New resident interns announced at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

Thirteen new veterinarians have been hired by the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) as residents and interns.

Internships and residencies are advanced clinical/educational programs pursued by Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree recipients seeking advance training and/or eventual board certification by organizations like the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, the American College of Veterinary Radiology, or the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology.

There are nine new residents and interns in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences.

• Dr. Louisa Ho has joined the college as a small animal intern. She received her Bachelor of Veterinary Science (B.V.Sc.) from the University of Sydney in Australia in 2004. She has been employed at a rural mixed animal practice in Goulburn, Australia. Ho is interested in surgery and endocrinology.
• Dr. A. Gascho Landis, who received her DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 2007 and a bachelor’s degree from Goshen College in 1999, has joined the college as a small animal intern. Landis is interested in surgery.
• Dr. Sarah Lyles, of Baton Rouge, La., has joined the college as a small animal intern. She received her DVM degree from Louisiana State University in 2007 and a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State in 2003. Lyles is interested in neurology and neurosurgery.
• Dr. Jared Rodgers, of Baltimore, Md., who received his DVM degree from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2007 and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1990, has joined the faculty as a small animal intern. Rodgers is interested in neurology.
• Dr. Jessica Westling has joined the college as a small animal intern. She received her DVM degree from University of Tennessee in 2007 and bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2001. Westling is interested in internal medicine, cardiology and oncology.
• Dr. Kristin Cameron, of Jupiter, Fla., received her DVM degree from the University of Florida in 2006 and a Bachelor of Music degree from Vanderbilt University in 2002. She has just completed a small animal rotating internship at Cornell University Hospital for Animals. Cameron will be joining the college as an internal medicine resident.
• Dr. Jessica Gentile, of West Milford, N.J., received her DVM degree from Kansas State University in 2006 and bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 2002. She has just completed a small animal medicine and surgery internship at Oregon State University. Gentile will be joining the college as a cardiology resident.
• Dr. Kelly Johnson has joined the college as a small animal surgery resident. She received her DVM degree from Michigan State University in 2006 and a bachelor’s degree from University of Richmond in 2002. She has just completed an internship at The Hope Center for Advanced Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Va.
• Dr. Luis Gonzalez received his DVM degree from Universidad De La Salle in Bogota, Colombia in 2000 and a master’s degree in veterinary surgery from Sao Paulo State University in Brazil in 2003. His small animal medicine and surgery internship was at Kansas State University. Gonzalez will be joining the VMRCVM as a surgery resident.

There are four new residents and interns in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences.

• Dr. Hollie H. Schramm has joined the college as an intern in Food Animal Ambulatory and Production Management Medicine. She received her bachelor’s degree in 2002 from Central Michigan University and her DVM in 2007 from St. George’s University.
• Dr. Trevor Ferguson received his bachelor’s degree in 2003 from Eastern Oregon University and his DVM in 2007 from Oregon State University. He has joined the college as an intern in Equine Field Services.
• Dr. Jamie G. Wearn, a 2007 graduate of the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (B.V.Sc.) will join the college as a resident in Large Animal Medicine.
• Dr. Erik Noschka will join the college as a resident in Large Animal Surgery. He received his DVM from the University of Leipzig and, in 2007, completed his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia.

The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) is a two-state, three-campus professional school operated by the land-grant universities of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and the University of Maryland at College Park. Its flagship facilities, based at Virginia Tech, include the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which treats more than 40,000 animals annually. Other campuses include the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., and the Avrum Gudelsky Veterinary Center at College Park, home of the Center for Government and Corporate Veterinary Medicine. The VMRCVM annually enrolls approximately 500 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and graduate students, is a leading biomedical and clinical research center, and provides professional continuing education services for veterinarians practicing throughout the two states. Virginia Tech, the most comprehensive university in Virginia, is dedicated to quality, innovation, and results to the commonwealth, the nation, and the world.