Philosophy of Internship: The internship rotates through surgery/lameness, ambulatory/reproduction, anesthesia/ICU, and internal medicine/emergency medicine. The internship is divided between training with specialists in-hospital and primary case responsibility in the field.

Internship Duties: Interns are responsible for the hospitalized patients as well as assisting with receiving of cases under the different services and clinicians. Interns have rotating emergency duties and assist the nighttime emergency doctor if needed. Case rounds occur each morning between 8:00 and 8:45am. There are educational rounds for the interns every Wednesday morning and journal article presentation every other Friday for all doctors in the practice.

Prerequisite Application Process: Graduation from an accredited veterinary school and licensed in the state of California. We strongly prefer that all applicants complete an externship at one of our hospital locations prior to application. If you are unable to visit, please contact us to schedule a zoom call. 

Additional Information: Application should include a current photo of the applicant, official transcript, three letters of recommendation, CV, and letter of intent. Applications should be submitted via email.

About Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center

Loomis Basin Equine Medical Group consists of approximately 40 doctors working out of 10 different locations. The main hospital sits on 28 acres east of Sacramento in the Sierra foothills close to skiing, the American river, and various state and national parks. The other locations include Napa Valley, North Coast, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Los Angeles. We are a growing medical group with the main hospital facility housing 80-130 horses depending on the time of year and includes climate controlled ICU stalls, isolation stalls, and various barns, paddocks and pastures. The hospital employs over 40 technicians that help with the ambulatory, surgery, and ICU patients. LBEMG is known for its continuous learning culture, investment in new technologies and medical excellence.

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