Equine Surgery Residency

Clinical Rotations

Program rotations are designed to insure development of clinical competence in a broad range of specialties. Residents rotate among the clinical services within the Section of Equine Surgery including soft tissue and orthopedics and elective rotations through other areas such as Food Animal surgery, Human Medicine surgery, pathology, anesthesiology, and radiology may be arranged during the 3-year program. All residents participate with the emergency clinician in operation of an emergency service on a rotating basis on evenings, weekends and holidays. Clinical rotations facilitate development of clinical proficiency, clinical skills, and knowledge of surgery through exposure to a wide variety of cases at all levels of complexity.

This goal is facilitated by location of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Central Ohio that provides a rich variety of case material as well as a referral base that includes Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia and Michigan. Case management is carried out with the guidance and collaboration of experienced faculty who are recognized experts in their respective fields. State-of-the-art equipment and facilities are available to develop technical expertise in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.