Sam has spent approaching 30 years in the pursuit of providing better oral health care for horses, via equine dental training both in the UK and the USA, two undergraduate degrees and two postgraduate veterinary certificates and a postgraduate veterinary diploma. Sam was among the first cohort to sit and pass the first BEVA/BVDA EDT exams in 2001 and became a founding member of the BAEDT. Sam was the first to be awarded the RCVS certificate in advanced veterinary practice (CertAVP) in equine dentistry in 2012, and in 2015 became a RCVS recognised Advanced Practitioner in both Equine Dentistry and Equine Practice. In 2016 Sam became one of only a handful of clinicians to become a Diplomate of the EVDC via the equine fast-track pathway, by successfully passing the entrance examinations. In 2019 Sam become an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in Equine Dentistry at School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham. Sam is a EVDC residency director and supervisor at Pool House Equine Hospital, currently sits on the EVDC Executive Committee and is the Equine Educational Chair. Sam is the equine lead on the BVDA committee and a member of BEVA’s equine dentistry governance committee. Sam has tutored on courses and spoken at conferences on equine dentistry for over 20 years and has authored and co-authored several journal papers on equine veterinary dentistry.