Allegheny Veterinary Service in Elkins, is a privately owned, premier facility complete with a pristine, well-equipped small animal and equine hospital located in the mountains of West Virginia. Our mission is to offer state-of-the-art point of care veterinary medicine, serving as an oasis of care in rural West Virginia. 

Facility is a 7000 sq ft small animal hospital, well-equipped equine haul-in facility, and busy large animal ambulatory service. Owner and senior veterinarian is internship trained, ABVP certified (Equine), and teaches in the equine/pre-vet program at West Virginia University.  We embrace teaching and mentorship as part of our culture. 

What to expect from us:

• One on one learning – We generally only take one student at a time to ensure that you get actual hands-on experience.  
• Variety of cases – Caseload and type will depend on the time of year. 
  • Small animal cases
    • Annual exams & preventative care
    • Advanced orthopedic procedures: Bone plating, CBLO and more.
    • Internal medicine, infectious disease, dermatology, ophthalmology and small amount of exotic patients.
    • Chemotherapy, hospice care.
  • Equine cases
    • Ambulatory and Haul-in
    • Preventative care and Referral level cases
    • Lameness, imaging and sport horse
    • Neonatal emergencies with Small amount of repro
    • Emergency: lacerations, colic workups, medical colic treatment
    • Ophthalmology: cyclosporine implants, uveitis management, enucleations
    • Surgery: Castration, cryptorchids, neurectomy, minor orthopedics
  • Food animal
    • Primarily 4H projects/goats/sheep/beef cattle
    • Pot-bellied pig surgery and care
    • Minor herd management (health plans, palpations, ultrasound for pregnancy)
• Excellent medicine – We are well equipped with the right equipment to provide the best care for our patients including: ligasure, surgical laser, endoscopy, in house labs, ultrasound and more. 
  • Extensive laboratory experience – Learn how to read fecals, urinalyses, skin cytologies, FNAs, uterine cytologies and more. Learn how to process and package samples for outside diagnostic labs.
  • Surgical experience – Depending on the level of experience and time of year, we work with our local humane society to get surgical experience for our students.  Senior externs can expect to have some excellent hands-on surgical time.
• Fun and Inspiring working with a GREAT staff in a fantastic atmosphere.
  • Tenured staff with one RVT and two other advanced assistants who are RVT board eligible.  All staff are willing to teach and enjoy having students. 
• Housing – Several options are available provided by us.

What we expect from you:

• Engagement – Research about ongoing cases. Look up drugs that you are unfamiliar with.  Formulate questions about medications and treatments.  We do not expect you to know everything! But, the more you engage with us, the more we will engage with you and the better your experience!
• Professionalism – Our clients LOVE our students.  Practicing your professionalism and communication (both verbal and nonverbal) will develop soft skills that are essential to success in  the veterinary profession. 
• Teamwork – Our team loves to teach.  Stay busy, chip in, ask where you can help, and you will reap benefits from the entire staff!