Every summer, the interns and residents at the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine check off a milestone: a year completed in their programs.
For residents, they may be simply finishing the first or second year of a three-year program, but third-year residents and interns (who's program lasts only one year) celebrate the completion of a tremendous period of learning and growing as early-career veterinarians.
Both interns and residents have completed their veterinary degrees, and have chosen to return to a learning environment for on-the-job training toward a specialty area of medicine, such as cardiology or neurology, or in research. Internships are often, but not always, pursued on the path to residencies, which are highly specialized and often are the final step before board certification in a particular area.
This year, the College of Veterinary Medicine honors 26 interns and residents who have completed their programs. Congratulations to these veterinarians!
Small Animal Clinical Sciences:
- Ilissa Chasnick, rotating intern
- Anna Wilkins, rotating intern
- Caylen Erger, rotating intern
- Jacob Ryave, rotating intern
- Rachel Taber, rotating intern
- Tim Kenety, rotating intern
- Olivia Wallace, rotating intern
- Taylr Wells, rotating intern
- Kelsie Kittrell, rotating intern
- Dana Isard, rotating intern
- Hilary Schwafel, surgery intern
- Stephanie Meilleur, surgery intern
- Lauren Meneghetti, surgery intern
- Sydney O'Neill, surgery intern
- Olivia Harris, anesthesia intern
- Katelin Quantz, ophthalmology resident
- Sara Taylor, anesthesia resident
- Leslie Mitchell, internal medicine resident
- Alyssa Zoto, resident
- Melissa Santonocito, emergency and critical care resident
- Elizabeth Gregory, emergency and critical care resident
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
- Jackie Willette, surgery resident
- Meredith Hare-Drubka, resident
Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
- Sam Udomteerasuwat, anatomic pathology resident
- Kimberley Sebastian, anatomic pathology resident
- Jessica Kendziorski, anatomic pathology resident
- Chelsea Stecklein, clinical pathology resident
Below are photos from a ceremony honoring the accomplishments of the College's residents and interns.
