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Genetic Technologies Grand Opening at Baulkham Hills

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -1000

Genetic Technologies is pleased to announce the opening of its new facility at Baulkham Hills, located at the Animal Referral Hospital.

Genetic Technologies uses advanced reproductive technologies; they are delighted to be able to offer you everything you could possibly need in canine fertility services and reproductive management.

Please visit their website for further information on the many services that GTG has to offer.

www.animalnetwork.com.au

Newsletter: Issue 5 - October 2009

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -1000

ARH leads the way and installs a Centrox

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -1000

The Animal Referral Hospital had a Centrox installed by Mediquip in September and has been making their own Oxygen ever since. This was one of the first Veterinary Practices in Australia to install an Oxygen Plant and is hence one of the first to reap the benefits!

Centrox and Reliant are two innovative Oxygen Supply systems that have been introduced to Australia in the last 6 months. In days gone buy veterinary practices would have to purchase Oxygen in Cylinders which can be quite costly and can invoke large delivery fees. You also have the added trouble of having to move and change heavy Oxygen Cylinders which is a workplace health and safety risk in itself!

These new systems do away with all of these issues as they generate near pure Oxygen from the Air we breathe. To do this they use a method called pressure swing adsorption (PSA) which removes the nitrogen from the air leavening 90% Oxygen. The Reliant supplies 8 litres per minute of oxygen suiting a small to medium practice while the Centrox supplies 15 litres per minute for larger practices. For universities and large veterinary hospitals systems that supply more than 100 litres per minute are available.

New Dentistry Service

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -1000

The Animal Referral Hospital is excited to announce the arrival of Dr Christine Hawke. The new dentistry service will commence on the 3rd of December and Christine is available every Thursday for appointments.

Please contact reception at Strathfield on 02 9758 8666 to make an appointment or to speak with Christine directly.

ARH Baulkham Hills gets a new ultrasound scanner

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -1000

ARH Baulkham Hills has purchased a new Honda HS-2100 Convex/linear ultrasound scanner giving the emergency service instant high quality images for improved patient care.

Seminar: Clinical Challenge

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Seminar: Clinical Challenge

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Newsletter: Seminar Information

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Seminar: Topics in Surgery and Cardiac Medicine

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Seminar: Topics in Surgery and Cardiac Medicine

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Seminar: Topics in Surgery and Oncology

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Seminar: Topics in Surgery and Oncology

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Seminar: Winter Veterinary Conference

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Winter Veterinary Conference August 2009

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:00:00 -1000

The very popular Winter Veterinary Conference is on again from August 23rd to 29th at Novotel Lake Crackenback Resort in the Snowy Mountains. Please go to the Education section of our website to download more information.

Seminar: Topics in Surgery

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -1000

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strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -1000

ARH Baulkham Hills no longer 24 hours

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -1000

Thank you to the many practices who supported our trial to keep ARH Baulkham Hills open 24 hours a day. Unfortunately, despite having several advantages in patient care and better communication with our local practitioners, this has not proved to be a viable prospect financially. Therefore, this service will discontinue after the Australia Day Long Weekend. Please note however that we will remain open all day every Monday to ensure excellence in handover of cases to their regular vets after the weekend. We will also stay open all day on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve in the future

Newsletter: Issue 4 - December 2008

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -1000

Upcoming Cardiology Clinic Day at the ARH - Strathfield

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -1000

When?
The next Cardiology Clinic day is scheduled for Saturday 17th January 2009.
Please contact us for appointments as early as possible to assist scheduling for this day.

The Cardiology Clinic day with Brad Gavaghan has been introduced to compliment the current cardiology and echocardiography services offered at the Animal Referral Hospital.

Dr Brad Gavaghan has begun consulting on Saturdays, every 12 weeks at our hospital. As a brief background, Brad completed his cardiology residency at the University of California ? Davis in 1998 and was accepted as a Fellow of the Australian College in Cardiology in 2000. He currently operates a cardiology specialist practice in Brisbane.

Which cases to refer?
Cases with suspected congenital heart disease or complex arrhythmias are the most common referrals. Congenital cases that may require balloon valvuloplasty or arrhythmias that may benefit from pacemaker implantation can also be assessed at this time. Difficult-to-manage cardiomyopathy and valvular disease patients may also benefit from a cardiac assessment. Feel free to discuss the suitability of potential cases with the medicine specialists or email Brad at bjgavaghan@ozemail.com.au

Fees?
As per the current ARH fee schedule for the consultation, ECG and Doppler echo examinations, plus a $40 travel surcharge.

We hope that this service will be a helpful addition to the range of referral services that you currently offer to your clients.

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -1000

Dr Angela Frimberger, ARH oncologist and Director of Veterinary Oncology Consultants, has recently performed the first canine bone marrow transplant in Australia.

Dr Frimberger developed the technique for her master?s degree in the U.S., and recently harvested marrow from Bailey, a Bernese Mountain Dog with lymphoma. Bailey will undergo chemotherapy according to Angela?s protocol, and will have his marrow returned to his body after treatment, allowing a more potent chemotherapy regime to be used. We wish Bailey and his owner, Chris Preston, all the best.

Great news from ARH Baulkham Hills

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -1000

We now have a state-of-the-art in-house coagulation analyzer. In just minutes with a small blood sample we can get reliable measurements of Prothrombin times (PT) and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times (APTT). This provides vital diagnostic and therapeutic information for patients with clinical signs of excessive bleeding, rodenticide poisonings, snake bite envenomations, hereditary bleeding disorder, hepatopathies and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). It?s a fantastic piece of equipment and is already being put to good use.

