Steven Nelson
Hospital technician
Steven is our hospital technician and the newest member of our veterinary team and the GSTC family. Originally from Brattleboro, VT, Steven joins us as a recent graduate of St. Petersburg College where he earned his A.S. degree in veterinary technology as well as passing state and national boards to become a licensed/certified veterinary technician (CVT). Currently, Steven is working toward his B.S in Veterinary Clinical Care and Hospital Management and will be graduating in the summer of 2010. Throughout his education, Steven has taken interest in wildlife and exotic patients over domestic species and was fortunate to take advantage of some unique study abroad and internship opportunities in order to chase his dreams. During his sophomore year of college, Steven studied abroad in Cairns, Australia traveling and taking courses in zoology, doing research and fieldwork both within the rainforest and on the Great Barrier Reef. During his senior year, Steven completed two internships as the wildlife vet tech intern at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Veterinary Services Department in Orlando, FL. During this yearlong internship, Steven learned many valuable aspects of veterinary medicine and wildlife conservation, caring for a variety of captive collection species as well as native wildlife species that were sick, orphaned and injured throughout the parks and resorts. As our hospital technician, Steven acts as a nurse to our patients, assisting the veterinary team in many aspects including radiology, laboratory diagnostics, daily procedures and treatments, surgery prep and monitoring, medical records and husbandry.
