As part of its educational mission, the Cornell Feline Health Center has sponsored annual seminars featuring speakers, update information, and events for veterinarians who specialize in feline practice. The first seminar held in 1989 was called the “Feline Specialist Symposium.” The second and later programs were simply called the “Feline Symposium” until Dr. John Saidla re-named the program in honor of Dr. Fredric W. Scott who retired in 1996. The early seminars consisted of handouts from individual talks as no proceedings books were compiled. They are continued by the Annual Fred Scott Feline Symposium Proceedings.