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
	Kimberly Alexander, DVM Intern
	Scott Bertoldo, DVM Intern
	Rachel Bryant, DVM Intern
	Andrew Dunlap, VMD Intern
	Summer Foyle, DVM Intern
	Younjin Han, DVM Intern
	Elisabeth Lemmon, VMD, PhD Intern
	Eugene Park, DVM Intern
	Diana Pendleton, DVM Intern
	Camden Pollihan, DVM Intern
	Samantha Siess, DVM, PhD Intern
	Joshua Wagner, DVM Intern
	Kathryn Wolfert, DVM Intern
	Alexandra Zilberfarb, DVM Intern

Specialty Interns
	Tessa Arendt, DVM Speciality Intern, Neurology
	Jennifer Kwok, BVetMed Specialty Intern, Ophthalmology
	Audrey Rollins, VMD Specialty Intern, Cardiology
	Kornelia Tiffinger, DVM Specialty Intern, Interventional Radiology
	Kendal Valentine, DVM Specialty Intern, Radiation Oncology

Anesthesia Residents
	Lutvikadic Ismar, DVM Resident
	Emma Gorenberg, VMD, DACVIM (LAIM) Resident
	Allison Mika, VMD Resident
	Miranda Starr, VMD Resident
	DeAnna Theiss, DVM, MPH Resident

Behavior Residents & Interns
	Alexandra Cox, DVM Resident, Behavior Medicine
	Anna Mukhina, DVM Resident, Behavior Medicine

Canine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Residents & Fellows
	Gretchen Powers, DVM Resident

Cardiology Residents & Interns
	Yeonji Cho, DVM Resident, Cardiology
	Tori Convey, VMD Research Intern, Cardiology
	Laura Massey, VMD Resident, Cardiology

Dentistry & Oral Surgery Residents
	Shannon Heintz, VMD Resident, Dentistry & Oral Surgery
	Haixia Kong, BVetMed Resident, Dentistry & Oral Surgery
	Robert Thompson, VMD Resident, Dentistry & Oral Surgery

Dermatology & Allergy Residents
	Emily Davis, DVM Resident, Dermatology
	Christina Dierkes, VMD Resident, Dermatology
	Indira Rojas Rivera, DVM, MS Resident, Dermatology

Diagnostic Laboratories - Residents
	Stefano De Arcangeli, DVM, PhD Resident, Clinical Pathology
	Nathan Fanzone, VMD Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Devin Fussell, DVM Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Nicole Hamlin, DVM Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Karuna Katariwala, DVM Resident, Clinical Pathology
	Victoria Leopardi, VMD Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Lillian Miller, DVM Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Maho Okumura, VMD, MPH Resident, Clinical Microbiology
	Hannah Reichert, DVM Resident, Anatomic Pathology
	Brianna Stoyle, DVM Resident, Anatomic Pathology

Emergency & Critical Care Residents
	Joseph Frame, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Justin Hildebrand, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Leanna Hoover, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Justin Lam, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Brooke Newmans, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Allison O'Donnell, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Curtis Rheingold, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Erin Tack, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Jordan Tarbutton, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care
	Brandon Weiss, DVM Resident, Emergency & Critical Care

Internal Medicine Residents
	Jessica Box, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Carson Campbell, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Samuel Chien, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Lisa Dourmashkin, VMD Resident, Medicine
	Sarah Edwards, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Nadia Javeed, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Samantha Harvey, VMD Resident, Medicine
	Max Holzman, VMD Resident, Medicine
	Valerie Nelson, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Kathryn Sanders, DVM Resident, Medicine
	Elizabeth Snyder, VMD Resident, Medicine
	Olivia Wallace, DVM Resident, Medicine

Neurology & Neurosurgery Residents
	Deborah Chapman, DVM Resident, Neurology/Neurosurgery
	CarolAnn Daidone, VMD Resident, Neurology/Neurosurgery
	Marina Hernandez Guzman, DVM Resident, Neurology/Neurosurgery

Oncology Residents & Interns
	Dillon Didehvar, VMD Resident, Oncology
	Zachary Fawver, DVM, MPH Resident, Oncology
	Audrey Ghanian, VMD Resident, Oncology
	Aimee Soileau, DVM Resident, Oncology
	Laurel Upton, DVM Resident, Oncology
	Grace Wei-Qi Woo, DVM Resident, Oncology

Ophthalmology Residents
	Tiffany Chen, DVM Resident, Ophthalmology
	Rhiannon Ross, VMD Resident, Ophthalmology

Radiology/Imaging Residents
	Rachel Durrwachter, VMD Resident, Radiology
	Julia Fox, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Natalie Goolik, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Elisa Heacock, VMD Resident, Radiology
	Robb Kessel, VMD Resident, Radiology
	Yu (May) Wang, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Robert Wise, DVM Resident, Radiology
	Jin Yu, DVM Resident, Radiology

Surgery Residents
	Camille Duvieusart, BVMS Resident, Surgery
	Isabella Hildebrandt, DVM Resident, Surgery
	Karl Hoenecke, BVetMed Resident, Surgery
	XiaoXiao Lederer, DVM Resident, Surgery
	Andrea (Annie) Mastorakis, DVM Resident, Surgery
	Alysha McGrath, DVM Resident, Surgery
	Maya Sekhar, VMD Resident, Surgery