Benjamin Lewis ‘05
Vet School: Penn Vet (combined with Wharton Business School)
Contact Information:
US Cell: +1-518-524-5717
Brazil Cell: +55-11-8298-4069
Email: BenLewis@wharton.upenn.edu
Mailing Address: 2075 NE 204th ST, Miami FL 33179
In particular, if any students are interested in business and veterinary medicine I would
love to offer my guidance and experience. I established the curriculum for the Penn
Vet/Wharton VMD-MBA program. I am currently a student in the program and only
have wonderful things to say about it. Combining veterinary medicine and business has
proven to be a wonderful combination. The entire program takes 5 years and you get
both your Veterinary doctorate and your MBA from Wharton.
Additionally, if you have any Brazilian students who are considering returning to
Veterinary School in Brazil I have excellent contacts at USP Vet School (University of Sao
Paulo) which is the best veterinary school in South America. I also work a lot with other
Vet schools in Brazil if anybody is even interested. Shockingly, Brazil has over 140 vet
schools for a population of 200 million people (compared to the 29 in the US).
I would also add Dr. Dean Richardson to your list of Dartmouth alumni. Dr. Richardson
is an Equine Surgeon and Professor at Penn Vet. He is the PREMIER equine orthopedic
surgeon in the world. Dr. Richardson was the vet who treated Barbaro, the
racehorse. Moreover, Dr. Richardson is proud to be a Dartmouth alumnus and polls
each new class to identify other Dartmouth alums in the classroom.
“I am a 5th Year student in the Penn Vet/Wharton Business School combined VMDMBA Program. I am happy to speak with any students interested in Penn Vet, Combined
Vet/Business programs, Brazil, or anything else related to veterinary medicine. I can
also help students with strategically positioning themselves as applicants, personal
statements, and a lot of other application-related subjects. My personal interests are
veterinary interventional radiology and robotic surgery, and veterinary
bioinformatics. Miraculously, I was admitted to Veterinary School with a personal
statement titled “Thank You Paris Hilton.” Please do not hesitate to contact me with any
questions you have on veterinary school as I am always happy to help Dartmouth
students.”
Nina Intarapanich ‘08
I'd be happy to be part of this database. I am starting my first year
at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
(North Grafton, MA), with an anticipated graduation year of 2016. The
best method of contact for me is this email address
(nida.intara@gmail.com). I can give advice about doing a
post-baccalaureate (I did mine at Harvard Extension), getting animal
experience (particularly in southern NH and the Boston area), and
applying to Tufts (it was the only school I applied to).
Elena Martinez de Andino ‘11
Penn 2016
emartinezdeandino@gmail.com
4441 Sansom st
Philly pa 19104
I'd love to talk about how I did prevet at Dartmouth and the application process and of
course my experience at Penn so far
Noelle Knight ‘08
Vet School Attended: UPenn
Location and type of current practice (or if a current student, anticipated year of
graduation): 4th year VMD/PhD student - anticipated graduation in 2017
Contact information: mkni@vet.upenn.edu, 518-366-6325, 4006 Pine St #1F
Philadelphia, PA 19104 (changes annually)
Just make sure you check the pre-requisites for each school you want to apply to (they
are all different), do well in those classes, and get as much varied vet experience as you
can. And remember that research under a PhD often counts as vet experience! I'm
always happy to chat with pre-vets, talk about the combined degree, and host people at
Penn Vet - just drop me a line!
Abigail Mariano ‘06
I attended UPenn, class of 2012
I am currently a small animal intern at Animal Medical Center in NY, applying for a
surgery residency next year.
My address is 106, E 60th st, Apt 4F, NY, NY 10022
Email adonahuevmd@gmail.com or abigail.mariano@amcny.org
Phone 617-462-2721
I decided my senior year at Dartmouth to change career tracks from psychology to
veterinary medicine. I started the pre-vet pre-req's at Dartmouth and also completed a
2 year post-bac program at Tufts. I started out thinking I wanted to go into equine
medicine, but changed to small animal midway through vet school. I have always known
I wanted to do surgery and plan on pursuing a residency. If anyone has questions about
post-bacs, equine career vs small animal, surgery, or just the application/interview
process in general, I would be happy to help. If anyone is interested in spending some
time at AMC in NY, they are welcome to come shadow. It is a very large and extremely
busy referral hospital on the upper east side Manhattan.
Susanna Kurnick ‘11
Vet School Attended: University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine
Location and type of current practice (or if a current student, anticipated year of
graduation): class of 2016
Contact information:
skurnick@umn.edu
610 585 0232
1510 Larpenteur Ave W
Apt 7
St. Paul, MN 55113
Any short message for our students as to how you might help:
I can answer questions regarding the application process and discuss what life as a vet
student is like. I also have some knowledge about dual degree programs (DVM PhD etc.)
Samantha Haw ‘10
Vet School Attended: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Location and type of current practice (or if a current student, anticipated year of
graduation): Class of 2014
Contact information: srhaw@ucdavis.edu, 650-224-0237
Any short message for our students as to how you might help: willing to answer
any and all questions by email.
Advice: get diverse, fun experience and pursue what you love and enjoy!