AVC now offers one of only two veterinary cardiology residency programs in Canada and one of 38 in the world. Designed and led by Dr. Etienne Côté, Associate Professor of Companion Animal Medicine at AVC and one of eight veterinary cardiologists in Canada, this post-graduate program provides a veterinarian with three years of full-time, referral-level cardiovascular medical practice and training, and new courses for didactic learning at a specialty level. During the three-year term, the resident must also complete a Master of Science degree. Dr. Erin Trageser, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary medical school, is the first resident to be accepted into the program. She began both full-time clinical work in the AVC Veterinary Teaching Hospital and her master’s program in August of 2010, with expected completion in 2013.