I wish that I could truly say that without knowing full well that I would be lying through my teeth. Full disclosure, I am not the biggest fan of staring into a microscope for longer than necessary, which has made the pathology rotation a challenge. It is not as if I do not get a […]
Maxbetter Vizelberg
VFourth-Year, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Maxbetter has been cultivating his interest in veterinary medicine since a young age. From being read Russian children’s stories about “Doctor Aybolit” by his grandmother, to going with his parents to see horses at a nearby stable as a child, to working at a local small animal hospital, he has thoroughly enjoyed learning about animals over the years.
He studied Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard before beginning veterinary school in 2014. Some of his interests within the profession include One Health and zoological medicine, the latter of which was sparked by a summer internship at the Israeli Wildlife Hospital. Maxbetter also enjoys playing soccer, biking, hiking, writing raps, making music videos, and spending time with his friends and family.
Gross Images
One of the cool things about clinical rotations is that you get to spend each day surrounded by people who are excited to learn and discover that not all cases present the same way. On pathology, we have seen first-hand the variation in pathologic tissue between species, breeds, and even individual animals. Although doing necropsies […]
Taking it to Heart
One of the differences that struck me most between working in the small animal hospital at Tufts and doing an externship down south is the number of canine patients that present to the clinic that test heartworm positive. During the ten months of core rotations up in Massachusetts, I only saw one dog that was […]
