Employment Information
Practice name
Pine Ridge Equine Hospital
Last Updated
November 6, 2025
Internship Type
Combined
Pine Ridge Equine Hospital is a full service hospital located just south of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our hospital is on 24 scenic acres featuring a state of the art surgical suite, enclosed lameness arena, and 50+ hospital stalls. We are a 24/7 referral hospital for emergency and elective surgeries as well as general wellness exams, lameness exams, sport horse medicine, orthobiologic therapies (Prostride, PRP, IRAP), RenoVo, shockwave, laser, reproductive services, chiropractic, and acupuncture.
We are a 7 doctor, 3 surgeon, 3-4 intern doctor practice. Our one year rotating internship will provide you with essential knowledge and skills to be a competent equine veterinarian or a strong applicant to pursue residency. Our unique hybrid practice offers you the best of both worlds. We focus on sports medicine, orthopedic & soft tissue surgery, reproduction, imaging & preventative medicine.
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- Equine general practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA surgical residency
- Equine/LA medicine residency
- Equine/LA critical care residency/fellowship
Start date
May 26, 2026
End date
May 31, 2027
Application Deadline
October 15, 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
Glenpool
[USA] Oklahoma
OK
74033
2281 W 171 S
Practice Mailing Address
2281 W 171 S - Glenpool - OK - [USA] Oklahoma - 74033
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
Our interns rotate monthly through different surgeons, associates and field/ER positions. This allows them dedicated time with each doctor to work up cases whether it progresses to the OR or is resolved medically. The intern is also trained in anesthesia and covers some daytime anesthesia during their surgery rotation. The field/ER rotation has been a huge favorite among our interns as it allows them valuable one on one time with our ambulatory veterinarians out of the hospital. We have several ambulatory vets with large client farms who stay busy with sport horse appointments, general wellness and alternative medicine. This allows interns additional hands on experience without the pressure of a hosptial setting.
Yes
No
Yes
No
50-75%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Twice a week - Monday and Friday
Weekly journal clubs held
Yes
M&M or other specialized rounds held
Yes
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
- On site diagnostic lab
- Digital radiography
- Ultrasound linear probe
- Ultrasound macroconvex probe
- Ultrasound microconvex probe
- Ultrasound endorectal probe
- ECG
- ETCO2 monitoring
- Shockwave
- Stall side orthobiologics
- Stem cell capability/utilization
- Embryo Transfer
- Advanced podiatry/therapeutic farriery
- Power dentistry
- Other (please list)
Chiropractic, Acupuncture
Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:
Our practice or sister practice frequently hosts an annual meeting/wet lab with CE that interns an attend. Previous examples are gastroscopy, joint injections, farrier/lower limb work shop, advanced imaging. We also work with VET (Veterinarians Educating & Teaching) to host veterinary students annually at our hospital for a day meeting and hands on work shop. Previous topics have been colic work ups, abdominal ultrasounds, distal limb ultrasound.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
12000
Total number ambulatory cases
3600
Total number in-house cases
8400
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the busiest time of year
25-50
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the least busy time of year
10-25
Significant seasonality to the caseload
No
Species other than equids
No
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
7
Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)
ACVS – American College of Veterinary Surgery - 2
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
Farrier on site 2-3 days a weekAnother surgeon is taking her ACVS-LA boards February 2026 ACVO routinely visits 1-2 times a month for appointments
Additional certifications/area of expertise represented in the practice
Acupuncture certification, Chiropractic certification
Technician present on ambulatory calls
Yes
Overnight technical staff (if hospital present)
Yes
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
24/7 technical staff support including overnight staff. Tech staff is available over the weekend and after hours for emergency calls as needed. We have a great team of tenured staff with several RVTs and well trained veterinary assistants.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$41-45k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
You receive 100% of the emergency fees for ERs you attend yourself
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
Yes
In hospital opportunities for you to earn additional income during foaling season.
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Click here to download the Benefits Worksheet
Value of total annual compensation
75630
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
Other
Housing Amount
$15600
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
5
PTO stipulations
Approved by management
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
Dental insurance offered
Yes
Life insurance offered
Yes
Short-term disability insurance offered
Yes
Long-term disability insurance offered
Yes
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
No
401K program offered
Yes
Employer matching offered
Yes
Based on length of employment and amount employee puts in the fund, 3%.
Clothing / logo wear stipend offered
Yes
Phone or phone stipend offered
Yes
Maternity / paternity leave offered
Yes
Discounted pet care and / or a pet medications policy offered
Yes
Practice vehicle or mileage reimbursement offered
Yes
Other benefits offered
Ambulatory trucks are available for calls and to be used as needed for hospital related things. If your vehicle is used, mileage reimbursement is given.
Contract
Non-compete clause required
No
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
Unsure - we have not hosted out of country interns before with the exception of Canada.
Method internship offers are made
Verbally over the phone
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
September
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
February
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
3-4 weeks
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
10 years
Avg number of interns who completed the program per year for the past 5 years
11
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
1
Number of interns from this program who entered a residency position directly out of the internship in the past 5 years
1
Number of interns from this program who accepted a second or specialty internship in the past 5 years
Number of interns from this program who accepted a residency position in the past 5 years
1
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
2
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
2
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
Our on call rotation is very unique and offers a good work life balance during your internship. Many interns comment how much they enjoy our scheduling in particular compared to other hospitals despite our heavy caseload and ER load. We pride ourselves on our positive intent, family friendly culture and have a great time together here!
