Hillary R. Gorman
Philadelphia, PA
hillary@hillary.net

Education

Fall 1996 - present
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Fall 1995
Master of Laboratory Animal Science Program, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA. Completed coursework includes graduate level histology, physiology, pathology, pathogenisis, and lab animal practicum. Contact Jerry Silverman, DVM, program director, for information on the program.

Spring/Summer 1995
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Organic chemistry, Physics, and Animal Behavior.
Spring/Summer 1994
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Physics laboratory.
Foothill College, Los Altos, CA. Veterinary Dentistry.
Fall 1987 - Spring 1992
University of California, Berkeley, BA, Dramatic Art.
Honors
National Honor Society, 1983-1987
National Latin Honor Society, 1983-1985
National Hebrew Honor Society, 1983
National Merit Scholar Finalist, 1986
Sig Rich Scholarship, 1991; an AALAS award granted for the purpose of furthering the education of a worker in the field of lab animal medicine.
SCAVMA Class of 2000 Service Award, 1998; granted by the U of PA School of Vet Med Class of 2000 to the member of the class who has shown dedication to the university, the field of veterinary medicine, and the community.

Employment History

May 1996 - present
Net Access network administrator. I work in the Net Access Network Operations Center and wrote the Net Access FAQ.

May 1995 - May 1996
Net Access Public Relations Supervisor. Job duties include but are not limited to technical support, PR, general administration. I also do some informal web consulting. Contact Mark Thomas for info on my web-work, or Avi Freedman for info on my Net Access work. Net Access provides dial in Internet service to about 3000 users and high speed connections to many businesses in the Philadelphia region. For info email support@netaxs.com

October 1994 - May 1995
Gwynedd Veterinary Hospital, Lansdale, PA. Veterinary Nurse. Duties included but were not limited to clinical assessment of hospitalized pets, routine treatments, sub-q/IV/IM injections, IV cath placement, blood transfusions, urinary cath placement and maintenance, IV/sub-q fluid planning/administration, labwork including FeLV/FIV, HWT, UA, CBC/Chem,etc. Radiology, anesthesiology, etc. Contact Dr. Laura Smiley or Dr. Bill Rogatz at 215-699-9294.

January 1994 - September 1994
All Animals Emergency Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Duties included but not limited to those listed above. Shifts worked were late evening/nights in this overnight/weekend-only emergency practice.

March 1993 - September 1994
University of California, San Francisco, Animal Care Facility. Clinical Veterinary Nurse. Duties included but were not limited to all duties as listed above, including medical treatment, anesthesia and recovery services, necropsy, and routine assessment of old and new world non-human primates, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, rabbits, mice (including scid, nude, transgenic), rats, frogs, fish, finches, ferrets, and more. Responsibilites included weekend on-call coverage and after hours overtime. Special projects included transgenic mouse bleeding and ferret population management. Additional duties included purchasing, inventory, controlled drug record-keeping, etc. Contact Greg Timmel, DVM for more information.
February 1992- March 1993
Marina Pet Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Veterinary Nurse, all usual duties as described previously, also used AVS veterinary practice software. Special projects included case management of canine chemotherapy patients. Contact Debra Melcon, DVM.
September 1990 - January 1991
Berkeley Dog and Cat Hospital, Berkeley, CA. Veterinary Nurse. Worked as "floater" nurse in referral practice. Contact Alan Shriro, DVM.
December 1987 - 1994, seasonal
Steinbach Veterinary Hospital, Blue Bell, PA. Veterinary Nurse. Busy small animal practice. Contact Bob Moffatt, DVM, 215-646-0462.

Volunteer Work

1982-1984
Rau Animal Hospital, Rydal, PA. Envelope stuffer, pill counter, animal watcher in a private practice veterinary hospital as part of "Challenge," Pennsylvania's state mandated program for gifted children in public schools.

Summer 1994
Animal Care and Control, San Francisco, CA. Dog walker, adoption counselor, small animal behavior tester. Duties included walking dogs, verifying info from potential adoptive homes and helping to match pets with families, and temperament testing rodents, rabbits, etc. Contact Robert Hoffman, DVM

Fall 1995 - present
Pets Are Wonderful Support, Philadelphia, PA. Developing web page for the PAWS organization, coordinating and participating in PAWS clinics at the U of PA veterinary teaching hospital. HERE is the preliminary page. It's waiting for administrative input from PAWS before I can finish it.

May 1995 - present
Hillary Internet Services, Philadelphia, PA. Through my work with Net Access I became able to offer free walkup internet terminals at a few Philadelphia locations. I have also offered free user support to libraries, etc.

Feel free to contact any of the listed contacts at any time, or to contact me at hillary@hillary.net
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