Founded by the Virginia General Assembly in 1978, the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine is a regional professional school affiliated with Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and the University of Maryland at College Park. The College operates three campuses, including the main campus installation at Virginia Tech, the Avrum Gudelsky Veterinary Center at College Park, Md., and the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va. One of 27 colleges of veterinary medicine in the United States, the VMRCVM offers educational programs, provides clinical care for clients throughout the region, and conducts a variety of animal and biomedical research programs.