Companion Animal Medicine

The Companion Animal Medicine service of the VTH&C is staffed by 5 faculty members who are diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, and 4 residents with extensive training in small animal internal medicine. Each faculty clinician practices general internal medicine but also has expertise in a sub-specialty area such as gastroenterology, urology, endocrinology, critical care, and infectious disease.

Specialty services offered include ultrasonography, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, cystoscopy, electrodiagnostics, CT scan, nuclear medicine, and radioactive iodide therapy.

See "From the Inside Out: A Chronicle of the Companion Animal Medicine Service,” (pdf) excerpted from

the March/April 2009 issue of La Veterinaire.
 

Clinical cases in small animal internal medicine

• Maggie, the poodle who could not breathe

• Snowflake, the Maltese with leptospirosis

• Bat, the coughing Chihuahua with collapsed trachea
   

Faculty Clinicians:

• Frédéric Gaschen, Dr. med. vet., Dr. habil. Dipl. ACVIM (Internal Medicine), Dipl. ECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine)
  Special interests include gastroenterology and endoscopy

• Amy Grooters, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
  Special interests include fungal diseases and endocrinology

• Mark J. Acierno, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
  Special interests include nephrology, hypertension, and dialysis medicine

• Kirk Ryan, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
  Special interests include neuromuscular diseases and critical care

Residents (Companion Animal Internal Medicine):

Third year

Dr. Jennifer Ayoub, LSU-Nestlé Purina Resident

Dr. Caroline Goutal

Second year

Dr. Jocelyn Garber

 

First year

Dr. Julie Hartfield

Dr. Diana McGovern