, Ukraine, and completed her residency at St. Vincent’s Medical Center of Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. She resides in Long Branch.
PETCO Animal Supplies Inc. and the PETCO Foundation are launching a new program, "Think Adoption First." With this effort, PETCO will recommend adoption before purchase of any animal, and the kick-off event for the new initiative will be a National Adoption Days drive the weekend of Aug. 28-29.
According to a press release from PETCO, a similar event this past May helped more than 12,000 animals find homes nationwide. With this new effort and the additional animal welfare partners it will bring onboard, PETCO hopes to exceed that number.
The initiative is in conjunction with Petfinder.com, an Internet-based animal adoption organization. PETCO does not sell dogs or cats, and for almost 40 years has worked with shelters to find homes for adoptable animals, but the stores do offer small animals, reptiles and birds. In the local area, PETCO is located in Freehold Township on Route 9 north, in the Pond Road shopping center. More information is available at www.petco.com. To find adoptable animals, log on to www.petfinder.com.
Joseph E. Stampe of Allentown has been named vice president of development for the Foundation of University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. In his new position, Stampe will lead the fund-raising efforts for UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and its centers ad institutes, including the Child Health Institute of New Jersey and the Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey, which are both in the process of constructing new buildings in New Brunswick. In addition, he will work closely with development officers at the medical school’s Cancer Institute of New Jersey in its fund-raising efforts. Stampe will also oversee fund-raising efforts at the UMDNJ-School of Public Health.
Stampe has worked in the fund-raising field for the past 16 years, having been employed most recently by Rutgers University as the assistant vice president for development. He has a master’s degree in corporate and organizational communications from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Drew University, Madison.
The Foundation of UMDNJ is a nonprofit corporation governed by a volunteer board of trustees that solicits private sector support for the educational, research and health care programs of UMDNJ.
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