Abstract

Dr. Paul P. Calle graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1983, completed a 1-year internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the Animal Medical Center in New York City, followed by a 1-year internship in Zoological Medicine and Surgery at the San Diego Zoo. He was staff veterinarian at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs for 4 years until accepting a position as veterinarian with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) where he is currently a Senior Veterinarian. Dr. Calle is based at the Bronx Zoo, has primary responsibility for the healthcare of the animal collections at the New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, and Prospect Park Zoo, and shares clinical responsibility for the healthcare of the Bronx Zoo animal collections. In addition to clinical practice at these parks, he has traveled in support of WCS international field conservation projects. Dr. Calle is a Diplomate in the American College of Zoological Medicine. He is still married (to the same woman) after 23 years and three children (two daughters in college and a son in high school), and he lives in Danbury, Connecticut.