DVM class of 2024

Kat Wishon is planning to apply for both exotic specialty and small animal/exotics rotating internships when she graduates with her DVM this spring.

Shout out to Drs. Julie Cary and Rick Debowes. For Thomas Lindgren, the emphasis on client communication and business management training are what he found most impactful about WSU’s veterinary program. Still, it’s his classmates that he may treasure most. “I could write pages about the Class of 2024,” Thomas said. “I would not be […]

Now in her fourth year of veterinary school, Katie Hoch plans to work with small animals in either a general practice or an emergency clinic soon enough. She particularly enjoys surgery, imaging, and emergency medicine.

Nadine Encarnacion, a member of the DVM class of 2024, plans to attend a small animal rotating internship after veterinary school and specialize in radiology/diagnostic imaging.

Ashley Wright needs an extra hand – or maybe even two – to count all the veterinarians in her family. By the most recent tally, there are at least a baker’s dozen, but, Wright says, a cousin or spouse could have easily been missed. Currently in her fourth and final year of Washington State University’s veterinary program, Wright will join the list this spring.

Stephanie Erdesz’s interests in veterinary medicine span from soft tissue and minimally invasive surgery to emergency medicine, orthopedic diseases and rehabilitation, to geriatric care.

Janelle Thomas will graduate this spring with her DVM. Her primary interest is small animal general practice, but she is dabbling in the idea of continuing her education and pursuing a master’s degree in animal welfare, law and ethics, or law school with an animal law focus.

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Are you considering #WSUVetMed? Every other Wednesday we are highlighting our student ambassadors who are available to provide insight into our Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program. Third-year student Courtney Durfee is proof there are many paths – and plenty that are unconventional – to #WSUVetMed. “I hear frequently that undergrads think community college is looked […]