Ryan Hospital Residents and Interns

At Ryan Hospital, interns and residents are integral members of the clinical care team, comprising senior faculty supervisory clinicians, staff veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and students.

What Our Residents and Interns Do

Supervise the care and treatment of patients under the direction of the attending faculty/senior clinician.
Attend clinical rounds, seminars, continuing education, and meetings related to their clinical service.
Take part in the clinical teaching of junior and senior veterinary students.
Supervise patient care provided by students; active instruction of students is expected.

What is an intern?

An intern is a veterinarian who is seeking additional training in a more specialized hospital environment such as an academic hospital. Obtaining an internship at Penn Vet is highly competitive. Our interns represent some of the top young veterinarians in the world. An internship is a one year position. Most interns rotate through multiple services in our hospital, obtaining a broad exposure to veterinary medicine and surgery. However, there are some specialty interns who focus on a single specialty.
What is a resident?

A resident is a veterinarian who has already completed an internship, and has decided to continue his or her training in a particular specialty. Only the finest interns are successful in obtaining a residency, which is typically a three-year program. Towards the end of their three-year tenure in an academic veterinary hospital, residents typically take specialty board examinations so that they can become board-certified in a specialty service. Residents who have completed this type of intensive, post-graduate training aim for academic careers in clinical care and research, or serve as specialty care veterinarians in private practice.

Meet Ryan Hospital's Residents & Interns

Ryan Hospital Rotating Interns
	Jared Crofts, DVM Intern
	Sarah Edwards, DVM Intern
	Laura Gatch, DVM Intern
	Justin Hildebrand, DVM Intern
	Emily Iocolano, DVM Intern
	Lyla Kotsch, DVM, MAcc Intern
	Andrea Mastorakis, DVM Intern
	Jacklin Pletcher, DVM Intern
	Leo Ragazzo, DVM Intern
	Kristin Reichert, DVM Intern
	Siobhan Rickert, DVM Intern
	Garrett Williams, DVM Intern

Specialty Interns
	Victoria Convey, VMD Specialty Intern, Cardiology
	Audrey Ghanian, VMD Specialty Intern, Oncology Clinical Trials
	Marina Hernandez Guzman, DVM Specialty Intern, Neurology
	Yael Huerta, DVM Specialty Intern, Surgery Research
	Victoria McKaba, DVM Specialty Intern, Cardiology/ECC Research
	Isha Pandya, VMD Specialty Intern, Shelter Medicine Watershed
	Laurel Upton, DVM Specialty Intern, Radiation Oncology

Anesthesia Residents & Interns
	Jerianne Brandly, DVM Resident, Anesthesia
	Alycia Frampton, VMD, MS Resident, Anesthesia
	Emma Gorenberg, VMD, DACVIM (LAIM) Resident, Anesthesia
	Travis Mills, DVM Resident, Anesthesia
	DeAnna Theiss, DVM, MPH Resident, Anesthesia

Behavior Residents & Interns
	Alison Emmert, BDVM Resident, Behavior Medicine
	Holly Memoli, BVM&S Resident, Behavior Medicine

Canine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Residents & Fellows
	Gretchen Powers, DVM Resident
	Meghan Ramos, VMD Research Fellow

Cardiology Residents & Interns
	Erin Achilles, VMD Resident, Cardiology
	Tori Convey, VMD Research Intern, Cardiology
	Terry Huh, DVM Resident, Cardiology
	Laura Massey, VMD Resident, Cardiology
	Victoria McKaba, DVM Research Intern, Cardiology/ECC

Dentistry & Oral Surgery Residents
	Esther Choi, DVM, MS Resident, Dentistry & Oral Surgery
	Shawna Han, DVM Resident, Dentistry & Oral Surgery
	Haixia Kong, DVM Resident, Dentistry & Oral Surgery

Dermatology & Allergy Residents
	Lindsey Citron, VMD Resident, Dermatology
	Emily Davis, DVM Resident, Dermatology
	Drew Fleischman, DVM Resident, Dermatology

Diagnostic Laboratories - Residents
	Taylor Chan, DVM Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Nathan Fanzone, VMD Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Giovanni Finesso, DVM Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Joshua Hargrove, DVM Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Elinor Willis, VMD, PhD Resident, Anatomic Pathology

Emergency & Critical Care Residents
	Nolan Chalifoux, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Rachel Clarkin-Breslin, VMD Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Selimah Harmon, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Justin Lam, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Rachel Manchester, BVetMed Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Lauren Minter, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Brett Montague, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Brooke Newmans, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Curtis Rheingold, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Ashlei Tinsley, VMD Resident, Emergency & Critical Care

Internal Medicine Residents
	Jessica Box, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Carson Campbell, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Victoria Carter, BVetMed Resident, Medicine
	Samantha Duxbury, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Lindsey Garcia, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Jacob Herr, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Valerie Nelson, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Lian Ning Yuan (Tanya) Qiu, VMD Resident, Medicine
	Jessica Mampe, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Kathryn Sanders, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Federica Serafini, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Leah Soderman, DVM Resident, Medicine

Neurology & Neurosurgery Residents
	Christopher Black, DVM Resident, Neurology/Neurosurgery
	CarolAnn Daidone, VMD Resident, Neurology/Neurosurgery
	Tommie van Veghel, DVM Resident, Neurology/Neurosurgery

Oncology Residents & Interns
	Kathleen Bardales, DVM Resident, Medical Oncology
	Ashleigh Cournoyer, DVM Resident, Medical Oncology
	Dillon Didehvar, VMD Resident, Oncology
	Aimee Soileau, DVM Resident, Oncology
	Kelley Zimmerman, BVetMed Resident, Oncology

Ophthalmology Residents
	Valerie Dufour, DVM, MSc Resident, Ophthalmology
	Harathi Krishnan, VMD Resident, Ophthalmology
	Rhiannon Ross, VMD Resident, Ophthalmology

Radiology/Imaging Residents
	Rachel Durrwachter, VMD Resident, Radiology
	Sydney Gibson, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Natalie Goolik, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Elisa Heacock, VMD Resident, Radiology
	Christopher Koester, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Maria Mulvihill, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Lawrence (Alex) Quilty, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Robert Wise, DVM Resident, Radiology

Surgery Residents
	Alison Billas, VMD Resident, Surgery
	Samuel Burkhardt, DVM Resident, Surgery
	Chiara Curcillo, VMD Resident, Surgery
	Sarah Friday, DVM Resident, Surgery
	Isabella Hildebrandt, DVM Resident, Surgery
	Alysha McGrath, DVM Resident, Surgery
	Maya Sekhar, VMD Resident, Surgery