Kira graduated from veterinary school at the University of California, Davis, USA in 2002 and went on to perform a Large Animal Internship at the Texas A&M University, USA followed by a Large Animal Surgery Residency (surgical specialisation) at University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center.  She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2006. Following her residency she became faculty at the University of Georgia, USA and started the emergency and critical care service there while pursuing a fellowship to become a specialist in emergency and critical care. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 2011. She has remained at the University of Georgia continuing to develop the emergency and critical care program as a professor and administrator.  Kira has published a variety of research and review articles in peer-reviewed veterinary journals and lectures regularly at national and international courses/conferences on emergency and surgery topics.

Dr. Margaret Mudge received her VMD from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed an internship at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, KY. She then completed a residency in Equine Surgery at the University of California at Davis, and became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2005. Margaret moved to the Ohio State University to continue her training with a fellowship in Emergency and Critical Care, and became a diplomate of the American College of Emergency & Critical Care in 2007. She is currently professor of Equine Emergency & Critical Care & Surgery at the Ohio State University. Margaret’s clinical and research interests include gastrointestinal emergencies and transfusion medicine.

Ceri graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2004 before joining Bell Equine as an intern. She spent 2 years with us predominantly in the hospital prior to embarking on a specialised surgical residency and Masters program in Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Georgia in America. She became a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2010. After completion of the residency and Masters programs, Ceri remained at the University of Georgia as a Clinical Instructor in Large Animal Surgery until 2011. She then returned to the U.K and took up an equine surgical position at The University of Nottingham.

In 2012, Ceri returned to Bell and has since completed a residency in Diagnostic Imaging in conjunction with the Royal Veterinary College. Ceri became a Diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging in 2015 and is currently the only RCVS recognised specialist in both equine surgery and large animal imaging. Ceri enjoys using her imaging expertise to decipher the problem and treat her surgical cases. She enjoys all types of surgery and plays an active role in the emergency service.

When not looking at horses, Ceri is normally found looking at MRI or CT images in a dark room but occasionally enjoys walking her dog, running, scuba diving cooking and skiing.

Louise Southwood, BVSc, MS, PhD, BSc (Vet), is an associate professor of emergency medicine and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square. Her research areas include equine colic, duodenitis-proximal jejunitis, and equine gastrointestinal disease.