For Students and Residents

American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology
2424 American Lane
Madison, WI 53704

Telephone: +1-608-443-2479
Fax: +1-608-443-2474
email: info@asvcp.org

Institution:
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Contact Person(s):
Reema Patel
Address:
Laboratory of Pathology and Toxicology
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
3900 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone:
215-746-3255 (office), 215-898-8877 (lab)
Fax:
215-898-0719
E-mail:
Web Site:
Next Open Position:
July 1, 2012
Application Deadline:
November 20, 2011
Type of Program:
Residency
Length of Training:
3 years
No. of Trainees:
2
Current Trainee(s):
Martina Piviani
Koranda Wallace
Program Goals:

1) Board certification.
2) Preparation for employment or continued (post)doctoral training.
Program Strengths:
 High volume of very complex cases receiving excellent diagnostic workups. Large species diversity: cytologies, bone marrows, CBCs, and chemistries from small companion animals, exotics, and nonmammalian species; cytologies and bone marrows from horses and cattle and occasionally llamas, sheep, pigs. Diverse research interests within the department, with many opportunities for collaboration. Excellent interactions with anatomic pathology, medicine, critical care, and oncology. Excellent computerized library services.
Training Activities:
Clinical diagnostic service duty, laboratory instrumentation, educational seminars, rounds, and journal club. Small group and didactic veterinary curriculum instruction. Diagnostic histopathology training. Biannual board preparatory examination. Opportunities for clinical research projects, presentation, and publication.
Additional Training Areas:
 Independent research projects are encouraged.
Coursework:
None.
Clinical Pathology Faculty:
Raquel Walton, VMD, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor
Reema Patel, DVM, Dipl ACVP, Staff Clinical Pathologist
Roberta DiTerlizzi, DVM, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor
Faculty Research Interests:
Neural stem cells, quality assurance and validation, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and Sezary syndrome, platelet kinetics, histiocytic disorders utility of body cavity fluid biochemistry to predict sepsis, hematology instrumentation and methods, multiple myeloma, nasal lymphoma. Educational research including software development (for students and residents), team based learning, and implementation of new educational tools in the veterinary curriculum.
Trainees in Last 5 Years and Current Positions:
Elizabeth Little, VMD, Dipl ACVP, Clinical Pathologist, IDEXX Laboratories, Langhorne, PA
Nicole Weinstein, DVM, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Sakurako Neo, DVM, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor, Azabu University, Kanagawa, Japan
Allison Billings, DVM, Dipl ACVP, Bay Animal Diagnostics LLC, Durham, NC
Karen Jackson, BVSc, MACVSc, Dipl ACVP, IDEXX Laboratories, Sydney, Australia
This Page Was Last Updated
 July 20, 2011