Speakers - VetPD

David Stack

MVB, MSc, DVMS, FHEA, Dipl.ECVS, MRCVS

European Specialist in Equine Surgery

United Kingdom Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital, University of Liverpool, UK

David is a European Specialist in Equine Surgery and his main areas of interest are orthopaedic surgery, lameness, and diagnostic imaging. David qualified from University College Dublin in 2003, before travelling to the US, where he worked for four years in equine veterinary practice. Subsequently returning to Ireland, he established his own equine ambulatory practice, focusing on imaging and treatment of equine athletes. He completed an equine surgery residency programme at University College Dublin before successfully passing the ECVS examination in 2017. David moved to the UK in 2016, where he worked as a surgeon in private practice for 2 years before moving to the Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital at the University of Liverpool where he is now Head of Hospital. His most recent research is in pelvic and caudal back CT, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and back surgery. He has also published work in the fields of ultrasound-guided sacroiliac and cervical facet injection techniques, joint surgery, and synovial sepsis.