Dr. Emma Hage – Second Grenadian to graduate from SGUSVM

It is with honor that St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine (SGUSVM) introduces its second Grenadian graduate, Dr. Emma Hage.  In January of this year, she became the second Grenadian to graduate with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from SGUSVM. Prior to pursuing the DVM degree, Emma graduated from St. George’s University School of Arts & Sciences with a Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences. After completing the first three years of the DVM curriculum at SGUSVM, Emma opted to complete the four-year DVM program with a clinical training regime at Murdoch University in Australia.  According to her, Murdoch provided a once in a lifetime experience as well as a wonderful opportunity to learn about a wide variety of animals.

While completing her clinical training in Australia, Emma was involved in an externship in Tasmania, an Australian island and state, which is commonly referred to as the nature state and has an extensive assortment of animal wildlife. Tasmania’s main icons are the Tasmanian Tiger, which is now extinct and the Tasmanian Devil, which is now the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. According to Emma, the Tasmanian Devil acquired its name back in the historical era of the convicts; at night the European settlers would see these dark creatures darting across the landscape and bushes and hear the noises of their aggressive feeding behavior (growling, huffing, barking & fighting).  In reality, she says they are gorgeous dog-like animals weighing up to about 10kg and are generally not human aggressive .  Emma’s last birthday proved to be the very first time that she would spot a Tasmanian Devil in the wild, they were also fortunate to catch a devil, which she named ‘Birthday’.  A couple days later, she trapped an even more precious, tiny bundle of joy, so innocent and perfect with a beautiful white blaze, which she called ‘Caribbean Emma’.

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