Stacie is originally from Southern California, but grew up travelling around the world with her parents, living in more than 33 countries. She developed a love of horses growing up competing in show jumping up to the Young Rider level in Southern California. 

Stacie completed an undergraduate degree at the University of California, San Diego in 2008 and then graduated from veterinary school at the University of California, Davis in 2012. She then went on to complete an equine internship in Dover, NH followed by a radiology speciality internship in Los Angeles, CA.

Following her internships, Stacie went to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University for a radiology residency. She became a diplomat of the ACVR in 2017 and diplomat of ACVR-EDI in 2021.

Dr. Barrett is an associate professor of equine diagnostic imaging Colorado State University. Dr. Barrett's primary research and clinical interests are equine musculoskeletal imaging and comparative imaging, and she works closely with the equine surgery and sports medicine services. She is a founding partner of Inside information Radiology, a dedicated equine teleradiology service. She routinely speaks at equine veterinary meetings and is regularly involved in continuing education courses, including courses that draw an international audience. Dr. Barrett is dedicated to the advancement of the specialty of equine diagnostic imaging and is currently the president of an AVMA newly recognized subspecialty – ACVR-Equine Diagnostic Imaging. Outside of work, she enjoys biking, skiing, riding horses, and spending time with her family. 

Marianna qualified at the University of Parma in 2004 and she was awarded a PhD in diagnostic imaging in 2010. She trained as a large animal radiologist at the Animal Health Trust and became board specialist in 2015. She has since worked as Lecturer at the Royal Veterinary college and currently divides her time between the Equine radiology team at VetCT and a clinical imaging role at a referral hospital in the UK.

Dr. James Carmalt graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1998 and then completed an internship in large animal medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM). After working in general mixed practice (Tasmania, Australia), he returned to the WCVM for two back-to-back residencies in equine practice and large animal surgery.

Next, Dr. Carmalt spent one year practising in Australia at an equine specialty practice that 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 a tenured full professor.

Dr. Carmalt travels extensively to work in private practices and academic institutions internationally. He has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed publications and has presented his research findings at more than two dozen international conferences.

His main areas of research are equine dentistry (specifically temporomandibular joint or TMJ disease) and evidence-based medicine. He holds a PhD (the topic of which was equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction or PPID), and is quadruple-boarded (equine practice, equine dentistry, equine sports medicine and rehabilitation, and large animal surgery).

Dr. Carmalt commonly peer-reviews professional publications including those for PLOS One, Veterinary Surgery and other high quality journals. Additionally, he is an editorial board member of the open access, EBVM journal Veterinary Evidence, which is published by RCVS Knowledge.

Florent David graduated from the National Veterinary School of Lyon, France in 2001. He subsequently completed an Internship (2001-02) and then a Residency program (2003-06) in Equine Surgery at the University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada. During his Residency Florent completed a Master degree (MSc) on cartilage cytokine expression and osteoarthritis (2007) in Dr Sheila Laverty's laboratory.

He then took up a one year position (2006-07) as a Clinical Instructor in Equine Surgery and Lameness in the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital of the University of Montreal. He became a board certified specialist with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) - Large Animal (Equine) and with the European College of European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) in 2007. He then moved to the Republic of Ireland in September 2007 and took on the position of Lecturer in Large Animal Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. Since September 2009 Florent is enrolled in a part-time PhD programme at Utrecht University, The Netherlands which focuses on equine tendon repair.

In September 2011, Florent was granted recognition by the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging as ECVDI Associate Member (Large Animals) for his active contribution in the field of equine ultrasonography. From 2014 to 2016 Florent worked as an equine surgeon at Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center in Ringoes, New Jersey, USA.  In spring 2016 Florent was offered the job of Equine Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist at Bjerke Dyrehospital, in Oslo, Norway which is the leading equine referral hospital in Norway.  On a day to day basis Florent works in equine surgery and has specific clinical interests in ultrasonography and lameness investigation, as well as minimal invasive surgery (laparoscopy, arthroscopy & thoracoscopy). Florent has published more than 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has given more than 50 presentations at national and international meetings.

