| Dr. David Frisbie, Program Chair Dr. Frisbie began his professional career after obtaining both a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the University of Wisconsin. He completed a surgical internship at Cornell University and began his research in joint disease. After completing his internship, he came to Colorado State University, where he completed a surgical residency in large animal surgery and a master’s in joint pathobiology. He then began his work on a novel way to treat joint disease using gene therapy, which was the focus of his doctoral degree. Dr. Frisbie is a professor of equine surgery at Colorado State University’s Equine Orthopaedic Research Center and the director of research. He is a partner in Equine Sports Medicine, LLC, specializing in orthopaedics and sports medicine. He is currently serving as the interim director of operations for the Translational Medicine Institute at Colorado State University, which is scheduled to open Nov. 2018. In addition, he is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Frisbie specializes in orthopaedic research, intra-articular therapeutics, new methods of cartilage repair, equine lameness, orthopaedic surgery and gene therapy. |
| Dr. Myra Barrett Dr. Barrett earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University. After graduating, she completed a yearlong internship at Oakridge Equine Hospital, in Edmond, Okla. She underwent a non-conforming radiology residency, focusing on equine diagnostic imaging based at CSU and including training with multiple equine imaging experts in the United States and internationally. Concurrently, she obtained a master's degree through the Orthopaedic Research Center at CSU. After achieving diplomate status in the American College of Veterinary Radiology, she stayed on at CSU as a special appointment faculty and later accepted a position as a tenure-track assistant professor of radiology. Dr. Barrett is the head of the equine diagnostic imaging service at CSU, which includes all modalities of clinical diagnostic imaging of horses, as well as training of diagnostic imaging residents, equine diagnostic imaging interns and fellows and equine sports medicine residents. Her primary research and clinical interests are equine musculoskeletal imaging and comparative imaging, and she works closely with the equine surgery and sports medicine services. In 2011, she founded Inside Information Radiology, with her partner, Dr. Selberg and loves the combination of private practice and academia. She is dedicated to the advancement of the specialty of equine diagnostic imaging and is currently the president of the Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging Society, a subgroup of the American College of Veterinary Radiology. |
| Dr. Erin Contino Dr. Erin Contino is an assistant professor in equine sports medicine at Colorado State University. An avid 3-day event rider and graduate “A” pony clubber, Dr. Contino pursued eventing professionally prior to returning to her alma mater, CSU, where she received a Master of Science (2009) and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (2010). She then completed a one-year equine internship at Pioneer Equine Hospital in Oakdale, Calif. prior to returning to CSU for her residency. She became boarded in equine sports medicine and rehabilitation in 2014 and then completed a one-year fellowship in equine musculoskeletal ultrasound. She served as a clinician at CSU for the Equine Ultrasound Service and the Equine Sports Medicine Service prior to becoming an assistant professor. Her focus, both clinically and in research, is equine lameness, poor performance, diagnostic analgesia and diagnostic imaging. |
| Dr. Jodie Daglish Dr. Daglish is an equine sports medicine and rehabilitation resident at Colorado State University. Upon graduating from Bristol University in the United Kingdom, she completed a two-year equine internship at Newmarket Equine Hospital. Prior to moving to the United States to pursue her interests in equine sports medicine, she worked for 18 months in a busy equine practice, specializing in eventing and racing. Immediately before joining the program at CSU, she spent a year with the Equine Sports Medicine Service at University of California, Davis. |
| Dr. Katie Ellis Dr. Ellis is the current equine diagnostic imaging intern. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2009 followed by a large animal medicine and surgery internship, also at UGA. She then worked in an equine ambulatory practice around Jacksonville, Fla. for five years before deciding to pursue equine sports medicine. She completed an equine surgery and sports medicine internship at the University of Florida before starting at Colorado State University. She will enter the equine sports medicine and rehabilitation residency program following completion of her imaging internship. |
| Dr. José Garcia-Lopez Dr. Garcia-Lopez obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and went on to complete a one-year equine Internship at Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center, in Ringoes, N.J., followed by a three-year large animal surgical residency with special focus on equine sports medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton, Mass. He became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2001. Following his residency, he obtained a lecturer position in the Section of Equine Sports Medicine and Imaging at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa. where he remained for two years. In 2002, he returned to Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine as an assistant professor in large animal surgery and in 2010, he was promoted to associate professor. While at Tufts, he has continued to concentrate his work in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders, as well as the use of advanced imaging in the equine athlete. In 2010, he also became a faculty member of AO VET North America. He became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2013. Dr. García-López specializes in equine orthopedic surgery including arthroscopy and fracture repair, upper respiratory surgery, lameness diagnosis and treatment and advanced imaging. He regularly lectures and provides consultations at the national and international level. |
