Alternate Approaches to Equine Sinus and Dental Surgeries

Dr. Whitfield is a 2006 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation, he completed a large animal internship at the University of Georgia followed by an equine surgery residency at Texas A&M University. He then worked in private equine practice in South Carolina and Texas performing primarily surgery and sports medicine. He returned to Texas A&M University in 2013 and completed a PhD in biomedical sciences. He is currently an assistant professor of large animal surgery at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine.

After graduating from the University of Cambridge in 1998, Dr. Carmalt completed an internship in large animal medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), University of Saskatchewan. After working in general mixed practice in Tasmania, Australia, he returned for two back-to-back residencies in equine practice and large animal surgery. Dr. Carmalt then spent one year in Australia at an equine specialty practice focused on Thoroughbred broodmare and foal surgery. He returned to Canada in 2007 and joined the WCVM's Department of Large Animal Sciences where he is the director of the ACVS large animal surgery residency program. Dr. Carmalt travels extensively to work in private practices and academic institutions internationally. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and has presented his research findings at more than two dozen international conferences. His main areas of research are equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID or Cushing's disease), equine dentistry (temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disease), and evidence-based surgery.

Dr. Williams is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgery and the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, and is currently a clinical assistant professor at the University of Georgia. He completed his veterinary training at the University of Georgia, internship training at Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center, and residency training at Ohio State University. His clinical interests are in emergency medicine, particularly those presenting in an unstable condition. His research interests are colic and microcirculation.