Florent then spent several years at Equine Veterinary Medical Center, Al Shaqab - a Member of Qatar Foundation and is now at EquiTom in Belgium.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Torsten Diekhoff is the Executive Senior Physician at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, specializing in musculoskeletal diagnostics and spectral CT. His research focuses on imaging of rheumatic diseases of the axial and peripheral skeleton, applying modern imaging techniques such as Dual-Energy-CT. He holds a BIH Clinical Fellowship and serves as an instructor for the German Society for Musculoskeletal Radiology. Dr. Diekhoff has received several awards for his work and is involved in various professional committees, with numerous publications in his field.

Following graduation in 2010 Anna completed a clinical internship at the equine hospital, Freie Universität Berlin before she moved to North Devon, UK to work in mixed and equine practice. After she finished her residency in equine surgery at Leahurst equine hospital, University of Liverpool in 2017, she moved back to Berlin to take a position as an equine surgeon with a keen interest in equine orthopaedics and sports medicine. Anna became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeon in 2018 and a Diplomate of the European College of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2021. Her current research is mainly focussed on disorders of the equine thoracolumbar spine as well as structure and innervation of equine tendons and ligaments.

Dr. Henry grew up in Central Michigan and graduated from Michigan State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. In 1996, he started his own practice in Neenah, Wisconsin, which included all aspects of equine and small animal medicine. His interests were dentistry, lameness, and reproduction. After selling the practice in 2003, Dr. Henry started Midwest Equine Services and began to focus solely on veterinary dentistry. During this time, he traveled extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Australia teaching basic & advanced dentistry to veterinarians and consulting for Veterinary Dental Products.

In 2011, Dr. Henry began a dentistry residency at University of California Davis, which he completed in 2014. In 2015 he passed the dentistry boards, achieving diplomat status with the American Veterinary Dental College.

Philip earned his veterinary degree at the University of Minnesota in 2012 and then continued his education as a Diplomate in Surgery. In May 2018, he graduated and became an American specialist in equine surgery - Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons - Large Animal. Philip grew up in Minnesota where he has competed in both hunter classes and polo. Phil started working with Evidensia in the fall of 2018 and you will find him in surgery, CT and as a surgeon on call.

Christoph is a 2001 graduate of the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland. After veterinary school, he worked as a large animal practitioner in rural Switzerland, mainly serving dairy farmers and horse owners. In 2003, Christoph returned to the Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, for an internship at the equine hospital, and to work on his Dr. med. vet. Thesis. Further pursuing a specialization in equine surgery, he then completed a surgical internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, KY, followed by an ACVS residency at the University of Madison, WI. He then returned to Switzerland to rejoin the Vetsuisse Faculty as a clinical instructor and now head of the division of equine surgery.

Christoph is a board-certified Diplomate of the American and European College of Veterinarian Surgeons. His clinical work engages all aspects of equine surgery, including soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery, as well as equine dentistry. As an equine clinician, his main interests are in minimally invasive surgery, particularly in computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery, surgical oncology, and surgery of the respiratory and urogenital tract. His research focuses on equine sarcoid disease and computer-assisted surgery in horses.

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Dr. Manso-Diaz graduated in Veterinary Medicine, obtaining the Extraordinary National Award, Master in Research in Veterinary Sciences and Doctor in Veterinary Medicine with European mention, obtaining the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. He completed an official European residency in Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging at the Royal Veterinary College , University of London, obtaining a Diploma from the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (ECVDI). In addition, he has completed multiple specialized training stays in prestigious centers in the United States and the United Kingdom. He is the author of various indexed scientific articles, books and conference communications in the field of veterinary imaging diagnosis, highlighting the area of ​​equine cranial, spinal and abdominal imaging. He is a regular speaker at numerous courses, workshops and conferences in this specialty at an international level.

