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Candidate Presentation -- Zoo, Exotic & Wildlife Animal Medicine

Event Date:
Thursday, March 21, 2019, 12:30 pm
Location:
Atlantic Veterinary College
Room:
Learning Commons, 287N
The Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, will be interviewing candidates to fill a newly-created, tenure-track faculty position in Zoo, Exotic & Wildlife Animal Medicine. Each candidate has been asked to present two (2) thirty-minute seminars; one a topic of their choosing that should be geared toward 3rd year DVM students and aimed at delivering “core” information for veterinary students (i.e., information that a new graduate will need to possess to be successful on Day 1); and the other on their vision for building/expanding an exotic animal practice at the AVC. Our second candidate will be on-campus Thursday and Friday of this week. March 21st & 22nd, 2019 Dr. Sara Gardhouse (OVC ’12) has completed an Exotics, Wildlife & Zoological Medicine internship at WCVM (2013); a Small Animal Rotating Internship at Kansas State (2014) and a Zoological Companion Animals Residency at the University of California-Davis. She is board-certified by the American College of Zoological Medicine and is currently working as a Staff Veterinarian with the Avian & Exotic Medicine Service at the Health Sciences Centre, Ontario Veterinary College. Rabbit Nutrition: The Scoop on Poop, Carrots, Fibre & so Much More Vision for Building/Expanding an Exotic Animal Practice at AVC Thursday, March 21st @ 12:30pm, ‘287N’, AVC Learning Commons Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of the candidate’s CV and letter of application are available by contacting Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca) in the Department of Companion Animals.
Contact Name
Laurel Fisher