Hospital Hosts 2022 Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium

veterinarians performing minimally invasive surgery on horse at UC Davis veterinary hospital
Dr. Tom Bergstrom (left), an equine surgery resident at the UC Davis veterinary hospital, performs a minimally invasive surgery on a horse, assisted by faculty member Dr. Scott Katzman (center). Dr. Bergstrom won the Chris Smith Award for Outstanding Equine Research at the 2022 Gerald V. Ling Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium.

Hospital Hosts 2022 Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium

On March 18, 2022, the UC Davis veterinary hospital hosted the 43rd annual Gerald V. Ling Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium (VIRRS). The day-long event featured short presentations of research findings from house officers (residents, fellows, interns) to fellow house officers, faculty, staff, students, and guests.

two resident veterinarians with a llama at the UC Davis veterinary hospital.
Chief House Officers Drs. Ashley Sharpe and Zach Turner with a llama at the UC Davis veterinary hospital. Dr. Turner won the Jeeves House Officer Award at the 2022 Gerald V. Ling Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium.

Having the ability to do research is a major advantage of doing a residency at the UC Davis veterinary hospital. With the largest and most diverse house office program in the country, the hospital is able to offer research opportunities not available elsewhere. UC Davis currently trains 127 house officers in 38 specialty disciplines, and 39 of them presented research studies at this year’s VIRRS, covering a large breadth of topics throughout veterinary medicine.

VIRRS is overseen by the House Officer Affairs Board, consisting of faculty members Drs. Linda Barter (chair), Pete Dickinson, Amandine Lejeune, Richard Pereira, Natalia Vapniarsky-Arzi, Stephen White, and Kevin Woolard, with program support from staff members Corey Vermilion and Nicole Adams. Congratulations to the planning committee for organizing yet another successful VIRRS.

Award winners at the 2022 VIRRS include:
Jeeves House Officer Award
•    Dr. Zach Turner (resident), Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction: “Cystic ovarian disease in dairy cattle: diagnostic accuracy when using B-mode and color Doppler ultrasound”
Gerald V. Ling Award
•    Dr. Angela Gorney (resident), Diagnostic Imaging: “Prediction of pathologic fracture may be possible using computed tomography rigidity metrics in canine antebrachial osteosarcoma”
Outstanding Small Animal Research Study and Presentation Award #1
•    Dr. Jennifer Chan (resident), Internal Medicine: “Incidence of acute kidney injury in dogs with systemic infections treated with amphotericin B”
Outstanding Small Animal Research Study and Presentation Award #2
•    Dr. Marcela Machado (resident), Anesthesia and Analgesia: “Cardiovascular, gas exchange and arterial oxygenation effects of positive end-expiratory pressure in cats anesthetized with isoflurane”
Chris Smith Award for Outstanding Equine Research Study and Presentation
•    Dr. Tom Bergstrom (resident), Equine Surgery: “Increasing tourniquet number has no effect on amikacin concentration within the radiocarpal joint in horses undergoing intravenous regional limb perfusion”
Outstanding Large Animal Research Study and Presentation Award
•    Dr. Cileah Kretsch (resident), Internal Medicine (livestock emphasis): “Agglutination and hemolytic crossmatches to determine transfusion reaction differences between large and small breed goats”
Outstanding Avian, Exotics, Lab Animal or Poultry Research Study and Presentation Award
•    Dr. Hali Jungers (fellow), Aquatic Animal Health: “Pharmacokinetics of Ceftazidime in signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) following intra-muscular and intra-venous administration”

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