Rachel is a highly experienced Sport Horse Clinician, who is based at Rossdales Diagnostic Centre. She joined our team in October 2019, having spent more than 20 years at the Animal Health Trust where she was responsible for the Equine MRI diagnostic service, ran the orthopaedic research group and provided a clinical service focused on imaging, poor performance and rehabilitation in sport horses.

Rachel graduated from University of Cambridge before specialising in equine surgery, undertaking an internship and surgical residency in the USA, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. After 5 years in the USA, she returned to England as an equine surgeon at the University of Cambridge Veterinary School. She subsequently completed a PhD, investigating exercise-associated joint adaptation and injury in horses.

She has led many studies investigating sport horse training, injury and performance, including for British Dressage, British Eventing, British Equestrian Federation and the FEI. She has also published numerous articles on orthopaedic problems and advanced imaging in horses, contributed to a number of books and edited the standard text on Equine MRI.

Rachel also works for the British Equestrian Federation in various roles, from scientific advice to practical veterinary assessments with various GB squads. Rachel has been providing advice for the BEF World Class Programme since 2009 and has been integrally involved in the maintenance and preparation of numerous team horses for Championships and Olympic Games. She is an FEI treating veterinarian, has worked as a veterinary surgeon with the GB Dressage and Show jumping teams, including as a team vet, and was an official treating veterinarian at the 2012 Olympics.

Rachel has experience training and competing horses to Grand Prix and international level dressage, has competed in a variety of equestrian sports, and is a BHS accredited professional coach.

Annamaria is an Associate Professor at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, where she is leading the orthopaedic diagnostics and diagnostic imaging department. Formerly, Annamaria was a senior clinician at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, UK. Annamaria is a Diplomate of the European and American Colleges of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation and holds an RCVS Fellowship Diploma and a PhD for her research on epidemiology of endurance rides. Her special interests lie in diagnosing complicated lameness and poor performance cases and in advanced orthopaedic imaging, including MRI and standing CT. Annamaria has published over 40 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and is regularly invited to speak at national and international meetings. Annamaria is an FEI level 4 endurance official and treating veterinarian and has also worked as a team veterinarian at European and World Championships.

Dr. Nelson is an assistant professor of equine surgery at the Johnson Family Equine Hospital and Veterinary Teaching Hospital in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. He is a principal investigator within the Orthopaedic Research Center and Preclinical Surgical Research Laboratory, where he uses his equine surgical knowledge of detecting and treating orthopedic injury to advance and improve outcomes in horses, while also contributing translational knowledge towards humans in the concept of One Health. Dr. Nelson's research interests are focused on developing and improving imaging and surgical techniques, with particular focus on articular cartilage repair and osteoarthritis.

Kyla Ortved, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, ACVSMR, is an associate professor of large animal surgery at University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, in Kennett Square. She received her veterinary degree from the University of Guelph in 2006 and completed her large animal surgical residency training at Cornell University in 2010. Following her residency, Kyla went on to obtain a PhD in equine cartilage repair at Cornell. In 2016, she joined the large animal surgery faculty at New Bolton Center, where she focuses on orthopedic surgery and research on gene and cell therapies for improving cartilage repair and preventing osteoarthritis.

Vanessa is Head of Diagnostic Imaging at Rossdales Equine Diagnostic Centre. She rejoined the practice in June 2019 after spending the previous ten months as Senior Lecturer and Clinician responsible for the Large Animal Diagnostic Service at the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Bern, Switzerland. She became a Clinical Director in 2021.

Vanessa graduated in 2011 from the University of Bern and subsequently undertook internships at Rossdales and at a large equine hospital in Florida, USA before returning to Rossdales as an orthopaedic assistant in 2013. She has a keen interest in all diagnostic imaging modalities and is passionate about their use in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders in particular.

Vanessa successfully completed a residency in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging with the European College (ECVDI) under the guidance of veterinary specialists at Rossdales Equine Diagnostic Centre and Dick White Specialist Referrals. She became a Diplomate of ECVDI in February 2020 and was awarded RCVS recognised specialist status in March 2020.

