Sr. Veterinarian in Avian & Exotic Pet Medicine

The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center is seeking an ABVP or ACZM board-certified or board-eligible veterinarian to join our Avian and Exotic Pet Service as a full-time clinician. The Avian and Exotic Service at AMC provides 7-day/week veterinary care for a varied caseload of approximately 2,600 animals/year comprising birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and some fish. The clinician will join a service consisting of one full-time ABVP board-certified veterinarian (Reptile and Amphibian Practice), 2 part-time ABVP board-certified veterinarians (Avian Practice), and 1 per diem clinician. The Service also includes 2 house officers (2 specialty interns or intern/resident), 4 full-time and part-time technicians, 4 full-time assistants, and 1 service coordinator.

Clinical and Service Responsibilities

In a 4-day work week, clinical responsibilities consist of daily clinical appointments, inpatient care, clinical procedures, and consulting on walk-in emergency cases. You will share oversight and training of house officers in avian and exotic pet medicine and surgery and in the training of general rotating interns. As a Level 1 Trauma Center, the AMC Emergency and Critical Care Department provides 24-hour emergency service. No on-call emergency duty is required. The Avian and Exotic Pet Service is fully integrated with other services at the AMC and works in close coordination with other specialists to provide optimal patient care. Specialty services include anesthesia, cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, interventional radiology and endoscopy, neurology, ophthalmology, oncology, radiation oncology, rehabilitation and integrative medicine, and soft tissue, orthopedic, and oncologic surgery. The AMC is dedicated to assuring the health and safety of all hospital employees and clients, supporting excellence in clinical practice and post-graduate teaching, and assuring rewarding careers. The services operates in a newly designed, dedicated workspace as well as state of the art equipment hospital wide.

Qualifications

Requirements for this position are either board-certification by ABVP in Avian Practice, Exotic Companion Mammals, or Reptile and Amphibian Practice or by ACZM in Zoological Companion Animal Health. Residents in the last year of an accredited training program who will be board-eligible upon graduation will also be considered.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous sign-on bonus
• Four-day work week
• Health insurance with medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Very generous PTO
• Continuing education time off and stipend
• 403b retirement play with employer match
• Possibility of housing in an AMC apartment building or assistance to find housing
• School loan debt forgiveness opportunity as a non-profit hospital with 10 years of non-profit employment under the federal loan forgiveness program for nonprofits
• Non-corporate practice with no percentage pay
• Collegial work with colleagues in a non-competitive structure with strong teaching and mentoring opportunities as well as opportunities for research

Excellence in veterinary medicine since 1910. AMC Offers: 

A Commitment to Lifelong Learning: Founded in 1910, the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center is the world’s largest veterinary teaching hospital, offering compassionate, collaborative, and cutting-edge veterinary care. Our commitment to innovation has led to the creation of one of the most advanced veterinary facilities in the world.

State-of-the-Art Facilities: AMC just completed a major expansion and renovation. This project transformed the hospital’s entire 83,000-square-foot space into a state-of-the-art facility unlike any other. 

Highlights include: A brand-new full floor surgical center, 1.5 Tesla Philips MRI (the exclusive high field MRI for small animals in NYC), 64-slice spiral CT scanner, Electroencephalography (EEG), Elekta Versa HD Linear Accelerator, In-house Laboratory, Ultrasound, Echocardiogram, and Mobile Cone Beam CT

A multidisciplinary team of 140 veterinarians across 20 specialties: With over 20 specialties and services under one roof, our departments frequently work together to deliver the highest quality of patient care in the veterinary field. Our dynamic array of specialists means that we are the go-to place for complex cases.

A Hospital in the heart of NYC: AMC is located in Manhattan, surrounded by leading research and teaching institutions such as Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical School, and NYU. Collaborative research opportunities abound, and our strong focus on education ensures a rewarding career for those passionate about mentoring and advancing veterinary medicine.