Banfield Pet Hospital, Secaucus, NJ

Description of Elective Experience: 

Overall experience will encompass preventive care medicine, routine surgeries (OVH, castration, cystotomy, enterotomy), dental prophylactic care, medicine in primary care setting

Institutional and Educational Resources - staffing, equipment, etc.: 

Fully functioning, full staffed multi-doctor hospital (5+ DVMs) with a VT and nurses. Dental cleaning unit and Gas anesthesia with routine monitoring devices (SPO2, NIBP, EtCO2, Doppler, ECG) for surgery unit.

Student Responsibilities - what is expected of students in terms of hours, days of the week, shadowing or actual support?: 

Full time (4 to 5 days a week) of combination of shadowing (for in-room apps) and hand-on (for surgical assitance, dental cleaning, anesthesia monitoring) is expected

Student Housing (include costs, amenities, pet friendly, contact info if different from elective contact info): 

Student housing unavailable

Supervisor: 
Dr David Birse, Dr Eunsang Yun
Contact email: 
Address: 
400 Mill creek drive
Secaucus, NJ 07094
United States
Specialties: 
Practice or Institution Type: 
Is student housing available?: 
No
Hours of supervision by a licensed veterinarian per week: 
40