Stuart receives residency at UC Davis
Dr Stuart Vallance, who graduated with First Class Honours in 2005 has been awarded a residency at one of the largest veterinary schools in America - UC Davis. He will commence his residency in equine surgery at the beginning of August.
Stuart has always had a passion for animals, having grown up on his family’s farm in Ballarat. He held a number of scholarships as an undergraduate student, including the Commonwealth Learning Scholarship, the Queen’s College Fellow’s Scholarship for potential in leadership and service, and a Rural Finance Corporation Scholarship. He was also President of Kendall Hall’s Student Committee. In 2003 he was the third year representative of the Veterinary Students Society of Victoria (VSSV), and also editor of the VSSV’s newsletter, Femoral Pulse.
After he graduated he worked as an intern in equine medicine and surgery at Randwick Equine Centre in Sydney. He then went to work in the UK for a year, and was employed as an associate veterinarian at Shotter & Byers Equine Veterinary Services in Surrey.
Stuart said: “My residency will be largely clinical in nature and will include performing surgery, clinical instruction of veterinary students in the hospital, as well as some instruction in basic surgical, lameness and equine practice techniques. I will be part of a team made up of a senior clinician, one to two residents and a group of senior veterinary students. We are also expected to spend some time in equine medicine, imaging, critical care and pathology.
“I’m really looking forward to developing my surgical skills and knowledge so that I will be well prepared to sit the American College of Veterinary Surgeons’ exams. Seeing some Californian sunshine will also be nice after spending the last year and a half in the UK.”
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