Staffing Number and Tasks: There are currently 5 full time veterinarians, day technicians, five after-hour technicians, one practice manager, and one receptionist.
Type of Practice: 100% Equine- in-house, referral and field service. With two Board Certified Surgeons and one Board Certified Internist on staff, we provide referral service to Vermont, western New Hampshire, and upstate New York. In house, we do elective and emergency soft tissue and orthopedic surgeries, as well as lameness, neonatal medicine, colic, respiratory, and neurologic cases. Our field service includes routine care, reproduction, lameness with digital radiography, ultrasonography, and shockwave, and portable gastroscopy. We provide 24-hour emergency in-house, referral, and field service.
Facilities: 100% Equine- in-house, referral and field service. With two Board Certified Surgeons and one Board Certified Internist on staff, we provide referral service to Vermont, western New Hampshire, and upstate New York. In house, we do elective and emergency soft tissue and orthopedic surgeries, as well as lameness, neonatal medicine, colic, respiratory, and neurologic cases. Our field service includes routine care, reproduction, lameness with digital radiography, ultrasonography, and shockwave, and portable gastroscopy. We provide 24-hour emergency in-house, referral, and field service.
Number of Interns / Externs currently in Practice: 2
Names of Veterinarians in Practice including any Specialty Qualifications: Dr. Philip D. van Harreveld, DVM, MS, DACVS
Dr. William Valentino, DVM, MS, DACVS
Dr. Lorie Valentino, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Dr. Kathy Murphy, DVM, Acupuncture
Dr. Corinne Wade, DVM
Dr. Betsy Johnson, DVM
Case Load: 50% field, 50% referral/in-house cases. We treat a variety of sport and pleasure horses, with the majority being hunters/jumpers, dressage, and show Morgans.
Types of Cases (estimated % by system or categories): In-house and referral: 20% medical and surgical colics, 10% neonates, 25% lameness/orthopedic, 10% endoscopy/gastroscopy, 15% elective surgeries, and 20% other medicine cases. Field: 40% routine care, 25% emergencies, 20% reproductive, 15% lameness.
Estimated Breakdown of Daily or Weekly Load: Externs assist with appointments, emergencies, and treatments, both in-house and in the field. Depending on the week, externs spend time with the surgeons, internist, and field veterinarians.
Goals of Externship: The Vermont Large Animal Clinic externship will provide the externs with a broad exposure of case types and experience in an easy going environment. We are committed to having the extern exposed to all facets of a high quality equine practice. We also consider the externship program an opportunity to meet potential interns
Prerequisites for Externship: Being a junior or senior student.
Application for Externship: Please email or mail a CV and letter of intent with requested dates to Dr. Lorie Valentino at lavalentino@vlac.net
Dates and Duration: Year around.
Practice Responsibilities to the Extern: Provide an overal exposure of equine practice in a private practice setting.
Externship Responsibilities to the Practice: To demonstrate acquired knowledge and how to apply it in a private practice setting.
Is the Externship a Prerequisite for Internship: N
Insurance Requirements: AVMA PLIT add on to practice insurance plan. Contact us and we can arrange this for you.
Living Quarters: We provide extern housing at the clinic. There is a bathroom, kitchen, high speed internet service, cable television and laundry facilities. We do ask that you drive your own car, or fly into Burlington at a reasonable hour so that one of us can pick you up.
