Dear OSU Veterinary Students,
As 1993 graduates of the Ohio State University School of Veterinary Medicine, we are interested in giving back to our profession and especially our alma mater by participating in student learning experiences such as externships, elective rotations, etc.
Kingsbrook Animal Hospital is a growing 8 doctor, 12 licensed technician, AAHA, small animal/exotic practice in Frederick, MD, a suburb of Washington, DC.
Kingsbrook Animal Hospital has cool equipment, practices great medicine and surgery, has excellent relations with area veterinary specialists as well as a successful mentoring program. What really sets us apart is our people. Our staff members are very involved in our success and are what makes our hospital different than most. Check out our Google Reviews--they are all about our people. If you haven't looked at our website, be sure to watch our video and hear what our clients say about us.
Kingsbrook Animal Hospital is very involved in improving our community. Our website has information on our Vet Academy for school students, our benevolent fund called the Kylie and Cricket Memorial Fund, our Haunted Hospital, etc.
We are original members of Cynthia Wutchiett and Denise Tumblin's Well Managed Practice Group. This has allowed us to further develop each of our doctor’s practice management and business skills. You will often see our hospital cited and our doctors quoted in Vet Economic's yearly BenchMark Study.
In addition to attending national meetings, we conduct extensive in-hospital educational programs for our staff:
Dr. Jane Shaw, Associate Professor of Veterinary Communication of Colorado State University and an expert in veterinarian-client-patient interactions vists our hospital quarterly to develop our staff’s communication skills.
Dr. Cindy Charlier AVDC, of Veterinary Dental Education regularly visits our hospital to conduct clinics to further develop our dentistry skills.
Last year we hosted Dr. Andy Roark of the Uncharted Veterinary Conference to develop our team.
We have laprascopic surgery, in-house lab equipment, ultrasound, have digital dental xrays and are very advanced in dentistry. We perform a variety of surgeries including laparscopic spays, abdominal exploratories, gastrotomies, cystotomies, enterotomies, vulvoplasties, lump removals, and oral surgery.
For more information, give us a call or email.
References from area specialists, WTA Veterinary Consultants and others are available upon request.
Brent Cook, Morse Davis and Adrienne Cardella
301 631 6900
Kingsbrook Animal Hospital
5322 New Design Road
Frederick, MD 21703
We are here to help you develop the skills you feel you need to master to be a successful veterinarian (and of course, we can offer some suggestions!)
The licensed techs and client service reps of our AAHA hospital are our greatest resource--better than any toy or gadget. They can teach you anything!
Our Equipment includes:
--Digital Radiographs (we are Penn Hip certified as well)
--Digital Dental Radiographs
--Video Cameras in each exam room for communication training
--Therapy Laser
--Surgical Laser
--Ultrasound
--Laparoscopic surgery
--Ligasure
More important than toys, we can offer great mentorship in Communication, Business, Dentistry, Anesthesia, Medicine and Surgery that you may not receive in school or feel that you need further help with. Our doctors and techs have are excellent, experienced mentors:
Communication: You can observe our doctors while they see patients and eventually examine pets in our doctor's presence, then review the videos with your mentor. We can help you learn the skills needed to handle difficult conversations regarding such topics as controversial diets, preventive medication compliance, and end of life/quality of life.
Business for those thinking of one day owning a hospital: Good medicine is also good business, but at the end of the day if you own a hospital and can't run a business, it doesn't matter how good a doctor you are. You can elect to join our doctors as they review their quarterly Service Analysis or work with our managers as they deal with day to day human resource issues and work to elevate our support staff to the next level. Or you can say, "That's not for me!" and use that time to develop other skills.
Dentistry: We can teach you how to communicate to your clients the importance of home dental care and routine teeth cleanings (versus waiting until these are salvage procedures). We can teach you how to take and interpret dental radiographs and we are very good at non-traumatic, pain free tooth extractions of multi-rooted teeth.
Anesthesia & Analgesia: Our anesthetic protocols are tailored for each patient--nothing cookie-cutter. We can help you develop confidence in selecting anesthetic protocols, providing CRI's, experiment with different analgesic protocols, and learn how to properly secure and record controlled drugs
Pharmacy: There are many drugs available to better the lives of our patients, but only when used judiciously in a responsible manner. Our doctors can help you learn to responsibly select appropriate medications and use them in a way to enhance the quality of life for your patients.
Surgery: Our doctors perform a full range of surgeries (including but not limited to GI exploratories, liver/spleen/lymph node/stomach/intestinal biopsies, splenectomies, oral surgery, surgical tooth extractions, spay/neuters, dermal mass removals, cystotomies, urohydropulsion...). Orthopedic procedures are performed in our hospital by a regularly visiting board certified surgeon.
We are here to help you development the skills you feel you need in order to be a successful veterinarian. Our hospital is open from 7am to 6 pm Monday to Friday and 7 to 1 on Saturdays. You are welcome to attend any/all of these hours.
We realize that we are not an easy commute from OSU. As such, housing will be provided for interested students either in a staff member's home (when available) or in a nearby hotel.