Virginia Tech's Giving Day starts at noon!
From noon onwards click on this link to support EMC Compassionate Care: give.vt.edu/supportvetmed
#VTGivingDay #Horses #veterinarymedicine #vtemc #vmcvm
The Jane and Stephen Hale Equine Performance Evaluation Center is well underway! Project completion is slated to be in early fall 2023. 🏇
#vtemc #vmcvm #equinelameness #equinehospital
Today, March 30, 2023, is National Doctors’ Day, an annual event that celebrates and conveys appreciation to all our hard-working human physicians.
Honoring all Doctors of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), we would like to celebrate our talented, hard-working group of equine specialists and your primary care veterinarians who are always there day and night to care for your equine partner.
POST A MESSAGE HERE to your special veterinarian to tell them how much you appreciate their dedication and hard work, despite their long and unsocial hours!
#equineveterinarians #NationalDoctorsDay #vtemc #vmcvm
#VTGivingDay has concluded and we are so thankful for the support from the equine community and beyond. Here is a message of gratitude from EMC director, Dr. Mike Erskine. 🧡
We are so grateful for the generosity of our donors. Gifts to EMC not only support local horses today but also contribute to unlocking funds for the Virginia Tech Veterinary Teaching Hospital expansion in Blacksburg.
Keep spreading the word–only 175 more gifts to go to meet our overall #VTGivingDay goal!
On January 4, the first foal of the 2023 foaling season arrived at the Equine Medical Center for emergency treatment.
Mom Jennie, a seven-year-old black donkey jenny, arrived with her twelve-hour-old filly, who has since been named Sparkles!
Jennie, a livestock guardian donkey, was found to have a retained placenta and was suffering from hypertriglyceridemia – an overabundance of fat in her blood, mainly due to high levels of triglycerides.
Sparkles, weighing in at 44 pounds, was initially bright and responsive but found to be suffering from a failure of passive transfer (FPT) – lacking proteins called antibodies found in the first milk or colostrum, which would, under normal circumstances, protect her from bacteria and viruses.
On January 9, after just a few days of treatment, Jennie and baby Sparkles were ready to return home!
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After many years of planning and waiting the Indoor Arena Project is finally underway. More to come on this exciting project in 2023!
#vtemc #vmcvm #equine #indoorarena #horses #vetmed #equinevet #construction #comingsoon
Staff Appreciation Lunch 2022
In June, the Equine Medical Center held a Staff Appreciation Lunch. This annual event honors departing residents and interns and individual members of staff who have done exemplary work during the past year.
Receiving internship completion certificates this year were Bruno Malacarne, Julia Borgens Castela, Lina Cortez Kwapisz and Stephanie Ortiz. Bruno will remain at the center for an additional one-year surgery internship and Julia will stay on and move into the role of medicine resident.
Stephanie Hernandez received her medicine residency completion certificate and will be travelling soon to take up a new position at Newcastle Equine Center, New South Wales, Australia.
Susan Egerton, an Equine Medical Center customer service specialist, was selected by the center’s director Dr. Michael Erskine, to receive the Directors Award.
The center’s faculty team selected Sarah Repta, LVT, patient care veterinary technician to receive the Faculty Award.
Nominated by the center’s staff, the Above and Beyond Award was presented to Taylor Martin, clinical veterinary assistant.
These three awards recognize individuals who provide exceptional support to their colleagues and who go to extreme lengths for patients and clients.
Nicole Lambert, patient care veterinary assistant, received The Paige Messick Memorial Award. This award honors the memory of a very special person who was a great supervisor and mentor to her staff and who was fondly dubbed “The Foal Queen” due to her patience and love for our smallest and most vulnerable patients.
The Equine Medical Center is proud to be a vital part of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine @VaMdVetMed and its work to support the health and well-being of animals, people, and communities.
This Wednesday, you can make a difference in our efforts to provide our equine companions with the best care possible.
#VTGivingDay kicks off at noon on Feb. 23 ... and for 24 hours, until noon on Feb. 24, we’ll be calling on you to help us purchase vital equipment that helps our clinicians provide safe and effective treatment to equine patients.
Mark your calendars, and we’ll see you next week!
Learn how you can show support for what you love about the Equine Medical Center 👉 givingday.vt.edu/vmcvm
#VTGivingDay kicks off at noon on Feb. 23
#VTGivingDay kicks off at noon on Feb. 23 ... and for 24 hours, until noon on Feb. 24, we’ll be calling on our alumni, faculty, staff, families, friends, and students to step up for the college and its mission.
Mark your calendars and we’ll see you next Wednesday!!
Learn how you can show support for what you love about VA-MD Vet Med 👉 givingday.vt.edu/vmcvm
Our work at the Equine Medical Center wouldn’t be possible without our outstanding veterinary technicians!
On call 24/7, our veterinary technicians are extremely important to the everyday operation of the hospital, assisting the center’s clinicians with elective and emergency appointments. We value their hard work and dedication to the horses, ponies, mules, and donkeys that they care for here at the Equine Medical Center every day.
This week — and every week — be sure to thank vet techs for all they do to keep your animals healthy!
Every year, a staff appreciation picnic is held on the center's grounds to honor departing residents and interns and to acknowledge staff members' exemplary performance.
Residency completion certificates were presented to medicine resident Dr. Megan Marchitello and surgery resident Dr. Javier Martinez, while rotating medicine and surgery internship completion certificates were presented to Dr. Alexandra Labordère, Dr. Teresa Hopfgartner, and Dr. Ethan Wilson.
Equine Medical Center staff members selected their colleague Kris Daly, equine grounds caretaker, to receive the Above and Beyond Award. The center's clinicians selected Phyllis Baker to receive the Faculty Award; and Laura Dawson, patient care manager and hospital coordinator, was selected by Dr. Michael Erskine to receive the Director's Award.
A new award was introduced this year in memory of Paige Messick, a longtime employee of the center, to acknowledge clinical support staff who care for our equine patients. The award was presented to Cori Helmer, veterinary nurse.
