It’s been ten years since we lost visionary, Dr. Sophia Yin. Her groundbreaking teachings continue to guide many through CattleDog Publishing®, Low Stress Handling®, the Small Animal Veterinary Nerdbook, and the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). Her enduring legacy is celebrated and perpetuated through the VIN Foundation Dr. Sophia Yin Memorial Fund. Her passion, science-based teachings, and experiences transformed the veterinary and pet professional communities. Without knowing their origin, many continue to use her techniques daily.
Upon Dr. Sophia Yin’s untimely death in 2014, her mother, Jackie, chose the VIN Foundation to honor her memory by creating the Dr. Sophia Yin Memorial Fund and making the VIN Foundation the new home of the Small Animal Veterinary Nerdbook. Donations to the Dr. Sophia Yin Memorial Fund support the VIN Foundation’s Vets4Vets® resources which help veterinary colleagues face challenges such as those that consumed Dr. Yin. The Small Animal Veterinary Nerdbook provides veterinarians and veterinary students with the critical information needed to help animals as they move forward in their veterinary careers.
Below is a tribute video honoring Dr. Yin’s legacy:
You are encouraged to share your comments regarding Dr. Sophia Yin’s Legacy below:
VIN Foundation
The VIN Foundation was founded by members of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) in 2005. VIN is an online community of veterinarians and veterinary students with over 100,000 members worldwide. The VIN Foundation’s charitable efforts are centered around the belief that a healthy veterinary profession is essential for healthy animal and human communities.
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The VIN foundations Vets4Vets program helped me to persevere and overcome a difficult time in my life, where practicing vet medicine felt overwhelming. Dr. Yins legacy continues to help me through the small animal nerdbook which I use daily.
Dear Iliya, thank you for sharing. We’re happy to hear the positive impact. Wishing you well. ~ Jordan
I am a Vet Tech and I had the extreme pleasure of meeting and working with Sophia. I will never forget she was the first veterinarian who actually got down on an exam room floor and started her work down there. I was inspired and as I’m hitting 30 years in the field this year, I attribute a lot of what I teach now to what she taught me.