Employment Information
Practice name
Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals, Navasota
Last Updated
September 17, 2024
Internship Type
Combined
Are you a passionate and ambitious veterinarian seeking a unique opportunity to kickstart your equine veterinary career? Look no further! Join our dynamic and collaborative team at Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals – Navasota, where we offer a one-year, immersive internship program like none other.
Why Choose Our Internship Program:
1. Collaborative Culture: At Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals – Navasota, we foster a culture of collaboration and continuous learning. Our team of 12 experienced equine veterinarians, specializing in Surgery, Lameness, Internal Medicine, Emergency/Critical Care, Reproduction, and Acupuncture, is dedicated to mentoring and supporting our interns. You’ll be part of a tight-knit community that values personal and professional growth.
2. Diverse Case Range: From laceration repairs, horseshow evaluations, breeding mares, managing critically ill foals, colic surgery, lameness to fracture repair and cataract surgery, our practice sees it all. With over 15,000 patient contacts annually, you’ll gain hands-on experience across a wide spectrum of disciplines and breeds. No two days are the same!
3. Expert Mentorship: Your personalized mentorship experience includes daily stall side rounds, case reviews, and weekly webinars with interns from various practices. You’ll work closely with all our doctors, rotating through two-week blocks to gain a well-rounded skill set. We also collaborate with specialists in Ophthalmology, Rehabilitation, Radiology, Oncology, and Equine Dentistry to broaden our knowledge.
4. Varied Settings: While primarily based in Navasota, you’ll have the opportunity to spend time at our Cypress, Salado or Waco locations, attend horse shows, and work with our ambulatory outpatient lameness service. This diverse exposure ensures you’re prepared for all facets of equine veterinary care.
5. Gradual Independence: Your level of supervision will adapt to your experience, allowing you to grow throughout the year. From in-house appointments to emergency cases, you’ll progressively handle various responsibilities under direct or indirect supervision.
Internship Breakdown:
• Management of inpatients: 30%
• Outpatient examinations: 40%
• Ambulatory calls: 10%
• Surgery assistance: 10%
• Anesthesia: 5%
• Night duties: 5% (including intensive care monitoring and emergency assistance)
Manage Cases Overnight: Our interns play a vital role in providing 24/7 care to our equine patients. While licensed technicians handle routine treatments, you’ll be responsible for managing cases during night duties, including intensive care monitoring and assisting with emergencies.
If you’re a positive, ambitious, and eager-to-learn individual ready to take on the challenges of equine practice, Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals – Navasota is the place for you. Join us in the heart of Texas, conveniently located between Houston, Austin, and Dallas, and become a part of our passionate equine healthcare community. Don’t miss this unparalleled opportunity to launch your equine veterinary career. Let us help shorten your runway to a successful career. Apply
today to be a part of our thriving internship program.
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- Equine general practice
- Racetrack practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA surgical residency
- Equine/LA medicine residency
- Equine/LA critical care residency/fellowship
- Ophthalmology residency
- Theriogenology residency
- Imaging residency
- Anesthesia residency
Start date
July 1, 2025
End date
June 30, 2026
Application Deadline
February 28, 2025
Does the practice offer externships?
Yes, please email the practice contact for details
Is an in person visit or externship with the practice required to be considered for an internship?
No, but recommended
Contact Information
Navasota
[USA] Texas
TX
77868
6999 Highway 6
Practice Mailing Address
6999 Highway 6 - Navasota - TX - [USA] Texas - 77868
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
The interns will rotate between four services in two-week blocks.
1. Surgery – Working directly with DACVS to evaluate orthopedic cases, do outpatient lameness, and scrub into surgery.
2. Medicine – Working directly with DACVIM and DACVECC to evaluate sick horses, ophthalmology cases, oncology cases, non-orthopedic performance problems, and general practice
3. Overnight – Assist with after-hours emergencies. Assist with in-patient evaluations when noted by hospital staff.
4. Optional
A. Reproduction – Working directly with experienced reproductive specialists to monitor mare cycles, inseminate mares, collect stallions, and do general practice
B. Outpatient/Ambulatory Lameness – Working directly with certified farrier/DVM or experienced sports medicine veterinarians treating outpatient lameness and show prep cases.
Additional opportunities will be available to travel to Horse shows and sales.
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
75-90%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Weekly. One clinician will lead a topic discussion for all interns, including those in other practices.
Weekly journal clubs held
Yes
M&M or other specialized rounds held
No
Intern has opportunity to attend a professional CE meeting
Yes
Intern has opportunity to complete a study or publication
Yes
Intern has access to current medical textbooks
Yes
Intern has access to online journals
Yes
In the past 5 years, how many studies/cases have been published by interns as the primary author from work pursued primarily during their intern year?
