SMALL ANIMAL CLINICAL SCIENCES (VSCS)

The Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences is committed to enhancing the lives of companion animals and people through leading edge veterinary and client care, clinical trials and research, transformational education, and outreach. Our faculty are educators, focused on growing the next generation of primary care clinicians and specialists, scientists, and leaders. The department’s researchers study health issues common to both animals and humans in areas such as cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, orthopedics, aging, and oncology. We are strongly focused on serving our state, nation, and world.

VSCS offers the following one-year internships and three-year residency programs:

• Internal Medicine Internship

• Surgery Internship

• Anesthesiology Residency

• Cardiology Residency

• Emergency & Critical Care Residency

New Faculty

• Dermatology Residency

• Internal Medicine Residency

• Neurology Residency

• Ophthalmology Residency

• Surgery Residency

A number of new, high-impact clinicians have joined the department or will join the department in 2023. These include:

• Dr. Thomas Edwards, Research Associate Professor of Emergency and Critical Care

• Dr. Kara Moreno, Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

• Dr. Christina Gentry, Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology

• Dr. Jordan Vitt, Lecturer in Cardiology

• Dr. Kate Aicher, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology

We were also excited to welcome 3 faculty transfers with expertise in information services and librarianship.

• Ms. Molly Crews, Instructional Assistant Professor

• Ms. Pauline Melgoza, Associate Professor

• Ms. Laura Rey, Instructional Assistant Professor

Highlights from FY22 include:

Teaching

• VSCS continued its peer review of teaching program, led by Dr. Ashley Saunders, which enables educators to receive feedback on teaching content delivery. The program recently expanded to enable faculty to receive feedback on clinical rounds.

• There are currently 54 interns and residents within the department. Our internship and residency advisory committee, house officer wellbeing committee, and intern training committee have made key changes that improve support of trainees and ensure equitable work hours.

• The department has approximately 20 graduate students and post-doctoral trainees, working in areas that range from gastroenterology, neurology, and aging biology.

• Clinical Trials Fellowship

• Underserved Communities Rotating Internship

• Small Animal Rotating Internship

• Cardiology Internship