Kathleen Morriss

2045 Lee Road 137, Lot 53, Auburn, AL 36832

Phone: 440 503 5793 (cell) E-Mail: kathleen.morriss@gmail.com

Education
Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Princeton University
A.B. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, graduated with High Honors

Auburn, AL
May 2016
Princeton, NJ
May 2011

Vet School Activities

Large Animal Student Resident
March 2015 to February 2016
Worked in the Large Animal Teaching Hospital after hours receiving after hours patients, attending
to clients, assisting clinicians and students and setting up large animal surgery for emergencies.
Student Chapter AAEP President
January to December 2014
Organized wet labs, weekly rounds, and lectures with focus on providing hands-on experience.
Chair of Wet Labs for a Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER) Course
January 2014
Organized wet labs for veterinarians, vet students, vet technicians, firemen, policemen and other first
responders for a two day course taught at Auburn University.
Student Chapter AASRP President
January to December 2013
Organized wet labs, weekly rounds, and lectures with focus on providing hands-on experience.
Veterinary Business Management Association Silver Certificate Program August 2012 to February 2015
Graduated from Silver Certificate Program in 2014. Completed 16 hours of business education
meetings covering practice management, use of social media in business and personal finance.
Active Member of Student Chapter AABP, Society of Theriogenology, Sports Medicine Club, Production
Medicine Club, Surgery Club and Christian Veterinary Fellowship
August 2012 to March 2015

Electives & Clinical Externships

Preceptorship at Brock Veterinary Hospital, La Mesa, TX
To be completed March 2016 May 2016
8 weeks of clinical experience at Brock Veterinary Hospital which is a mixed animal practice in La
Mesa, TX. Large animal surgeries include arthroscopy and colic surgeries on horses.
Externship at Hillside Veterinary Clinic, Dallas, TX
July 2015
10 days working 10 to 12 hours per day at a 24/7 small animal practice with a variety of veterinarians to
improve small animal knowledge and practical skills. Saw regular appointments and emergencies and
scrubbed in on surgeries including a cystotomy, enucleation and splenectomy.
Auburn Clinical Electives
March 2015 to February 2016
Equine Theriogenology, Equine Podiatry, Small Ruminants, Food Animal Clinics and Birmingham
Shelter Medicine
Summer Externships
Summer 2012 to Summer 2014
Menard Animal Clinic (Dr. Richard Cordes, Menard, TX), MidTexas Veterinary Associates (Dr. Lisa
Willis, Gustine, TX), Airport Veterinary Clinic (Dr. Kari Bailey, Cadillac, MI), Elgin Veterinary Hospital
(Dr. Jared Hanselman, Elgin, TX), Cane Ridge Cattle Company (Dr. Susan Robinson, Paris, KY), Bell
Veterinary Services (Drs. Dave & Roxy Bell, Wetaskiwin, Alberta)

Other Experience
Head Trainer of Morriss Performance Horses
September 2002 present
Set up and ran horse training business that included starting colts and working with problem horses for
the public. Expanded to include breeding and raising colts in 2010. Manage all records including
maintaining a promotional website www.morrissperformancehorses.com and a business Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Morriss-Performance-Horses/101616623269614?
ref=aymt_homepage_panel.
Ranch Hand on F6 Ranch
Entire life
Take part in all livestock related activities on family ranch in Junction, Texas. Spent majority of school
vacations living/working on ranch alongside mother who is a veterinarian. Work includes routine
doctoring of cows, sheep, goats, horses, dogs and cats, branding and castrating calves, lambs and kids,
deworming sheep and goats and training young horses.
Other Animal Experiences
Prior to starting vet school, animal experiences included working at an Icelandic horse breeding farm
(May 2012), helping calve out 50 first calf Angus heifers on a Wyoming ranch (March 2012), instructing
in a therapeutic riding program (September 2010 May 2011), traveling on veterinary missionary trips
to Honduras (May 2009 and May 2010), volunteering at specialist small animal hospital and a mixed
animal practice in New Zealand (February 2009 May 2009), achieving a C1 Rating in Pony Club
(2001 2006) and participating in horse training seminars (January 2002 present).
Awards & Scholarships
2015 Markel/AAEP Foundation Scholarship
2015 AABP Foundation-Zoetis Veterinary Student Scholarship
2015 AAEP Winners Circle Scholarship
2015 Dr. Charles Charley C King, III Endowed Scholarship
2015 AVMF/Zoetis Scholarship
2014 AVMF/Zoetis Scholarship
2014 Zoetis Externship Grant
2014 Tyler and Francis Young Scholarship
2013 Auburn General Aid Scholarship

References
Fred J. Caldwell, DVM, MS, DACVS, DACVSMR
Associate Professor, AUCVM
caldwfj@auburn.edu
(334) 844-4490

Alex Gillen, MA, VetMB, CertAVP, MRCVS

Equine Surgery Resident, AUCVM
amg0061@auburn.edu

Richard Cordes, DVM

Menard Animal Hospital
(325) 396-2213
menardanimalclinic@yahoo.com

Jennifer Taintor, DVM, MS, DACVIM,

DACVSMR
Associate Professor, AUCVM
taintjs@auburn.edu
(334) 844-6710

Julie Gard, DVM, Ph.D., DACT

Associate Professor, AUCVM
waldrja@auburn.edu
(334) 844-4490

Lisa Willis, DVM

Mid-Texas Veterinary Associates
(334) 663-6099
mtva.willis@gmail.com