Sarah Puchalski is a native of Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Canada, and grew up riding horses in the BC countryside, competing actively in 3-day eventing.  She obtained a B.S. in Biology from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC and went to veterinary school in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she graduated with distinction in 1999.  From Saskatoon, she moved to Pennsylvania as an intern/resident in field service sports medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center from 1999-2001.  From New Bolton Center, Dr. Puchalski entered a four-year residency in diagnostic imaging at the University of California, Davis.  She obtained board certification in the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 2004, passing the grueling examination on her first attempt. 

In 2005, Dr. Puchalski joined the faculty in diagnostic imaging in the Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, as an Assistant Professor.  During this time, she divided her focus between didactic and clinical teaching, research, service to the school and clinical radiology.  In the classroom, she led the general large animal radiology course and was a co-instructor in the equine lameness and radiology course.  Her research interests predominantly surround the use of novel imaging techniques for the diagnosis of lameness conditions in equine athletes.   As she has gained experience in this field, she has developed an international reputation for her expertise.  Dr. Puchalski was awarded tenure at the University in 2012 and promoted to Associate Professor, and has authored scientific, educational and lay articles as well as contributed to numerous textbooks. 

Dr. Puchalski left the University in late 2013 to open her own practice as a diagnostic imaging consultant.  In the winter months she is based in Wellington, Florida at Palm Beach Equine Clinic and during the remainder of the year in Petaluma, California at Circle Oak Equine.  As a show jumper, competing actively in Wellington, Florida at the Winter Equestrian Festival and in Northern California, she understands the challenges of equine ownership and what may be needed to keep these athletes sound.

Kurt Selberg is a North Idaho native; where his family owned a quarter horse ranch. After completing his doctorate in veterinary medicine from Washington State University, he completed an equine sports medicine internship at Virginia Equine Imaging in Middleburg, VA. He received his training in diagnostic imaging from Colorado State University and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiologists. Following his residency he completed fellowship in advanced imaging with training from Colorado State University and from Musculoskeletal Radiologists in Fort Collins, CO. He was an Assistant Professor of equine diagnostic imaging at the University of Georgia for 4 years before returning to an equine diagnostic imaging position at Colorado State University in September of 2016. His area of interest is the equine athlete and musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging. Dr. Selberg is a certified member and lecturer at many of the International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology continuing education events. He is also an FEI treating veterinarian. Most recently, he was the on site imaging consultant for the 2018 World Equestrian Games. Aside from radiology, he also enjoys skiing , jiu jitsu, fishing, spending time with good friends and family, his lovely wife Katie and 2 children, and two yellow dogs.

Dr. Mathieu Spriet is a Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. He obtained his DVM degree from the National Veterinary School of Lyon (France) in 2002 and a Master Degree from the University of Montreal (Canada) in 2004. He has been a diplomate of both the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging since 2007, after completing his radiology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Spriet joined UC Davis as a faculty member in 2007. He became a diplomate of the newly created ACVR- Equine Diagnostic Imaging specialty in 2019. Dr Spriet has over 75 peer-reviewed publications (full list of publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/mathieu.spriet.1/bibliography/public/). He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. His main area of interest is equine musculoskeletal imaging. He has pioneered the use of positron emission tomography in horses, leading to the development of a scanner specifically designed to image standing horses. He is a consultant for advanced imaging in racehorses at several racetracks in the USA, including Santa Anita and Churchill Downs. He serves as an expert on the Racing Victoria imaging panel. 

David is a European Specialist in Equine Surgery and his main area of interest is orthopaedic surgery and lameness. David qualified from University College Dublin in 2003, before travelling to New York where he worked for four years. Subsequently returning to Ireland he established his own equine practice, focusing on imaging and treatment of equine athletes. David then completed his equine surgery residency programme at University College Dublin (UCD) before successfully obtaining a professional doctorate in orthopaedic ultrasound techniques. David moved to the UK in 2016 where he worked as a surgeon in Western Counties Equine Hospital and then Bourton Vale Equine Clinic. David now heads the orthopaedic and imaging service in the Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital, University of Liverpool. His most recent research involves investigating contrast ultrasonography, pelvic CT, and ultrasound-guided sacroiliac and cervical facet injection techniques. He has also published work in the fields of joint surgery and synovial sepsis.