| Dr. Kevin Haussler Dr. Haussler is an associate professor at the Orthopaedic Research Center at Colorado State University and is involved in teaching, clinical duties and research into the objective assessment of musculoskeletal pain, spinal dysfunction and the application of chiropractic, acupuncture and rehabilitation of horses. He is a charter diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation and is currently a course instructor for the Equine Rehabilitation Certification course co-branded by the University of Tennessee and Colorado State University. |
| Dr. Timothy Holt Dr. Holt is an associate professor in the department of clinical sciences at Colorado State University. His research focuses on bovine high mountain disease, which can cause congestive heart failure in cattle. He is the recipient of the 2013 Colorado Veterinary Medical Association Distinguished Service Award. He is a certified veterinary acupuncturist and veterinary manual therapist. He received his Bachelor of Science from Fort Lewis College in 1980 and then his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from CSU in 1988. |
| Dr. Sherry Johnson After graduating veterinary school from Iowa State University, Dr. Johnson completed an internship at Equine Medical Center of Ocala. She then completed a one-year equine diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation fellowship at Colorado State University under the guidance of Dr. Myra Barrett and Dr. Melissa King. She is currently in her second year of residency in equine sports medicine & rehabilitation at CSU. Her research focuses are imaging and rehabilitation modalities related to tendon healing. |
| Dr. Christopher Kawcak Dr. Kawcak is professor of orthopedics and director of Colorado State University’s equine clinical service. He is one of a team of researchers working to find ways to prevent and treat catastrophic injuries in equine athletes and is currently assessing three-dimensional imaging techniques, MRI and CT to diagnose early joint disease and microscopic joint injuries before these develop into serious injuries. Working with researchers in biomedical engineering the team, he has developed biomechanical models to assess risk factors specific to each individual athlete with implications for human bone and joint disease. |
| Dr. Yvette Nout-Lomas Dr. Nout-Lomas earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Utrecht University in The Netherlands. She completed residencies in equine internal medicine and equine emergency and critical care, along with earning her doctorate in neuroscience at The Ohio State University. She has done postdoctoral work in comparative neuroscience at University of California, San Francisco and is currently a member of the equine medicine faculty at Colorado State University. She is actively working to improve diagnostic capabilities and treatment options for horses with neurologic disease. |
| Dr. Kurt Selberg Dr. Selberg is a North Idaho native, where his family owned a quarter horse ranch. He received his bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Idaho. He then went on to obtain a Master of Science in nutritional physiology from the University of Florida. After completing his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University, he completed an equine sports medicine internship at Virginia Equine Imaging in Middleburg, Va. He also completed a three-year radiology residency at Colorado State University. Following his residency, he completed a fellowship in advanced imaging with training from CSU and from musculoskeletal radiologists at The Imaging Center in Fort Collins, Colo. He was an assistant professor of equine diagnostic imaging at the University of Georgia for four years. He has recently returned to CSU in equine diagnostic imaging. His area of interest is the equine athlete and equine musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging. He is a certified member and lecturer at many of the International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology continuing education events. Dr. Selberg is currently serving as a section facilitator for the AAEP education programs committee in lameness and imaging. |
| Dr. Melinda Story Dr. Story completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University in 1999. She completed an internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., then completed her residency training program in equine surgery at Kansas State University and became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2004. She then joined the staff at Littleton Equine Medical Center with interests in surgery and sport horse lameness. In 2006, she became certified in veterinary medical acupuncture, and in 2011 she became certified by the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association. In the fall of 2013, she joined the staff at the Equine Orthopaedic Research Center at Colorado State. She became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2014. Her research interests include axial skeleton pain and dysfunction and improving diagnostic capabilities in the equine axial skeleton. |
| Dr. Kate Wulster Dr. Wulster obtained her Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012, after graduating from Tufts University with a degree in biochemistry. Following a rotating internship in equine medicine, surgery, and critical care at the New Bolton Center, she completed a diagnostic imaging residency at Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. She became board certified in diagnostic imaging by the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 2016. She joined the faculty of New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania as an assistant professor of diagnostic imaging in 2016. Her clinical work at New Bolton Center focuses on the use of advanced imaging systems, including CT, MRI and a new, robotics-controlled, cone-beam CT imaging system for use in the standing horse. Additionally, she has a clinical research interest in the veterinary applications of rapid prototyping (3D printing). |