Employment Information
Practice name
Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals-Salado
Last Updated
September 17, 2024
Internship Type
Combined
Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals-Salado believes in improving the lives of people through the care of horses by mentoring and teaching young graduates how to be the best professionals in the equine industry. The goals of our rotating internship program are to: 1) enable more hands-on learning opportunities; 2) expose students to a wide variety of cases ranging from routine wellness to hospitalized cases; 3) create an environment where all students can develop and pursue their unique interests in equine medicine and surgery. We feature a progressive approach to equine practice and utilize the latest equipment for surgical and diagnostic purposes. During your stay with Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals-Salado, you will get to work on multiple different disciplines and breeds of horses alongside an elite team of veterinarians.
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- Equine general practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA surgical residency
- Equine/LA medicine residency
- Imaging residency
Start date
June 16, 2025
End date
June 15, 2026
Application Deadline
November 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?
Yes, required
Contact Information
Salado
[USA] Texas
Bell
76571
1920 FM 2268, Salado, Texas 76571
Practice Mailing Address
1920 FM 2268 - Salado - Bell - [USA] Texas - 76571
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
Each rotation is two weeks long. Rotations include internal medicine, ambulatory medicine, and surgery. Internal medicine intern will work primarily on internal medicine and emergency medicine cases during the rotation. This rotation will prepare individuals to receive after-hour and daytime emergencies. The internal medicine intern will have some responsibilities overseeing hospitalized medicine cases. Ambulatory medicine rotation will work with ambulatory clinician’s at large farm calls and will allow them to gain exposure to primary medicine/wellness, ambulatory sports medicine, and gain experience with ambulatory emergencies. Surgery intern will work the surgery team to run anesthesia, assist with computed tomography imaging, and perform orthopedic surgeries, soft tissue surgeries, and emergency surgeries. Surgery interns will also be involved in outpatient lameness cases.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
90-99%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Weekly
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
- Stat CBC analyzer
- Stat whole blood chemistry analyzer
- CT
- 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
- Power dentistry
Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:
1. Interns have the opportunity to help teach a wetlab to veterinary students that is hosted by Brazos Valley Equine Hospital-Salado in the spring each year. Approximately 25-30 students are in attendance.
2. Lone Star Sports Symposium is hosted by Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals annually.
3. Podiatry lecture series (Ignite) is hosted by Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals annually.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
15000
Total number ambulatory cases
6000
Total number in-house cases
9000
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
6
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)
Farriers, veterinary dentists
Additional certifications/area of expertise represented in the practice
Acupuncture certification, Rehabilitation certification, MBA
Technician present on ambulatory calls
Yes
Overnight technical staff (if hospital present)
Yes
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
24-hour technical support is available 7 days a week at the hospital. Technicians are available for daytime farm calls for interns, but limited availability for technician support for any level of veterinarian is available after-hours during farm calls.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$46-50k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
Veterinary interns are paid 85% of their collected emergency fees.
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
Yes
Signing bonus. Internship completion bonus.
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Click here to download the Benefits Worksheet
Value of total annual compensation
86,7835
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
On-site
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
10
PTO stipulations
No more than 5 consecutive days of PTO.
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
Individual = intern is not responsibility for premium. Dependents/spouse= intern is responsible for premium.
Dental insurance offered
Yes
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
No
401K program offered
Yes
Employer matching offered
Yes
3% matching 401k contribution. Profit sharing.
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
No others.
Contract
Non-compete clause required
Yes
Non-compete details
To be provided with review of contract.
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
Non-American veterinarians are financially responsible for their visa; however, we can assist with an immigration lawyer.
Method internship offers are made
Telephone call
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
August
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
January
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
7 days.
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
15
Number of interns that haven’t completed the program over the past 5 years, with explanation
Two. Both fired for ethical and dishonest/trustworthy issues.
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
3
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
6
Number of interns from this program who accepted a residency position in the past 5 years
2
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
3
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
3
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
The caseload leans toward lameness and sports medicine covering a wide variety of breeds and disciplines with a predominance of rodeo and English sport horses. The team sees approximately 15,000 horses per year with 60% examined at the hospital. The outpatient caseload varies between 15-40 cases per day, with the average number of in-patients treated daily varies from 5-25 depending on the time of year. Veterinarians: John Janicek, DVM, MS, DACVS Beau Whitaker, DVM, CERP Jaime Ashbrook, DVM, cVMA Rachel Youngblood, DVM Erica Bast, DVM Remi Grzeskowiak, DVM, PhD (DACVS-LA eligible) Isidora Navarro, DVM Micaela Preston, DVM Marco Jimenez, MVZ Specific case breakdown is approximately: ● Lameness = 3,500/ year ● Pre-Purchase = 150 / year ● Surgery = 350-400 / year (35-40% Orthopedic, 30-35% Soft Tissue, 20-25% Emergency) ● Internal Medicine = 850-900 / year (30-50 Neonatal Cases; 100 Ophthalmology, 450-500 Gastrointestinal, 100-150 Respiratory, 5-10 Cardiac, 50-100 Neurologic, and 50-75 Dermatologic) ● General Health = 500-800 ● Corrective Podiatry = 75-100 ● Dentistry = 1300-1500 ● Chiropractic/Acupuncture = 100-150 ● Emergency = 600-800 Facilities: The hospital in Salado is situated on 15 acres with two barns totalling 35 stalls and 7 paddocks. The hospital consists of a 3-stall climate-controlled ICU, a large indoor lameness pad, a climate controlled standing surgery room, a climate controlled computed tomography (CT)/radiology room, one surgical suite with two induction/recovery stalls, a clinical laboratory, a pharmacy, a reception area, doctor’s offices, library/conference room, 3 extern apartments, and 3-bedroom intern house.
