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Registration Now Open for AAEP’s Hindlimb Lameness and Business Education Summer Meetings
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Start of Gaited Horse Show Season Heightens Commitment by AVMA, AAEP and USDA to End Abusive Practice of Soring
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Applications for Funding through the AAEP Foundation Due May 1
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Follow AAEP Biosecurity Guidelines to Reduce Risk of Infectious Disease Transmission during Breeding Season
The American Association of Equine Practitioners urges those inv... More »
AAEP Foundation Asks Veterinarians to Submit Cases for Laminitis Study
First Laminitis Research Project study attempts to identify ris... More »
AAEP Foundation/Markel Insurance Company Honor Top-Achieving Veterinary Students with Scholarships
Eight outstanding equine veterinary students selected for schola... More »

Resort Speaker Bios


Sue McDonnellSue McDonnell, Ph.D
Dr. Sue McDonnell is the founding head of the Equine Behavior Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, where her work includes clinical, research and teaching activities focused on horse behavior.



Margo MacphersonMargo Macpherson, DVM, MS, DACT
Dr. Macpherson is the service chief of theriogenology at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. Her expertise includes all aspects of equine reproduction, with a special interest in factors that affect late pregnancy in the mare.


Dr. Rob FranklinDr. Robert Franklin
Dr. Franklin practices at Weatherford Equine Medical Center in Weatherford, Texas. His roles include treating critically ill horses and neonates at the hospital and performing evaluations on horses suffering from performance-limiting medical conditions.


Traub-DargatzDr. Josie L. Traub-Dargatz, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Dr. Traub-Dargatz is a professor of large animal medicine at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Her clinical areas of expertise include infectious disease, biosecurity, epidemiology and neonatology.



RodgersonDr. Dwayne Rodgerson
Dr. Rodgerson is staff surgeon at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky. A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Dr. Rodgerson served on the faculties of the University of Florida and the University of Missouri prior to joining Hagyard.
Ben EspyDr. Ben Espy
A private ambulatory practitioner, Dr. Espy focuses on reproductive services and routine care for western performance horses. In addition, he is a veterinarian for King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas, and an adjunct professor for the Texas A&M University System.

Dr. Metcalf

Dr. Metcalf
Dr. Metcalf is the owner of Honahlee, PC, an equine reproduction facility in Sherwood, Ore. She also teaches therigenology at Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine.