Tufts VETS Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Residency

The three year residency program is designed to provide advanced clinical training in emergency and critical care medicine to qualify the individual for certification by the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. The resident will participate in primary patient care, daily rounds, seminars and student teaching. Time is provided for professional development. The resident will be expected to develop research projects, develop areas of personal interest and to prepare manuscripts for publication. The resident will participate in the clinical teaching of second, third and fourth year veterinary students and interns. The resident will spend 50% of his or her time at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and 50% of their time at Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment Services (VETS) in Walpole, Massachusetts.

The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine's Foster Hospital for Small Animals is located in North Grafton, MA, about 40 miles west of Boston. The Emergency and Critical Care services operate within this facility, providing care for both walk-in emergency patients and referrals from veterinarians in the greater New England area. The emergency service manages over 8,000 cases annually out of a total hospital caseload of about 26,500. The Foster Hospital for Small Animals is a full-service hospital and an approved ACVECC training facility. The hospital is equipped to support all the veterinary medical specialties with facilities for surgery (five suites), anesthesia, endoscopy, hemodialysis, CRRT, blood banking, EMG and EEG, ultrasonography, fluoroscopy, nuclear scanning, spiral CT and MRI. Facilities and capabilities include echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and cardiac pacing, enteral and parenteral nutrition, radiation therapy using a linear accelerator, an intensive care unit (ICU) and a separate emergency room. The emergency and critical care services are supported by all of the clinical specialties within the hospital as well as an on-site diagnostic laboratory.

The emergency and critical care services at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine are staffed 24 hours a day. The technical support staff of the hospital is well educated and specialized with 18 ICU technicians (two AVECCT) caring for approximately 8,000 cases per year that present through the ER and 2,000 hospitalized in the ICU. The ICU is equipped to provide positive-pressure ventilation, dialysis (peritoneal and hemodialysis) and other advanced life support techniques. Emergency surgeries are performed by on call surgical residents and the anesthesia staff. The faculty and house staff for the ECC service includeboard certified emergency and critical care clinicians, Tufts residents, Tufts VETS residents, and small animal rotating interns and an ECC intern. Four to six fourth year DVM candidates rotate through the emergency and critical care services on a weekly basis. Residents participate in primary patient care and emergency receiving, clinical and didactic instruction of veterinary students and interns. Daily rounds, seminars and conferences are available. Critical care and other hospital faculty are available around the clock for consultation.

Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment Services is located in Walpole, Massachusetts. Walpole is situated about 25 minutes southwest of Boston and 45 minutes from the main veterinary campus in Grafton, MA. Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment Services (Tufts VETS) is owned by Tufts University. Tufts VETS is a referral practice housed in a 15,000 square foot state-of-the-art hospital. The clinic currently employs board certified clinicians in the fields of anesthesia, cardiology, dermatology, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, ophthalmology, radiology, and surgery. The hospital is staffed to provide emergency coverage for veterinary practices in the area 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Facilities include two surgical suites, blood banking, CT and mechanical ventilato, digital radiography, fluoroscopy, ultrasonography and equipment routinely used in emergency practice. The hospital is able to provide acute care for emergency cases and critically ill animals including, CPR, electrocardiography, direct and indirect blood pressure monitoring, pulse oximetry, thoracostomy and tracheostomy tube placement, mechanical ventilation, and stat laboratory work. The academic portion of training for Tufts VETS residents occurs during the time spent at Tufts University. Residents currently enrolled in this program are available for questions.

Appointments will be made for 12 months with annual renewal based on satisfactory completion of the previous year. A certificate of residency is awarded to the candidate upon successful completion of the training program. Residents participate in the University benefits programs, including health, professional disability and life insurance. Annual vacation and professional liability insurance are provided.

For further information, please contact Dr. Armelle deLaforcade or Dr. April Paul.

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