Externship Center
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| Organization/Company |
Wildlife Conservation Society |
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Bronx, NY |
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Pathology Environment |
Zoological/Wildlife |
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Discipline/Field of Study |
Anatomic |
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Length of Externship |
Junior/Senior Year Externship (4 weeks duration for students in 3rd or 4th year) |
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Time of Year |
Anytime |
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Funding/Stipend |
No |
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Housing Provided |
No |
Description of Externship:
The Pathology Department of the Wildlife Conservation Society (based at the Bronx
Zoo) provides diagnostic pathology services for the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo,
Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and the New York Aquarium and offers Externship
opportunities to 3rd and 4th year veterinary students. Externships last four
(4) weeks and participating students will be involved in all aspects of daily
necropsy examinations. Exceptional species diversity within our collections and
a high caseload will provide students with broad exposure to the comparative
anatomy and naturally occurring diseases and pathology of exotic animals. Pathology
externs will work closely with the pathology staff. Background reading and research
for diagnostic cases will be expected of the extern as will participation in
weekly and bimonthly histopathology conferences. In addition, externs will be
required to fully investigate a case or group of cases and prepare a short presentation
that will be delivered to the staff during their final externship week. To enhance
their learning opportunities, externs will have access to extensive teaching
materials, including texts and journals, more than 10,000 gross kodachromes of
gross and histologic lesions of zoo animals, glass slide teaching sets including
normal tissue and pathologic lesions of birds, reptiles/amphibians, and mammals,
the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's Wednesday Slide Conference sets, and
an extensive species-based literature file.
Externship applications are accepted year-round, on a first-come, first-served
basis. Interested applicants should contact Dr. Carlos Rodriguez, DVM, Dipl.
ACVP (see below) for more information regarding the program and the application
process. Electronic applications are welcome.
For more information or to submit an application, please contact:
Carlos Rodriguez, DVM, Dipl. ACVP
Wildlife Conservation Society
2300 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10460
phone: (718) 220-7105
fax: (718) 220-7126
email: crodriguez@wcs.org
Updated: 12/3/2007
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