Dr. Sanchez is a professor and large animal internal medicine specialist and has been a member of the University of Florida faculty since 2003. Additionally, since January 2020, she has served as Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Services.

She received both her DVM in 1995 and PhD in 2003 from the University of Florida and has been a longtime member of the college’s Alumni Council. She completed her residency in large animal internal medicine in 1999 and obtained her board certification that same year.
In addition to her clinical and didactic teaching experience in large animal medicine, Dr. Sanchez has played a key role in various aspects of communication instruction to veterinary house officers, staff and students.

Her research focuses on three main areas: equine gastric ulcer syndrome, pain management in the horse and critical care of equine neonates. Her laboratory has evaluated the effectiveness of various drugs for the treatment of gastric ulcers in foals and adult horses and for pain management in adult horses.

Gayle graduated from the University of Cambridge and completed a rotating internship and then large animal internal medicine and critical care residency at the Royal Veterinary College in London. She then completed a PhD investigating aortic valve prolapse at the University of Nottingham. After 20 years in academia, she left in February 22 to become Director of veterinary Professional Development for IVC Evidensia. She still undertakes clinical work at Pool House Equine Hospital. She is an American Specialist in Large Animal Internal Medicine, American Specialist in Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care, EBVS Specialist in Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation and is Associate Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging. She is also Editor-In-Chief for the Wiley Journal Veterinary Medicine and Science. The topics that she holds close to her heart which include large animal cardiology, gastroenterology and imaging (particularly ultrasonography).

Dr Michael Hewetson graduated from Onderstepoort, South Africa in 1999. He spent time in private equine practice in the UK before completing a residency in equine internal medicine at the University of Glasgow. He is a registered RCVS specialist in equine internal medicine and is a diplomate of the European College of equine internal medicine. He has a PhD in equine gastroduodenal permeability studies and has an active research interest in equine gastric ulcer syndrome. He currently works as a clinical educator at the Royal Veterinary College in London, where he an associate professor in equine internal medicine.

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