Dr. Alison Gardner DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal), DACVECC (Large Animal) is currently an associate professor at The Ohio State University where she also successfully completed a surgery residency (ACVS 2015) and emergency and critical care fellowship (ACVECC 2017), Dr. Gardner splits her time between the Equine Emergency and Critical Care service and the Clinical Skills center. Her research interests are clinical and collaborative with an emphasis on prognostication of severe abdominal disease and competency-based veterinary education and clinical skills training.

Dr. Jamieson was born in rural Vermont, but traveled and moved with her family, living in the UK and Portugal and then Oklahoma, Texas, and Qatar to pursue her career in equine medicine.

Dr. Jamieson graduated from the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science in 2011 as one of the flagship graduating class. She began to specialize in equine practice from her first externships after her first year of vet school, and went on to complete her internship at Lingfield Equine Vets in Surrey, where she had spent much time as a student. She stayed at LEV as an associate before moving back stateside to complete her specialist training. 

Dr. Jamieson’s passion for medicine, especially high risk and critical care foals, drew her to specialize in internal medicine, completing a fellowship and residency in Large Animal Internal Medicine at Oklahoma State University. She obtained board certification with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in 2018. During this period, she worked with a number of infectious disease researchers in the region, and developed a passion for research, with a focus on critical care modalities that improve the outcomes of the equine patient.

Dr. Jamieson then spent a year in private practice in Houston Texas, working with various disciplines of horses including top rodeo and ranch horses, elite jumpers, and dressage horses, which increased her skills in sports medicine and lameness, however, her love for foals, and equine research drew her to the opportunities at the EVMC in Doha, where she spent 4 years establishing the internal medicine and anesthesia services. However, after 4 years in the Middle East, missing home and missing the world of academia, as well as her growing passion for emergency medicine, brought Dr. Jamieson back to the states where she did a 4-month locum as an emergency clinician at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute before joining the faculty at Purdue as an Assistant Professor of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care.

In her spare time, Dr. Jamieson enjoys training her KWPN gelding Architect and is looking forward to exploring the Indiana dressage circuit this summer. She also enjoys yoga, rock climbing, and she has recently discovered a love for SUP and SUP yoga. If she’s not at the clinic, the barn, or the gym, you can find Dr. Camilla out to dinner with friends! 

Kara Brown, VMD, DACVSMR, is currently a lecturer in Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center. Dr. Brown graduated from veterinary school in 2014, after which she completed a one year private practice internship at Woodside Equine Clinic in Ashland, Virginia, and a one year in-hospital rotating internship at New Bolton Center. Dr. Brown then completed a one year clinical fellowship in Cardiology and Ultrasound in addition to a residency in Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, both at New Bolton Center. Dr. Brown’s clinical interests include recognition and treatment of neck and back pain in the sport horse.

Dr. Vargas is a graduate of the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a hospital and an ambulatory internship at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, KY and subsequently worked for a sport horse practice in Wellington, FL. She holds certificates in equine acupuncture and equine veterinary spinal manipulation from the Chi University in Reddick, FL. Dr. Vargas currently works at Spy Coast Farm in Lexington, KY where she oversees the rehabilitation and fitness center as well as provides sport horse care for the young horse training division. Dr. Vargas has a passion for equine sport horse medicine and strives to find the best outcome for her patients combining years of conventional veterinary medical practice with alternative and regenerative therapies.

Joe Lozier received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 2014. He went on to complete an internship and residency in farm animal medicine and surgery at OSU. He received a master of science degree in comparative and veterinary medicine along with the completion of his residency in 2018. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (Large Animal) and is an assistant professor of farm animal medicine and surgery at the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Sarah Gray is a 2015 graduate of Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Following graduation, she completed an internship at the Retama Equine Hospital in Selma Texas and a surgical and sports medicine internship at Tufts University. Dr. Gray went on the complete an equine surgery residency at the University of Illinois in 2020. During her residency, she focused her research on conditions and surgical procedures of the equine airway including standing arytenoidectomy and a novel tie-back procedure. After completion of her residency, Dr. Gray worked as a long term locum surgeon at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. During this time, Dr. Gray passed her boards and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Following her time in Virginia, Dr. Gray served as a Clinical Instructor in Large Animal Emergency and Large Animal Surgery at Purdue University. In 2022, Dr. Gray re-joined the University of Illinois as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Equine Surgery.

Dr. Boone received her DVM from the University of Georgia in 2008, completed an internship in large animal medicine and surgery at Texas A&M University in 2009, and then completed a large animal surgery residency at the University of Georgia in 2012. Dr. Boone served as a large animal clinical instructor in equine surgery at the University of Georgia from 2012–2013 while completing her PhD in physiology and pharmacology from the University of Georgia in 2013. From 2013–2016, she gained valuable experience as an associate surgeon in an equine sports medicine and surgery referral practice in Tryon, NC. She became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2015. In 2016, she joined the faculty at Auburn University as an assistant professor of equine surgery.

Dr. Schnabel is an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at NC State University and has over 20 years of equine clinical experience and over 15 years of both equine and human research experience in the fields of orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. Her main interests are in the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries and advancing equine rehabilitation. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed publications, given invited presentations nationally and internationally for both her clinical and research expertise, and has received both external and internal funding for her research work. In 2019, Dr. Schnabel was appointed an Associate Director of the Comparative Medicine Institute at NC State University and was also named as an NC State University Faculty Scholar for her success in clinical work, research, teaching, mentorship, and community outreach efforts. In 2020, she was awarded the Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence. Dr. Schnabel has served on both the Morris Animal Foundation Large Animal Scientific Advisory Board and the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, Inc. Research Advisory Committee. She is also an Associate Editor for the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine (Regenerative Medicine Section) and is on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Orthopedic Research.

Dr. Megan Burke is originally from San Francisco, California. She graduated from the UC Davis – School of Veterinary Medicine in 2010. Following graduation, she completed a Large Animal Surgery Internship at University Pennsylvania – New Bolton Center. She stayed on at New Bolton Center to complete a Comparative Orthopedics Fellowship at PENN Vet CORL, followed by a 3 year residency in Large Animal Surgery, achieving board certification in 2016. She came to NC State College of Veterinary Medicine in 2015 as a Clinical Instructor in Equine Emergency. While working at NC State she also completed a collaborative Fellowship in Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care at The Ohio State University, achieving board certification in 2021. She has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Equine Emergency at NC State since 2018. Her research interests center around reducing morbidity and mortality in critically ill equids, especially those undergoing surgery for colic.