It’s been four months since I officially became a senior vet student! It seems like it was yesterday when I spent all my weekends in the anatomy lab during my first year. I started my vet school journey three years ago and time has flown by. Sometimes I still cannot believe that my third year is […]
2:00 pm Christmas afternoon – only ten more hours to go. I was a first-year resident at the Animal Medical Center (AMC) in New York City, running the hospital and overseeing 20 interns on the one major holiday I was required to cover during my residency in avian and exotic pet medicine. The AMC was […]
As someone whose interests lie predominantly in the equine field since my undergraduate degree, I have accumulated several equine textbooks and references that have proven to be extremely helpful. Whether you are passionate about ponies or just trying to get through the equine labs and hope you never have to touch a horse again, here […]
An overview of how to conduct collection and submission of lab samples. … Samples
Everything from normal rectal temperature ranges to measurement conversion tables. … Guides
Everything from Public Health Agencies to a list of zoonoses. … Health
Mentors tell you all sorts of profound, insightful, even esoteric bits of advice they’ve accumulated over decades and decades of clinical practice. They transmit these gems of wisdom to better the new wave of professionals entering the real world of veterinary medicine. They want the future generation of practitioners to thrive. They want those coming […]
To the Classes of 2021, 2022, 2023 and the incoming freshmen of the Class of 2024: I’m sorry. The Class of 2020 was gipped out of our last few months in clinics and our graduation ceremony and don’t get me wrong – it sucked, to say the very least. But my class was able to […]
Yvette Huizar is a fourth-year veterinary student at Cornell CVM and co-founder of the Latinx Veterinary Medical Association. She was born and raised in Central California and completed her undergraduate career at UC Berkeley. Her aspiration to be a veterinarian started at a young age and she owes it to the many summers and school […]
In these tough times, we have seen how the pandemic has changed everything. The veterinary world has adjusted to COVID-19 by implementing telemedicine and curbside drop-off services. Senior vet students and now Doctors of Veterinary Medicine like me have received their degrees through virtual commencements. We have experienced the feeling of disappointment when we didn’t […]
Dear Me, Veterinary School Me on the first day of clinics. Veterinary School Me on the first day of vet school. Undergraduate Me finding out you were accepted to vet school. Undergrad Me submitting your VMCAs. Undergrad Me declaring a Pre-Vet major. High School Me getting into a private college. High School Me deciding to […]
Morgan Young
Third-Year, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Currently a third-year student, Morgan’s true passion lies in exotic and wildlife medicine. Morgan has a four-year-old son, Silas. They like to spend their time outside.
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