Samantha Su Yuen Lim
Willetton, Perth,WA
Summary
Adaptable and compassionate individual with the ability to remain calm under pressure. Commitment to continuous learning and self-improvement. Dedicated to making tangible differences in the well-being of animals through prompt and effective medical interventions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Veterinarian
Vetwest
03.2024 - Current
- General practitioner
- Surgical caseload including mass removals, speys and castrates
- Assisted with enterotomy, gastropexy, and exploratory laparotomy of severe dog bite wound
- Dental procedures including extractions and full oral radiographs
- Consulting (10-20 minute consult slots) and work up of medical cases
Veterinary Student
University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Camden)
09.2023 - 11.2023
- Large animal (ambulatory and referral services)
- Small animal general practice
- Equine (ambulatory and referral services)
- Anaesthesia
- Exotics (wildlife rehabilitation)
- Pathology
Veterinary Student
RSPCA NSW Yagoona Veterinary Clinic
08.2023 - 09.2023
- Time spent across different services (shelter medicine, consultations, desexing, soft tissue surgery, orthopaedic surgery)
- Managed in-patients, performed daily morning health check for shelter animals and develop ongoing treatment plan/organise procedures required
- Assisted with health checks on entry of surrendered/seized animals (to deem them healthy for entry into shelter or identify areas which require veterinary care)
- Performed cat castration
- Assisted with spey of young pregnant female cats
- Observed 2 enucleations (1 using transpalpebral method and 1 using transconjunctival method)
- Attended daily morning rounds and presented on allocated shelter patients
Veterinary Student
New England Veterinary Services
07.2023 - 08.2023
- Managed in-patients and performed treatments and procedures
- Conducted basic vaccination and health check consultations
- Conducted more complex consultations with assistance (ear infections, masses, vomiting and diarrhoea)
- Performed castrations
- Performed 2 umbilical hernia repairs
- Performed speys
- Performed ultrasound and discovered foreign body (trichobezoar)
- Assisted with endoscopy in removal of foreign body (trichobezoar)
- Performed pregnancy ultrasounds and learnt to estimate whelping with the biparietal diameter
- Assisted with complicated spey of mature Great Dane with late term abortion
- Passed tube down to crop of chicken and performed feeding
Veterinary Student
Gasing Veterinary Clinic
06.2023 - 07.2023
- Helped to manage in-patients and performed treatments and procedures
- Worked up complex medicine cases with clinicians in-charge
- Observed surgeries (amputation, cholecystectomy, cystotomy, pyometra)
- Exposed to imaging modalities (radiographs, CT, MRI, ultrasound, echocardiography)
- Assisted with CPR (Basic Life Support) on multiple patients
Veterinary Student
University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Sydney)
03.2023 - 06.2023
- Time spent across various referral and specialist departments – Emergency and Critical Care, Primary Care, Anaesthesia, Surgery, Referral Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging, and Pathology
- Opened consultations independently and conducted physical examinations before discussing assessment and treatment plans with clinicians in-charge
- Daily rounds with presentation of cases to clinicians and colleagues
- Performed CPR (Basic Life Support) with the Emergency and Critical Care team on dog that presented hit by car – also observed placement of an intraosseous catheter
- Attended workshop on CPR with practice on animal models
- Attended talk on ultrasonography used in the emergency setting
- Performed scaling, polishing, dental radiographs and tooth extraction (incisor)
- Performed castrations
- Scrubbed in for surgeries (including cystotomy, TPLO, fracture repair plate removal, lateral imbrication)
- Developed anaesthetic plans for patients
- Monitored anaesthesia with interventions as necessary
- Performed an infraorbital nerve block for a rhinoscopy procedure
- Observed ultrasound-guided regional analgesia being performed
- Observed rhinoscopy and endoscopy
- Client communication (wrote discharge statements, called owners to update on in-hospital patients)
- Learnt and practiced proper radiograph positioning techniques for different purposes
Veterinary Student
RSPCA NSW Yagoona Programs and Community Outreach
02.2023 - 02.2023
- Exposed to the programs that RSPCA NSW runs for providing assistance with animals of elderly living alone, domestic violence victims, and the homeless
