Employment Information
Practice name
Grand Prix Equine
Last Updated
July 26, 2024
Internship Type
Ambulatory
Grand Prix Equine is pleased to offer a unique Sport Horse Medicine internship (2025/2026) and multiple opportunities for externships in the upcoming year. Candidates should demonstrate strong people skills and meet a high ethical standard. Our ambulatory practice is based in western Connecticut and Westchester County, New York but serves the needs of sport horses in the surrounding region, Long Island and seasonally in Wellington, Florida. Grand Prix Equine is in its 15th year and is an ambulatory-only practice. It is our goal to provide the best care possible to the equine athlete while maintaining a high level of client service. Horses under our care include hunters and jumpers, combined-training athletes, western performance horses and dressage horses.
The great majority of our patients are actively showing year-round. You will work side-by-side with either Dr. Mark Baus, Dr. Johanna Kremberg, Dr. Luvie Abell, Dr. Caitlin Rothacker, Dr. Cleo Bubulka, Dr. Mel Batterton and Dr. Nicole Zitzmann for most of the internship. At the conclusion of the internship, our candidate will be proficient at purchase exams and lameness exams including nerve blocks, radiograph & ultrasound acquisition and interpretation, intra-articular injections, ultrasound guided injections and various regenerative medicine techniques. You will also be proficient at managing emergency and dental cases. Practice management skills will be a fundamental part of our program. We utilize the Equinosis (Lameness Locator) inertial sensors for all complicated lameness work-ups, and you will be proficient in the technology by the end of your internship.
Housing is available for both the intern and externs. An outfitted intern vehicle will be provided along with a laptop and smartphone. Benefits include medical and liability insurance, dues for AVMA and AAEP, continuing education and 8 paid days off per year.
Read more about our practice here: www.grandprixequine.com
To apply for our internship, please send your resume, letter of intent and three references to crothacker@grandprixequine.com. To schedule an externship, please send your resume to the above email address.
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- Equine general practice
- Sports medicine practice
Start date
July 1, 2025
End date
June 30, 2026
Application Deadline
January 1, 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
Newtown
[USA] Connecticut
Fairfield
06470
143 Mount Pleasant Rd Newtown CT 06470
Practice Mailing Address
143 Mount Pleasant Rd Newtown CT 06470 - Newtown - Fairfield - [USA] Connecticut - 06470
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
50-75%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Monthly
Weekly journal clubs held
No
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
No
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
- Gastroscopy
- Endoscopy
- Digital radiography
- Ultrasound linear probe
- Ultrasound macroconvex probe
- Ultrasound endorectal probe
- ECG
- Shockwave
- Stall side orthobiologics
- Power dentistry
Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:
Our intern spends time in Wellington and Ocala in the winter months working alongside veterinarians at HITS Ocala and WEF. Interns are encouraged to seek out other mentoring opportunities should their interest involve aspects of equine practice not offered at GPE.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
3000
Total number ambulatory cases
3000
Total number in-house cases
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the busiest time of year
Less than 5
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the least busy time of year
Less than 5
Significant seasonality to the caseload
Yes
Seasonality description
While our performance horse caseload decreases in the colder winter months, there is an opportunity to follow these patients south.
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)
Diplomates of other specialties
1
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
Easy access to mentorship from local surgeons, ophthalmologists, and internal medicine consults.
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)
N/A
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
Each doctor has a dedicated technician for daytime hours. When accompanying a doctor during regularly scheduled appointments, the intern will work closely with each technician. There is no overnight/after hours coverage.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$41-45k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
Once interns are comfortable being a primary doctor on emergencies, they will receive the entire emergency fee for each call performed.
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
Yes
Opportunities to be an on-site show veterinarian may be available. GPE also utilizes a profit-share bonus system on an annual basis that our intern will be included within.
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Click here to download the Benefits Worksheet
Value of total annual compensation
90,825
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
On-site
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
8
PTO stipulations
none
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
variable pending plan chosen
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
No
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
All items required to practice equine ambulatory medicine are provided including but not limited to a cell phone, computer, vehicle, dedicated radiography and sonography equipment and any other item the intern may find useful to practice an exceptional quality of medicine.
Contract
Non-compete clause required
No
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Method internship offers are made
via phone
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
November 1
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
March 1
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
Case dependent
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
6 yrs
Avg number of interns who completed the program per year for the past 5 years
5
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
Number of interns from this program who entered a residency position directly out of the internship in the past 5 years
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
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
1
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)?
100%
Number of former interns currently employed by the practice
1
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
