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 veterinary students and interns.

The Foster Hospital for Small Animals at the 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 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 26,500. The Foster Hospital for Small Animals is a full-service hospital and an approved ACVECC resident 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, interventional radiology procedures, 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 are staffed 24 hours a day. The technical support staff of the hospital is well educated and specialized, with 18 full-time ICU technicians (two boarded by the AVECCT) caring for approximately 8,000 cases per year that present through the ER and 2,000 cases hospitalized in the ICU. Many other highly trained technicians provide round-the-clock supportfor animals hospitalized in other areas of the hospital. 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 anesthesiateam. Faculty and house officers in the emergency and critical care services include board certified emergency and critical care clinicians, Tufts residents, Tufts VETS residents, 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. The applicant should be aware that the hospital has a dress code.

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. Elizabeth.Rozanski.

The applicant should submit his or her application through AAVC's Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program.

Tufts University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.