During my shelter animal rotation, I made a lot of revelations about surgery that I feel like sharing with you all. One afternoon as I was spaying one of my patients, I told the veterinarian that I had a confession to make. She looked up at me and I said, “during my junior surgery course, […]
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work!
“Teamwork makes the dream work!” One of the trainers for my summer internship always says this, and recently, I got to witness teamwork in action on a difficult case. We had a patient come into emergency as a result of being bitten by a much larger dog. He was stable, bright and alert, and was […]
Boneheads
I recently had a rotation with the orthopedic surgery service here at Cornell. Orthopedic surgery is something I have always been interested in due to having a major orthopedic surgery for a femur injury in high school. I also have a close family friend that is a human orthopedic surgeon, and he has taught me […]