Newsletter: Issue 1 - September 2007

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -1000

Newsletter: Issue 3 - May 2008

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -1000

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -1000

Verena Wagner, a final year veterinary student at the University of Ludwig-Maximilian in Munich, Germany, is visiting ARH this week as part of her eight-week externship to observe veterinary practice in action. Verena is the third German veterinary student to visit ARH in 2007, following in the footsteps of Daisy Frankenberger (University of Leipzig) and Nicola Wiedemann (University of Ludwig-Maximilian), who each chose to spend their entire two-month externships at ARH.

ARH's new website was launched today

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -1000

You're one of our first visitors! ARHvets.com reflects our new branding and clearly articulated service proposition. Please take a little time to explore the site further. We will be adding further information shortly, including useful downloads; already, referring veterinarians can download and print a referral form to refer a patient for specialist services, and clients can generate and print detailed directions to get to either of our hospitals.

We hope you find these pages interesting and informative. Please send your comments or suggestions to Miles Fisher-Pollard, our General Manager.

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -1000

We have upgraded our blood gas analyser from i-Stat to the Idexx VetStat Electrolyte and Blood Gas Analyser, allowing accurate monitoring of patients' blood gas, electrolyte and acid-base status.

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:00:00 -1000

Our Internal Medicine service is delighted to welcome Dr Narelle L. Brown. With dual memberships in Small Animal Medicine and Radiology, she brings a wealth of experience to the team. Narelle recently completed an internal medicine residency at the University of California at Davis and passed her Board exams. She has just returned to Australia and is already engrossing herself in ARH's varied and interesting caseload. Narelle welcomes referrals in all areas of internal medicine. She will be presenting talks at ARH's seminars at Sydney Olympic Park and Brighton-le-Sands in mid-November; please come along if you'd like to meet her.

Job: Small Animal Surgery and Internal Medicine/Emergency Internship

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 -1000

Are you up to an ARH Internship?

The Animal Referral Hospital currently has internships available for 2009/2010 in Small Animal Surgery and Small Animal Emergency / Internal Medicine.

These internships require a special individual with drive and a will to learn. ARH is a high paced environment, where interns are expected to work to a high standard constantly. If you strive for excellence and want to be exposed to the busiest and most varied small animal caseload in Australia, then this position might suit. If you are interested in working with the widest range of veterinary specialists, including surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, internal medicine, oncology and cardiology, then consider this internship. The patients you care for will have 24/7 care and access to the most advanced diagnostic and treatment options available in this country.

Candidates must have a strong academic foundation, and a minimum of 1-2 year''s experience in general practice. Your working day will be long, but rewarding as you deliver the highest level of patient care. You will grow academically with the feedback and guidance of a team of highly qualified specialists. They will challenge you intellectually, expecting you to think on your feet, justifying clinical decisions and judgements with sound scientific basis at all times. You will also be encouraged to apply your knowledge and experience as you assist junior members of staff in their learning process. All interns are required to write a scientific paper, and will receive help in submitting it to a leading academic journal.

Previous interns have continued on to residency positions worldwide.

If you want to be challenged to become the best in our wonderful profession, please apply in writing to:

Dr Sarah Goldsmid (Surgery), or Dr Sarah Matthews(Internal Medicine/Emergency),
The Animal Referral Hospital
PO Box 151A
South Strathfield, Sydney,
NSW 2136
Australia

Job: Emergency & Critical Care Service

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 -1000

The Animal Referral Hospital is NSW''s premier independent specialist and emergency veterinary hospital. Our specialist referral hospital, located at Strathfield, also provides 24-hour emergency and critical care, while our Baulkham Hills facility is open for emergency care after hours and all through weekends and public holidays.

We have full-time, part-time and casual roles available within our Accident, Emergency & Critical Care teams at both our Strathfield and Baulkham Hills hospitals. We are looking for enthusiastic veterinarians with excellent clinical skills and a real interest in emergency medicine. Both of the hospitals are fully equipped and there is 24/7 support from our professional nursing staff, and on call from our large team of specialists. Our caseload is varied and stimulating. We offer above award conditions and remuneration.

Job: Small Animal Internal Medicine

strathfield.south@arhvets.com (Animal Referral Hospital) — Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 -1000

ARH has an opening for a small animal medical specialist to join our established team. You would be one of 3 internists sharing the workload with 2-3 interns and 5 medical nurses. We have a friendly, caring work environment, and after-hours care is provided by our emergency and critical care service overnight and at weekends.

Other specialists supporting internal medicine include 2 surgeons, 2 ophthalmologists, 1 dermatologist, 2 oncologists, and part-time ultrasound and cardiology. Case co-operation is encouraged between disciplines.

The hospital is well-equipped for medical workups including
- complete in-house lab (CBC, biochem, coag, blood gas, electrolytes) and 3
daily courier pickups to outside labs
- extensive videoendoscopy, rhinoscopy and cystoscopy equipment
- in-house helical multi-slice CT, external MRI
- digital radiology and ultrasound

Internists share on-call duty to support the emergency service as needed. We have a varied caseload from a large referral area. You would be encouraged to foster relationships with referring veterinarians by involvement in providing quarterly CE.

We provide 4 weeks paid vacation and 1 week of paid conference leave, as well as 1 long weekend a month during quieter periods.

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