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Residency Training

Our college welcomes graduate veterinarians interested in pursuing advanced training in clinical pharmacology. Clinical pharmacology is a powerful discipline that crosses species including small and large animal medicine with potential employment opportunities following program completion in academia, industry, clinical practice, and consulting. Approved training programs and supervisors are listed below. ACVCP residents are not matched through the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program (VIRMP) but rather by application to individual program sites. Please reach out to program directors to learn more about residency programs at specific schools and to learn if a residency position is available.

All residency programs provide training that supports development of an advanced knowledge of the many complex factors that constitute rational drug therapy in animal patients. Training programs may or may not incorporate an advanced academic degree in veterinary pharmacology or a related discipline. Desired learning outcomes from residency training programs include that residents:

understand the basic mechanisms and pathophysiologic features of a wide variety of diseases occurring in companion and food-producing animals
understand the role of drugs in modifying the disease process, and the potential complications caused by the drug administration
be familiar with recent advances in chemotherapy and therapeutics of serious diseases
understand the design and interpretation of experiments designed for pharmacology studies in laboratory or clinical animals
understand the animal drug regulations in the United States and the drug approval process for new companion and food-producing animal drugs

APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAMS

Iowa State University

Patrick Gorden (ACVCP Supervisor)

Kansas State University

Mike Apley, Butch Kukanich, Hans Coetzee (ACVCP Supervisors)

North Carolina State University

Mark Papich (ACVCP Supervisor)

Ohio State University

Jeff Lakritz (ACVCP Supervisor)

Texas Tech University

Sarah Wagner (ACVCP Supervisor)

University of California, Davis

Heather Knych (ACVCP Supervisor)

University of Saskatchewan

Al Chicoine, Trish Dowling (ACVCP Supervisors)

University of Wisconsin

Lauren Trepanier (ACVCP Supervisor)

VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine

Jennifer Davis (ACVCP Supervisor)

For additional information, candidates may consult with an ACVCP Supervisor or Mentor of a training program or any ACVCP diplomate who has access to the ACVCP Education Committee's "Information for Supervisors and Mentors of ACVCP Training Programs" document which is located on the "Diplomates" section of the ACVCP website.