Columbia Pike Animal Hospital & Emergency Center was founded by Dr. Davis Hall in 1975. Over the past 46 years our hospital has grown from a one doctor practice to a 20 doctor, 24 hour GP and emergency practice with interns. We are a very busy, privately owned, hybrid general and emergency practice seeing an average of 84 cases per day and performing 8 surgeries a day. Our hospital has a Vimago CT scanner, state of the art ultrasound, and full in house labs, digital xray, etc. Externs are welcome to spend time with a GP doctor in appointments, on our emergency service, and/or with our surgery team depending on what you prefer. Externs also participate in our weekly intern topic rounds as well as any other intern events during their stay. We offer a visit to the local Wolftrap Animal Rescue for interested students as well. For more information visit our website at https://vet-ready.com/externship-program/
Our medical director, Dr. Nancy Barnett, is ACVPM boarded
We have a veterinary technician on all shifts as well as a large staff
We have a Vimago CT scanner, new state of the art GE ultrasound machine, Clarius hand held ultrasound, full in house labs including digital cytology, digital radiology, digital dental radiology, and a Snyder oxygen cage.
We have a newly built intern/extern classroom to hold our rounds and meetings in.
Students will be scheduled for time in our GP, ER, and surgery departments based on their preference. We recommend some evening/weekend shifts for those interested in emergency medicine.
Students will be responsible for assisting in their assigned department and may take primary case responsibility when deemed appropriate.
Students will be allowed to assist in surgery and with hospitalized patients care, as well as with anesthesia when deemed appropriate. Students may be allowed to perform procedures (laceration repair, NG tube placement, unblocking cats) as deemed appropriate.
Students will participate in hospitalized patient rounds when on ER.
Students will participate in weekly intern topic rounds as well as any other intern activities during their stay.
We do not provide housing, however we do offer students a $300/week stipend to help defray travel costs.