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.
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.
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
You may also visit my extensive website at http://www.hillary.net