The Department of Clinical Sciences at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants to fill a full-time, 12-months/year clinical track appointment in small animal internal medicine at the faculty rank of Assistant Clinical, Associate Clinical, or Clinical Professor.
Responsibilities: Applicants should have a strong interest and experience in clinical small animal internal medicine and in instruction of veterinary students. A clinical track position is designed for individuals desiring to focus on service/teaching obligations in a university teaching hospital setting. Clinical service expectations include teaching professional veterinary students, training residents and interns, and providing small animal internal medicine services for the Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital.
There is some flexibility in the percent effort for the faculty assignments depending on an individual’s interest and expertise. Although this position is heavily weighted toward clinic service and teaching, opportunities for research and other scholarly activity are numerous.
Description of Small Animal Internal Medicine Service:
The successful applicant will join a current team of three ACVIM-SAIM Diplomate faculty, 1 ECVIM-SAIM Diplomate faculty, six SAIM residents, and 1 SAIM specialty intern. Small Animal Internal Medicine is one of many specialties in Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital including anesthesiology, avian and exotic medicine, cardiology, clinical pathology, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, emergency and critical care, medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, neurology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, soft tissue surgery, sports medicine, and theriogenology.
Small animal medicine equipment includes a brand new portable endoscopy system from GSM Capital Animal Health which includes a slim endoscope, a super slim endoscope, a standard gastroscope, and a rigid rhinoscope. This complements our previous Fuji bronchoscope, gastroscope, and colonoscope and our Storz ureteroscope and rigid rhinoscope. The service also has a Vcheck V200 Bionote analyzer, an Echo Rebel iPad based digital microscope, and an HM70 EVO Samsung ultrasound machine for within service use. Small animal medicine is also supported by a full service in-house volunteer blood bank. Other onsite hospital equipment includes Co2 surgical laser (Aesculight), Eklin digital radiology, a state-of-the art Varian Edge Linear Accelerator, 3T Phillips MRI, GE 128-slice CT scan, a Siemens digital RF suite, and GE interventional radiology suite. The Auburn University MRI center provides 3T and 7T MRI service for research studies. The small animal and large animal ICU facilities are approved for ACVECC training and have dialysis capabilities. A virtual tour of the facility is available here:
https://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/about/virtual-tour/facility/wilford-kate-bailey-small-animal-teaching-hospital/
The Small Animal Internal Medicine service at Auburn University has a highly successful resident training program with a robust caseload of approximately 5,000 SAIM cases and 30,000 small animal cases seen annually in the Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital, which opened in 2014. The intermediate care ward can house up to 36 inpatients, the intensive care unit up to 18 inpatients, and the hospital has separate isolation units and separate receiving for infectious patients. The Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital also provides direct consultation for and transfer of care from Auburn Veterinary Specialists-Gulf Shores, a satellite of the Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital. The Bailey hospital has a robust diagnostic imaging service and imaging support includes after-hours ultrasound and cross-sectional imaging. A licensed centralized pharmacy with five full-time very helpful pharmacists and one pharmacist board certified by the International College of Veterinary Pharmacy (DICVP) supports patient medication needs. The hospital is further supported by a clinical laboratory staffed full-time with clinical pathologists. An after-hours STAT lab is available for hematology (Heska and Idexx), chemistries (Idexx), blood gases and electrolytes (Nova Prime+VET), thromboelastography (traditional and Entegrion VCM VET), and Abaxis coagulation profiles. ICU/IMC monitoring capabilities include telemetry (Fukuda DS1800), pulse oximetry, end-tidal CO2, direct and indirect blood pressure, and point-of-care ultrasounds (4 Clarius C7s, 2 Sonosite SIIs, Samsung HM70A EVO). Advanced therapeutic modalities include Prismaflex CRRT system (capabilities for hemodialysis, hemoperfusion, ultrafiltration, and therapeutic plasma exchange), high-flow nasal oxygen (2 Volumax units), hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HVM unit), and mechanical ventilation (Maquet Servo-I, Respironics Puritan Bennet 840, and LVT2000).
Teaching, Research, and Scholarship Opportunities:
Shared research space and technical support, including a clinical trials coordinator, are provided within the Department. There are numerous opportunities for research collaboration within the Auburn University veterinary medicine campus, Auburn University’s main campus, and the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Auburn campus. The Department participates in college-wide veterinary and graduate programs. Faculty development is a priority with a formal mentoring program for new faculty through the Department of Clinical Sciences. The Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (wp.auburn.edu/biggio) located on Auburn’s main campus is a fantastic resource for all things teaching related including support for instructional technologies. The CVM also has monthly teaching enhancement workshops and a summer teaching institute that has brought nationally recognized speakers to present on a variety of teaching related topics.
The University: Auburn University is the land-grant University for the state of Alabama and is contractually aligned to provide veterinary education for the State of Kentucky. Auburn University is one of the nation’s premier public land-grant institutions. In 2023, it was ranked 47th among public universities by U.S. News and World Report. Auburn maintains high levels of research activity and high standards for teaching excellence, offering Bachelor’s, Master’s, Educational Specialist, and Doctor’s degrees in agriculture and engineering, the professions, and the arts and sciences. Its 2023 enrollment of 33,015 students includes 26,874 undergraduates and 6,141 graduate and professional students. Organized into twelve academic colleges and schools, Auburn’s 1,435 faculty members offer more than 200 educational programs. The University is nationally recognized for its commitment to academic excellence and community engagement, its positive work environment, its thriving student life programs, and its beautiful campus.
The Area: Auburn residents enjoy a thriving community, recognized as one of the “best small towns in America,” and one of the “top ten small towns in the South” with moderate climate and easy access to major cities or to beach and mountain recreational facilities. Situated along the rapidly developing I-85 corridor between Atlanta, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama, the combined Auburn-Opelika-Columbus statistical area has a population of over 500,000, with excellent public school systems and regional medical centers. The town has an art museum, performing arts center, and many regional opportunities for music and theater performances. Numerous cultural and recreational venues and idyllic escapes are within one hour of Auburn including Callaway Gardens, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and numerous shopping and dining experiences. Clement weather allows for extensive outdoor recreational opportunities including trails for walking or cycling, kayaking/boating in the many rivers that traverse the area and in
Lake Martin with its 600 miles of shoreline, Tuskegee National Forest and other State Parks, all within a short drive from downtown. The 240,000 square foot university recreation center and multiple indoor lap pools and outdoor lounging pools offer additional opportunities to facilitate
a healthy active lifestyle. Additional information can be found at
https://www.aotourism.com/top-reasons-to-love-auburn-and-opelika/.
