2024–2025 Small Animal Residents' Workshop

Dr. Gordon-Evans is an associate professor in small animal surgery at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She received her DVM from the University of Missouri in 2000. Following graduation, she completed a small animal internship at Kansas State University in 2001, then an orthopedic research fellowship at Iowa State University in 2002. She stayed at Iowa State University in a small animal surgery residency and completed a PhD in biomedical sciences. Dr. Gordon-Evans became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2006 and the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2015. She has held leadership positions in ACVS and VOS and has served on the Small Animal Scientific Advisory Board for the Morris Animal Foundation. She has experience in orthopedics and rehabilitation in both research and clinics.

Dr. Holt graduated with a bachelor of veterinary science from the University of Sydney in 1983 and worked in private practice until 1985. He completed an internship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine between 1985 and 1986, then practiced in Australia from 1986 to 1987. He completed a residency in surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine between 1987 and 1990. He is currently professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and a Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

Dr. Orton received a DVM from Washington State University. He completed residency training in small animal surgery at Ohio State University, a NIH research fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and a PhD from Colorado State University. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Dr. Orton established the clinical cardiology service at Colorado State University and began a heart surgery program for small animals in 1991. This program is credited with firsts in canine open-heart surgery and is recognized as a leading center for small animal cardiac surgery and interventions. Dr. Orton’s current research interests are in the areas of pathobiology of valvular heart disease and development of interventions for valvular heart disease. He is an Honorary Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology