Dr. Ann Rashmir graduated from the University of California, Davis in 1986 then pursued a large animal rotating internship at the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg and Leesburg, an equine surgery residency at Kansas State University and an orthopedic fellowship at North Carolina State University. She became boarded in surgery in 1994. Ann spent over 30 years in academia as an equine surgeon with additional focus in dermatology and oncology. She currently co-chairs the equine sarcoid consensus statement committee. Ann has authored over 150 manuscripts, book chapters and conference proceedings, one United States Patent, one App and has received approximately 2 million dollars in grants. She retired from academia in 2019 and is currently enjoying private practice. She also enjoys traveling, doing anything with her daughter and riding forgiving horses.