- Spent a day on a community outreach program providing health checks and vaccinations for the community
- Embarked on home visits and welfare checks with staff
- Shuttled animals to the RSPCA clinic for treatment if required
- Spent a day with the behavioural team that assesses the behaviour of animals and develops ongoing training plans for the best outcome (learnt more about cooperative care and its place in the veterinary context)
- Spent a day with the education team in hosting the 'Reading to Animals' program
Veterinary Student
United Veterinary Clinic
01.2023 - 01.2023
- Managed in-patients and performed treatments as required (nasogastric tube feeding, administration of medications, physical examinations, developing fluid therapy plans)
- Attended consultations (including vaccinations, health checks, medicine workups, quality of life assessments, euthanasias)
- Formulated treatment plans for patients with guidance
- Client communication for updates on in-hospital patients
- Assisted in Femoral Head Ostectomy in a cat
- Performed castrations with assistance
- Performed scale and polish of teeth
- Placed a nasogastric tube in a dog
Animal Attendant
Sydney Veterinary Emergency and Specialists
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Helping nurses with their nursing tasks (e.g
- IV catheter placement), animal handling, stocking the hospital, tending to the animals and keeping the place clean
Pet-sitting
Pawshake
03.2018 - 12.2023
- Ad-hoc care for pets when hired by owners
Intern Vet Nurse
My Vet Animal Hospital Waterloo
01.2020 - 02.2020
- Receptionist work, some basic clinical skills and animal handling skills
Translator
Nyoibo Studio
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Translating novels from Mandarin to English for a publishing firm
Education
BVB/DVM -
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW12.2023
A-Level - Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-level
Hwa Chong Institution
Singapore12.2017
Secondary - Integrated Program
Nanyang Girls’ High School
Singapore12.2015
Languages
English
Mandarin
Continuing Education
- Paws Under Pressure: An Emergency Medicine Conference (Centre for Veterinary Education, University of Sydney), 2024
- Haphazard Hormones (Perth Vet Emergency), 2024
- TAHMU Veterinarian Information Evening, 2024
- Emerging Diseases of Dogs (Elanco), 2024
- Small Animal Nutrition TimeOnline Course, 2021
- WIRES (Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service), 2021
- Orthopaedic Examination Seminar, 2021
- Anaesthesia and Analgesia for the Emergency Patient, 2020
Volunteer Experience
- Northcott Healthy Pet Day, Sydney, NSW, 2023
- RSPCA Million Paws Walk, Sydney, NSW, 2023
- Paws in the Park, Camden, NSW, 2023
- RSPCA Kennel Hand, Sydney, NSW, 2022
- HOPE Animal Shelter, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 2019
- Riding for the Disabled Association, Singapore, 2017
- Lion’s Befrienders, Singapore, 2017
Honors and awards
- Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance, 2018, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
- Hwa Chong Diploma with Merit, 2017, An award based on academic results in the A-level preliminary examinations and extracurricular achievements.
- Outstanding Contribution Award (Fencing), 2017, An award in recognition of captaincy in the school’s fencing club.
- Colours Award (Fencing), 2016, 2017, An award in recognition of outstanding performance in the sport, awarded by the Singapore Sport’s Council.
Timeline
Veterinarian
Vetwest
03.2024 - Current
Veterinary Student
University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Camden)
09.2023 - 11.2023
Veterinary Student
RSPCA NSW Yagoona Veterinary Clinic
08.2023 - 09.2023
Veterinary Student
New England Veterinary Services
07.2023 - 08.2023
Veterinary Student
Gasing Veterinary Clinic
06.2023 - 07.2023
Veterinary Student
University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Sydney)
03.2023 - 06.2023
Veterinary Student
RSPCA NSW Yagoona Programs and Community Outreach
02.2023 - 02.2023
Veterinary Student
United Veterinary Clinic
01.2023 - 01.2023
Animal Attendant
Sydney Veterinary Emergency and Specialists
01.2020 - 01.2022
Intern Vet Nurse
My Vet Animal Hospital Waterloo
01.2020 - 02.2020
Pet-sitting
Pawshake
03.2018 - 12.2023
Translator
Nyoibo Studio
01.2018 - 01.2020
BVB/DVM -
University of Sydney
A-Level - Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-level
Hwa Chong Institution
Secondary - Integrated Program
Nanyang Girls’ High School
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