Katherine Hanrahan

Associate Veterinarian

Park Veterinary Hospital · Durham, NC

Present

• Collaborative multi-doctor, urgent care and general small animal practice focused on providing high quality medical care • Ability to handle priority/emergency cases, complex internal medicine work-ups, interpretation of diagnostics and routine preventative wellness care • Proficiency in soft tissue surgery, dental surgeries and routine emergency procedures such as thoracocentesis, abdominocentesis, pericardiocentesis, urethral obstructions, etc. • Compassionate care for my patients and clients while providing excellent communication to foster long-lasting relationships • Attention to detail, team-player and continued interest in learning and advancement

Emergency Veterinarian

Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

- Direct management of patients hospitalized in the ICU - Active receiving and care of emergency patients, receiving and work up of same day referral patients from our primary DVMs and communication to primary DVMs regarding their hospitalized patients - Mentoring and overseeing cases of the intern classes - Consulting with specialty services’ regarding same day cases to provide owners and primary DVMs the best options available - Providing expert, timely, collaborative, and compassionate care to veterinary patients

Small Animal Internal Medicine and Surgery Intern

University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Primary case responsibility managing Emergency, Critical Care, Internal Medicine and Surgery patients • Further developed skills in emergency triage/stabilization/procedures and interpretation of clinical signs, physical exam findings and laboratory data • Clinically trained senior students during rotations and instructed client elective spays and neuters • Extensive training in special species including birds, ferrets, rabbits, rodents, amphibians and reptiles • Attended weekly radiology rounds, intern rounds, journal club and internal medicine rounds

Research Technician

Intestinal Pathogens Research Laboratory - NCSU · North Carolina State University

• Isolate DNA for T. foetus diagnostic testing for samples sent from throughout the USA • Communicate with clients regarding results, samples submission, and patient data

Student Representative

Bayer HealthCare Animal Health · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Liaison between Bayer Veterinary Services (VTS), and the student body, faculty, and administration • Facilitated campus visits and selected suitable topics for meeting and presentation locations • Assisted with the coordination/distribution of information, educational resources and product literature

Veterinary Technician

The Vets Pets · Rolesville, Knightdale, Zebulon, and Durham, NC

• Rotating technician at several hospital locations including an urgent care facility • Interpersonal skills acquired: deciphering medical and client history | client communication | client education on wellness, medical and preventative treatment | relaying diagnostic findings • Technical skills developed: venous sampling and diagnostic interpretation | fecal flotation | heartworm testing | ear cytology | FNA cytology | digital radiography | canine and feline intubation | animal restraint | monitoring vitals and anesthesia | catheter placement | intravenous fluid and drug administration | wound management | triaging critically ill patients

Student Scholar

Merial Veterinary Scholars Program · Raleigh, NC

• Examined signaling pathways controlling pulmonary alveolar epithelial differentiation during repair • Mimicked in vivo relationships with co-culture of lung fibroblasts and alveolar epithelium and analyzed downstream targets via RT-PCR and fluorescence microscopy

Research Technician

Duke University · Durham, NC

• Utilized cell culture and mouse in vivo models to study the stem cell self-renewal pathway and use of its vascular niche in maintaining the hematopoietic stem cell pool. • Analyzed RNA from peripheral blood samples post-exposure to varying doses of gamma radiation to determine genome expression patterns and develop techniques to diagnose radiation toxicity

Technician Assistant

Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI

• Performed in vitro studies with mouse lung epithelial cells to aid in research focused on the role of the innate immune system in mouse and human pulmonary inflammation and tumorigenesis.