Employment Information
Practice name
Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals, Navasota
Last Updated
September 17, 2024
Internship Type
In-Hospital
At Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals – Navasota, we promise to provide our interns with personalized mentorship, case volume, patient variety, and hands-on experience. In return, we ask our interns to have a positive attitude and to work hard. We are a full service, equine referral hospital located in the heart of Texas between Houston, Austin, and Dallas. Last year we treated over 10,000 patients covering nearly every equine North American discipline.
Mentorship is personalized by working closely with each doctor on cases, daily stall side rounds, reviewing cases after conclusion, and weekly webinars with interns across multiple practices discussing personal growth and clinical skills. Interns rotate through all the doctors in the practice in two-week blocks and work closely on each of the cases. Our doctors see all types of primary and referral cases and are board certified in Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency/Critical Care, and Certified in acupuncture and farriery. We also partner with additional specialists in Ophthalmology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Oncology.
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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
- Dentistry residency
- Imaging residency
- Anesthesia residency
Start date
July 1, 2025
End date
June 30, 2026
Application Deadline
December 1, 2024
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
USA
77868
6999 Highway 6, Navasota, TX 77868
Practice Mailing Address
6999 Highway 6, Navasota, TX 77868 - Navasota - USA - [USA] Texas - 77868
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
Interns will rotate between services focusing on surgery, outpatient sports medicine, internal medicine, emergency care, ambulatory sports medicine, reproduction, podiatry, rehabilitation, and general practice.
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No
Yes
Yes
75-90%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
No
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Weekly
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
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?
1
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
- ECG
- Exercise ECG
- ETCO2 monitoring
- Shockwave
- Stall side orthobiologics
- Stem cell capability/utilization
- Embryo Transfer
- Advanced podiatry/therapeutic farriery
- Power dentistry
- Other (please list)
Cataract surgical equipment, slit lamp bimicroscopy, ERG equipment, Corneal cross linking equipment, opthalmologic laser, CO2 laser, diode laser, cervical fusion and foraminotomy equipment, PET, rehabilitation center, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, acoustic myography, radiation therapy for oncology cases, photodynamic therapy, electrochemotherapy
Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:
Hosts VET PD CE meetings. Hosts regional Lonestar Symposium, Hosts castration clinics for veterinary students, has onsite farriers,
Is an approved residency training facility for ACVECC and currently hosting an ACVECC residency training program.
In the last 12 months, BVEH-Navasota saw 21,000 appointments.
• lameness = 10,000 -11,000 / year
• pre-purchase = 300 – 500 / year
• surgery = 800 – 1000 / year (40% orthopedic, 50% soft tissue, 10% emergency)
• reproduction = 1000 – 1,200 / year (300 – 400 semen collections, 40 – 50 ET flush, 30 -50 high risk pregnancies)
• internal medicine = 2,000 – 2,500 / year (60-80 neonatal cases; 200-250 ophthalmology, 500 – 750 gastrointestinal, 500 – 750 respiratory, 30 – 40 cardiac, 200 – 300 neurologic, and 50-75 dermatologic)
• general health = 1,000 – 1,200
• corrective podiatry = 400-500
• dentistry = 600-700 floats and extractions
• chiropractic/acupuncture = 400 -500
• emergency = 500 – 600
Caseload
Total number annual cases
21000
Total number ambulatory cases
5000
Total number in-house cases
16000
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
9
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
ACVO – American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists - 1
ACVS – American College of Veterinary Surgery - 1
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
One DVM/Certified FarrierTwo farriers on siteOne licensed dental providerSemi-monthly visits by Diplomate ACVOAccess to consultants in ACVR and ACVIM (oncology)
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
Overnight treatments are done by technicians. There is one intern available to evaluate hospitalized cases and receive emergencies.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$46-50k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
85% of collected emergency fees
$100 per night on call at horse show
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
72,000
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
Other
Housing Amount
$1000
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
5
PTO stipulations
Approved in advance
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee plus dependents
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
Business pays 100% of individual insurance premium.
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
Business will match up to 4% of annual compensation.
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
N/A
Contract
Non-compete clause required
No
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
We will work with your attorney to organize visa's required for work.
Method internship offers are made
Internship offers are made directly to candidates who apply. We will provide offers to candidates we feel will do well in our training program. We may extend offers to more than 4 individuals. The first 4 individuals who accept the offers will be given contracts and the remaining will be notified we are rescinding the offer.
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
With some outstanding students we have know well, we have made offers at the beginning of the 4th year.
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
March.
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
There is no time limit for candidates to consider an offer. The offer is available until all positions are filled.
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
20 years
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
5
Number of interns from this program who entered a residency position directly out of the internship in the past 5 years
4
Number of interns from this program who accepted a second or specialty internship in the past 5 years
4
Number of interns from this program who accepted a residency position in the past 5 years
5
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
4
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
4
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
N/A
