Southwest Veterinary Specialty Center

Description

An externship in small animal medicine and surgery at Southwest Veterinary Specialty Center will provide students with exposure to emergency and critical care medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, surgery, oncology, dermatology, dentistry, and ophthalmology. Our facility includes the following equipment; ultrasound, endoscopy, cobalt radiation unit, radiation treatment planner, technetium scanner, biomedical cabinets, laboratory microscope, I-state blood analyzer, snyder oxygen case, CO2 laser, operating microscope (teaching), cryosurgical unit, phacoemulsifier, indirect ophthalmoscope, electroretinograph, tonometers, slit-lamps, etc.

Details

Associate Veterinarians and special expertise available

• Michael E. Matz ; DVM, DACVIM, residency in small animal internal medicine, chief interest in gastroenterology
• Mary K. Klein; DVM, MS , DACVIM (medical oncology), DACVR (radiation oncology), 3 year residency in oncology
• Reuben E. Merideth ; DVM, DACVO
• Christi T. Warren; DVM, DACVO, residency in internal medicine, residency in veterinary ophthalmology, AVMA, interests include cataract surgery, ocular manifestations of systemic disease, and diseases of the cornea and the eyelid
• James P. Boulay; DVM, MS , internship in small animal medicine and surgery, residency in small animal surgery
• O. Lynne Nelson; DVM, MS DACVIM, residency program in internal medicine and cardiology, interests include myocarditis, heart failure therapies, and cardiac dysfunction in chronic pulmonary disease
• Barbara R. Gores; DVM, DACVS, internship in small animal medicine and surgery, residency in surgery, AVMA, AVDS, VSLS, interests include laser surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and skin/reconstructive surgery
• Kenneth F. Lyon; DVM, DACVD

Educational Resources

• books; numerous collections of books regarding all aspects of veterinary medicine, especially those relating to our specialties
• journals; various general journals including JAVMA, AJVR, and JAAHA, numerous specialty journals including IOVS, JVIM, etc
• databases: access to university of Arizona On-Line Medical Library ; Institute for Scientific Information (Focus On database for over 300 Veterinary Journals)

Responsibilities

An externship in small animal medicine and surgery at Southwest Veterinary Specialty Center will provide students with exposure to emergency and critical care medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, surgery, oncology, dermatology, dentistry, and ophthalmology.  The student can expect to see a varied amount of cases depending on the specialty type they work in.

Student Supervision

The student will have 8 – 10 hrs of access to the veterinarian each day.

Housing

None reported.

Practice Information

Southwest Veterinary Specialty Center
141 E. Ft. Lowell Road
Tucson, AZ 85005-3920

Ph: (520) 888-4498

Updated: 1/19/06
Signature on file: Michael E. Matz