Filip graduated in 2001 and joined immediately after the orthopaedics department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University. In 2004 Filip joined the Bosdreef and became partner in 2008. Over 15 years ago Filip pioneered amongst few others in the world, on the clinical use of standing MRI in the horse. In 2011 he was awarded Associate LA ECVDI, the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging. The last years Filip has focused as well on the poor performance of the competition horse. Filip is a frequently invited speaker on national and international scientific congresses. FANC license nuclear medicine.

Katrien Vanderperren graduated with great distinction as a veterinarian from the University of Ghent, Belgium, in 2005. Following her graduation, she started her PhD research in the Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging at Ghent University. In May 2009, she successfully completed her PhD on the possibilities and limitations of imaging the equine fetlock joint using different imaging techniques (radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography and arthroscopy). Since 2014, she has been a professor in Diagnostic imaging and leads the large animal imaging team at Ghent University. She became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging in 2020. Her research interests include the added value of Dual-Energy computed tomography in detecting bone marrow edema and soft tissue lesions, as well as clinical research in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in horses. Katrien has (co-)authored more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed veterinary journals and is a speaker at national and international conferences and courses.

Dr. van Veggel graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, in Saskatoon, SK, Canada in 2015. She was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to Canada in her early teens. After her study, she finished a Sports Medicine Internship at Sporthorse Medical Diagnostic Centre (Heesch, the Netherlands) and continued her career at this centre where . In 2018 she passed the ISELP Certification. Passionate about imaging, she became a diplomate of the ECVDI - LA (European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging) after a residency at Ghent University (Belgium). She currently leads the Diagnostic Imaging department at SMDC with a primary focus and interest on equine musculoskeletal and dentistry related advanced and comparative imaging.

Dr. Natasha Werpy is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and specializes in equine imaging. She graduated from the Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO (CSU) in 1999. After completing an equine internship in 1999-2000, she completed an imaging internship with Dr. Norman Rantanen followed by a diagnostic imaging residency with Dr. Rantanen and Colorado State University. She worked as the Medical Imaging Director at the Gail Holmes Equine Orthopaedic Research Center at Colorado State University from 2004–2011. She worked part time as an Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Florida in Gainesville from November 2011 – January 2016. Dr. Werpy is a Consulting Radiologist at Advanced Equine Imaging of Wellington, and at the Ocala Equine Hospital, both in sunny Florida.

Chris is a leading researcher in equine orthopedics at the University of Melbourne, where he employs a multidisciplinary approach involving biomechanics, microstructural analysis, and epidemiology. His work integrates clinical focus, drawing on his expertise as a specialist equine surgeon at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, where he has been since November 2004, investigating and treating lameness in horses.

Chris's journey includes specialist training at the University of Sydney, where he earned a PhD, followed by work as a specialist surgeon and scientist at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, England. He later ran his own referral practice and scintigraphy unit at the Newcastle Equine Centre from 1999 to 2004.

Chris has a strong track record of lecturing and publishing extensively on lameness and musculoskeletal injury prevention. His current research interests focus on equine limb function, subchondral bone, and mathematical modeling of equine limb injuries

Marieke Zimmerman graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Ghent in 2008. After internships in France and the United Kingdom, she started working for Marc Suls in 2010. Here the focus was on orthopedics and medical imaging. After further specializing in medical imaging during externships at UC Davis, Washington State University, Colorado State University and the University of Lyon, Marieke became head of medical imaging at Equitom in Belgium in 2014. In 2018, Marieke started a 4-year residency in Lyon, after which a dream came true in 2022: Marieke obtained the title of Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging. Since then, she has been head of medical imaging at Via Nova.

Marieke spends her free time with her family, she also enjoys eating out and traveling.