Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Residency - TCSVM

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 veterinary students and interns.

The Foster Hospital for Small Animals, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, is located in North Grafton, MA, about 40 miles west of Boston. The Emergency and Critical Care services operate separately within the same facility, providing care for both referral and "walk-in" emergency patients as well as for general medicine and surgical referrals from veterinarians in the greater New England area. The emergency service manages over 11,000 cases annually out of a total hospital caseload of 25,000. 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 (5 suites), anesthesia, special procedures (endoscopy, bronchoscopy), blood banking, neurology, radiology (including ultrasonography, fluoroscopy, CT and nuclear scanning and MRI) cardiology, nutrition and an oncology wing with 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 by an on-site diagnostic laboratory.

The emergency and critical care services are staffed 24 hours a day. The technical support staff of the hospital is well educated and specialized, with 17 full-time ICU technicians (2 boarded by the AVECCT) caring for approximately 11,000 cases/year that present through the ER and 2,000 cases hospitalized in the ICU. Many other highly trained technicians provide round-the-clock support in other areas. The ICU is equipped and able to provide care to patients at the highest level, including positive-pressure ventilation, dialysis (peritoneal and hemodialysis) and other advanced life-support techniques. Major emergency surgeries are provided by an on-call surgery and anesthesia staff. Faculty and house staff in the emergency and critical care services currently include 4 boarded emergency and critical care clinicians (1 is additionally boarded in cardiology and 2 in internal medicine), 1 board eligible emergency/critical care clinician who is also an ACVIM diplomate , 12 residents, and 5 rotating interns and 1 E/CC intern. 4-6 fourth year veterinary students 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.

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. A benefits package including health and professional liability insurance, vacation, and an annual travel allotment is available. Participation in the TIAA-CREF retirement plan (conditional upon completion of the three-year program) is available.

Applications, consisting of a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, veterinary college transcript, and 3 letters of reference must be submitted. An interview is not required for application, but is recommended. Candidates must possess a DVM/VMD degree or equivalent. Please submit to Joanne Melesky with return e-mail address.

For further information please contact Dr. Armelle deLaforcade or Dr. Elizabeth Rozanski.

Tufts Residents Enhanced Veterinary Education & Academic Learning (REVEAL) Program:
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University has a five-year NIH education grant focusing on veterinary residents, with the goal of attracting veterinarians to academic and research careers. The program is designed to first create the desire to pursue research and then to nurture these candidates with strong mentoring and programs, and readily accessible research opportunities. The program includes: 1) Symposia on spontaneous animal models of human disease to provide greater interaction with researchers from other disciplines and to increase opportunities for collaborative research; 2) a multi-function website to facilitate research, including web-based courses on laboratory techniques and applied statistical methods; 3) an academic seminar series that includes topics to foster an interest in research and to facilitate research training; 4) short-term introductory research electives; 5) intensive research training electives; and 6) an active mentoring program. For more information contact Dr. Lisa Freeman or visit the website: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/reveal.

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