Equipment the intern has exposure to within the practice
- Arthroscopy
- Laparoscopy
- Fracture repair sets
- Gastroscopy
- Endoscopy
- Dynamic airway endoscopy
- Stat CBC analyzer
- Stat whole blood chemistry analyzer
- Blood gas analysis
- On site diagnostic lab
- CT
- Digital radiography
- Ultrasound linear probe
- Ultrasound macroconvex probe
- Ultrasound microconvex probe
- Ultrasound endorectal probe
- Nuclear scintigraphy
- ECG
- Exercise ECG
- ETCO2 monitoring
- Shockwave
- Stall side orthobiologics
- Stem cell capability/utilization
- Embryo Transfer
- Advanced podiatry/therapeutic farriery
- Power dentistry
- Other (please list)
SURGERY EQUIPMENT - Tenex, Phacoemulsification, Diode laser, CO2 laser, Microsurgical instruments. Surgical microscope, Cervical fusion, Foraminotomy. MED / ECC EQUIPMENT - Photodynamic therapy, Electrochemotherapy, Ocular tonometry, Slit lamp biomicroscopy, STAT coagulation testing, Cardiac ultrasound, LARC testing, Exercise EKG,. REPRO EQUIPMENT - Semen collection and evaluations, Semen sexing, Embryo freezing, High risk pregnancy and foaling out mares. REHAB EQUIPMENT - Aquatread, Theraplate, Cold Salt Spa, Halotherapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber, Acupuncture therapy, On-site Podiatry/Farrier team.
Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:
In addition to extensive and progressive equipment and procedures done, BVEH Navasota also frequently servers as a clinical trial center, hosts an Emergency/Critical Care residency, and serves as a core curriculum training center for multiple veterinary schools. We host twice annual CE meetings and frequently partner with VetPD to host additional topics that interns can participate in.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
15000
Total number ambulatory cases
5000
Total number in-house cases
10000
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the busiest time of year
10-25
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the least busy time of year
5-10
Significant seasonality to the caseload
No
Species other than equids
No
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
12
Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)
ACVECC – American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care - 1
ACVIM – American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - 1
ACVS – American College of Veterinary Surgery - 1
Diplomates of other specialties
1
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
3 farriers1 certified equine dental practitioner
Additional certifications/area of expertise represented in the practice
Acupuncture certification
Technician present on ambulatory calls
Yes
Overnight technical staff (if hospital present)
Yes
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
Hospital technical staff prepare medications, administer meds according to the treatment plan, and monitor patients. One intern rotation is a night rotation to evaluate patients with abnormal parameters and receive emergencies with on call clinician and to assist hospital staff with replacing NG tubes or IV catheters. Solo ambulatory calls are uncommon but always accompanied by a technician.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$46-50k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
When receiving an emergency independently, the intern will receive 85% of the $250 emergency fee when collected.
Nights spent on call at the horse show are compensated at $100 per night.
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
No
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Click here to download the Benefits Worksheet
Value of total annual compensation
72000
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
Other
Housing Amount
$1000
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
5
PTO stipulations
Available with prior approval to interview for residencies or future jobs.
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
$0
Dental insurance offered
No
Life insurance offered
No
Short-term disability insurance offered
No
Long-term disability insurance offered
No
Liability insurance offered
Yes
CE stipend offered
Yes
License/DEA fees reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
State license required
Yes
USDA license required
No
DEA license required
No
Association fees reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
Student loan payments reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
401K program offered
Yes
Employer matching offered
Yes
Employer will match up to 3% of employee's salary.
Clothing / logo wear stipend offered
Yes
Phone or phone stipend offered
Yes
Maternity / paternity leave offered
No
Discounted pet care and / or a pet medications policy offered
Yes
Practice vehicle or mileage reimbursement offered
Yes
Other benefits offered
No other benefits are offered beyond those described above.
Contract
Non-compete clause required
No
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
We will work with your attorney on visas that allow you to work legally.
Method internship offers are made
We will make offers as we identify ideal candidates. The offer will remain valid until all positions are filled.
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
August
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
April
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
As long as needed. Once all positions are filled, we will rescind the offer. All positions are usually filled by January.
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
23 years
Number of interns that haven’t completed the program over the past 5 years, with explanation
1 intern was dismissed early as the program was not a good match for her level of training.
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
4
Number of interns from this program who entered a residency position directly out of the internship in the past 5 years
2
Number of interns from this program who accepted a second or specialty internship in the past 5 years
1
Number of interns from this program who accepted a residency position in the past 5 years
4
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
5
Of the interns that started the program in the past 5 years, how many are still in equine practice (and/or in an advanced training program targeted at specialty equine practice)?
70-99%
Number of former interns currently employed by the practice
5
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
If you're a positive, ambitious, and eager-to-learn individual ready to take on the challenges of equine practice, Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals – Navasota is the place for you. Join us in the heart of Texas, conveniently located between Houston, Austin, and Dallas, and become a part of our passionate equine healthcare community. Don't miss this unparalleled opportunity to launch your equine veterinary career. Let us help shorten your runway to a successful career. Apply today to be a part of our thriving internship program.
