Attention Veterinary Students Interested in Pathology!!

Pathology externships are great opportunities to work with pathologists outside of your own college.  Externships help forge professional relationships, educate students in new ways, and (hopefully) instill confidence in students applying to pathology residencies. A number of opportunities are listed below for informational purposes only. ACVP does not vet or endorse externships. 

Trainers/programs: Have an externship listed below that needs to be updated or a new externship you’d like to request be added? Contact ACVP.

Students: Take advantage of the opportunity to receive partial funding for your pathology externship by applying for an ACVP Student Externship Scholarship! Students who apply for these awards must first arrange specific dates and times for individualized externship opportunities with the organization they plan to visit.

Academic 

Institution	Location	Anatomic or Clinical
Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	Anatomic
Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	Clinical
Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin	Madison, WI	Anatomic
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Anatomic
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	Anatomic & Clinical
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, LA	Anatomic
Michigan State University Diagnostic Laboratory	Lansing, MI	Anatomic
MIT	Cambridge, MA	Anatomic
North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC	Anatomic
Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	Anatomic & Clinical
Oregon National Primate Center	Beaverton, OR	Anatomic
Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	Anatomic & Clinical
SW National Primate Research Center / SW Foundation for Biomedical Research	San Antonio, TX	Anatomic & Clinical
Texas A&M University	College Station, TX	Anatomic & Clinical
Tufts University	North Grafton, MA	Anatomic
University of Georgia	Athens, GA	Anatomic
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Urbana, IL	Anatomic
University of Missouri	Columbia, MO	Anatomic
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA or Kennett Square, PA	Anatomic
University of Wisconsin – Madison	Madison, WI	Anatomic
University of Wisconsin – National Primate Research Center	Madison, WI	Anatomic
University of Wisconsin – Research Animal Resources Center	Madison, WI	Anatomic
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	Anatomic
Wake Forest University School of Medicine	Winston-Salem, NC	Anatomic
Washington State University	Pullman, WA	Anatomic
Emory National Primate Research Center of Emory University	Atlanta, GA	Anatomic
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine	Knoxville, TN	Anatomic

Diagnostic

Institution	Location	Anatomic or Clinical
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, LA	Anatomic
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute	Albuquerque, NM	Anatomic
Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	Anatomic & Clinical
Penn Vet Diagnostic Laboratories University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Anatomic
Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, University of Wyoming	Laramie, WY	Anatomic

Forensic

Institution	Location	Discipline/Field of Study
National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab	Ashland, OR	Forensic
University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Forensic

Government

Institution	Location	Anatomic or Clinical
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe	Anatomic
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health	Bethesda, MD	Anatomic
The Joint Pathology Center	Silver Spring, MD	Anatomic

Industrial

Institution	Multiple Locations	Anatomic or Clinical
Inotiv	Multiple Locations	Anatomic & Toxicologic
Regeneron	Tarrytown, NY	Anatomic
Charles River Laboratories	Multiple Locations	Anatomic & Clinical

Zoo / Wildlife

Institution	Location	Anatomic or Clinical
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study	Athens, GA	Anatomic
Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, University of Wyoming	Laramie, WY	Anatomic
Zoological Pathology Program, University of Illinois	Chicago, IL	Anatomic
Zoological Society of San Diego	San Diego, CA	Anatomic
The Marine Mammal Center	Sausalito, CA	Anatomic

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Internships:

These programs require longer commitments than externships.

• Johns Hopkins Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Summer Fellowship Program 
• Wake Forest Summer Research Fellowships in Comparative Medicine 
• Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology Veterinary Internship