Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Residency - TuftsVETS (Walpole)

The 3 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 their time at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and 50% of their time at Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment Services in Walpole, Massachusetts.

Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, 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 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, endoscopy, hemodialysis, 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 of Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine are staffed 24 hours a day. The technical support staff of the hospital is well educated and specialized with 17 ICU technicians (2 AVECCT) caring for approximately 11,000 cases/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 currently include 4 ACVECC boarded clinicians (1 is additionally boarded in cardiology and 2 in internal medicine) 1 board-eligible emergency/critical care clinician, 12 residents, and 5 rotating interns. Four to 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 mandatory. 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 new 15,000 sq ft state-of-the-art hospital. The clinic currently employs 2 dermatologists, one ophthalmologist, 1 ACVECC diplomate, 1 board eligible E/CC clinician, 2 internists, 1 radiologist, 1 board eligible surgery clinician and 1 board certified anesthesiologist. The hospital is staffed to provide emergency coverage for veterinary practices in the area 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Facilities include 2 surgical suites, blood banking, 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, 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. The current residents are available for questions.

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

Submit application with return e-mail address to Joanne Melesky.

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