The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Anesthesiology

Internships

The Anesthesiology internship at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine provides interns the opportunity to gain expertise in veterinary anesthesiology, in preparation for a residency in anesthesia or related field (surgery, cardiology, critical care, internal medicine), or private practice.

Interns are expected to gain competence anesthetizing small animal, large animal, and exotic species. Interns may elect a preference of species after beginning the program, depending on the needs of the anesthesia service.

Interns are assigned by 3-week blocks to large animal anesthesia, small animal anesthesia, or off-clinic time. Off-clinic time may be spent on vacation, research, externships, or rotations on other in-house services. This internship is primarily clinical in nature, with interns spending 12 blocks on-clinics and 4 blocks off-clinics.

Opportunities abound for the interested intern to participate in research and produce a first-author research manuscript.

Interns are expected to contribute to teaching of veterinary students in the form of ad-hoc, one-on-one discussions during case management and presentation of teaching topic rounds, as requested. The anesthesia service rounds once a week to discuss cases, presentations, and research papers. Interns are expected to present 3-4 topics to the anesthesia service and a 25-minute topic to the entire hospital.

Interns will rotate with residents, technicians, and faculty to provide emergency (after-hours and weekend) service for both small and large animals. Interns are typically on-call 5 days/month and 2 weekend days/month. Faculty are always available for backup call if needed. Anesthesiology interns do not participate in general emergency receiving — eight small animal interns and four large animal interns cover that duty.

Application to the program

Details on pay and application can be found at the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program Web site, www.virmp.com.

For further information on the program at UGA, please contact:

Dr. Cynthia Trim
706.542.6318
ctrim@vet.uga.edu

Dr. Erik Hofmeister
706.542.0026
erikh@vet.uga.edu

About the College

There are three faculty positions in anesthesia, and one of the critical-care faculty is a boarded anesthesiologist who participates in anesthesia rounds.

Other small animal departmental faculty include 3 positions in neurology, 6 in internal medicine, 3 in oncology, 3 in orthopedic surgery, 3 in soft tissue surgery, 2 in ophthalmology, 1 in dermatology, 2 in community practice, 1 in exotic animal medicine, and 2 in emergency and critical care.

There are 5 surgery and 4 internal medicine faculty positions in the Department of Large Animal Medicine. Click for more information about the Deaprtments of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery and Large Animal Medicine.

For more general information about the College, start with a brief history here.

About Athens

Athens, Georgia, is a cool place to live. It captures the true essence of a college town, with its focus being the university's 30,000+ students. It is a friendly town that blends the small town feel with many of the amenities offered by Atlanta, which is only 65 miles away.

Athens has an unbelievable music scene, being home to REM and Widespread Panic among others. The weather is relatively mild most of the year, although July and August are called "dog days" for good reason. If you come from a cold climate, you will be amazed when the university closes for 1 inch of snow and people storm the supermarkets to stockpile bread and milk, since 95% of the time, the snow is gone the next morning.

Current and Past Anesthesiology Interns:

Dr. Juan Pavez, 2007-2008

Dr. Lisa Sams, 2006-2007

Dr. Debra Voulgaris, 2005-2006

Dr. Joseph Boutureira, 2004-2005

Dr. Kerianne Hawkes, 2004

Dr. Bill Weinstein, 2003

Dr. Kathleen Keenan, 2002-2003

This page was last updated March 18, 2008.