Externship - Hospital and Ambulatory

We are always excited to be involved with future members of our field and to help student veterinarians continue to evolve and gain knowledge and experience.

Kentucky Equine Athlete Hospital is a full-service surgical and ambulatory hospital located outside of Louisville, KY. KEAH has 5 full time veterinarians and 1 part time- with two ACVS and two ACVSMR diplomats. Dr. Wes Sutter, DACVS/DACVSMR has an active orthopedic and soft tissue surgical case load with 2-3 surgical days scheduled per week with the rest of his time spent on sport medicine/lameness cases and advanced diagnostic imaging.

We offer a full range of lameness diagnostic services including advanced imaging services with MRI, CT, Nuclear scintigraphy, and PET Scan. We offer the latest in lameness treatments and diagnostics including IRAP, Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, Pro-Stride, traditional joint therapies, regenerative laser, and shock wave therapy. The clinic also offers endoscopy and gastroscopy services. Our ambulatory veterinarians provide a full range of services from routine herd health care, dentistry, reproductive services (Mare reproductive services, Embryo Flush/Transfer, and Stallion collections for fresh cooled and freezing), lameness/sports medicine, and emergency services.

We offer advanced ophthalmology services with board certified ophthalmologist Dr. Erica Tolar, DACVO. We also have a consulting DACVIM who works up our internal medicine cases as needed (1-2 per week on average). We have a full in house laboratory including technicians certified to run Coggins.

Our externship offers a great opportunity for veterinary students to gain knowledge and experience in all fields of equine practice; we are a very busy equine practice, and the extern will be exposed to many areas of clinical practice. Our externs will have the opportunity to observe surgical cases, lameness work ups/treatment, advanced imaging, ride on farm calls with ambulatory veterinarians, and observe ophthalmologic procedures with Dr.

Tolar. We rotate externs through all areas of the clinic, but if they have a particular interest, we try to accommodate spending more time in their areas of interest. We try to allow our externs hands on experiences depending on level of ability, schooling level, clientele, and case load. Our externships are usually scheduled for 2 weeks blocks, but depending on the schedule we are open to shorter or longer stays.

We offer dormitory style onsite housing for externs is shared (no more than 2 students at a time). If you are interested in our internship program, scheduling an externship is a great way to get to know the clinic and staff.

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