Emma Adam
DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVS
Friday, September 22
Sponsored by:
- Rotavirus B - Where are we and what have we learned?
I am a veterinarian with responsibility for equine stakeholder outreach and liaison, research, continuing professional development, and student engagement in research in my current role at the Gluck Equine Research Center. This role draws heavily from my career-long experience with all aspects of the Thoroughbred industry, which spans roles as stable staff, assistant trainer, and veterinarian in four countries and three continents, as well work as a referral specialist and as a researcher. Designing, developing, and brokering collaborative research projects locally and globally is a pivotal function in my position. I have extensive experience serving grant funding organizations, in advisory roles, and Board service in veterinary associations. Taken together I am fortunate to enjoy a broad perspective on racing matters and a vibrant commitment to ensuring the integrity and sustainability of our sport.
Stephanie Bell
DVM, DACVO
Saturday, September 23
Sponsored by:
- "Eye" what you want to know. Practical Tips and Tricks for Equine Ophthalmology - Part 1
- "Eye" what you want to know. Practical Tips and Tricks for Equine Ophthalmology - Part 2
Dr. Stephanie C. Bell is a native of North Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Science from UNC at Chapel Hill in 2001 (Go TarHeels!). Dr. Bell graduated with Phi Zeta honors from the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2006. Following graduation, she spent three years in private primary care practice in North Carolina. She completed her rotating internship at the University of Tennessee from 2009-2010 and residency in Comparative Ophthalmology at the University of California-Davis from 2010-2013. Between 2013-2019, she practiced in Texas and North Carolina as an Ophthalmologist before landing her dream job at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky.
Equine ophthalmology is Dr. Bell’s passion. Her clinical interests include immune-mediated ocular disease, corneal disease, microsurgery (corneal and cataract surgery), blepharoplasty and other adnexal surgery, and ocular manifestations of systemic disease. Her primary research as a resident focused on novel therapeutics for Equine Recurrent Uveitis (ERU). Currently she is working on studies involving Eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), prevalence and description of ocular abnormalities in foals of various breeds, and success of treatments for keratomalacia.
As a veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr. Bell feels it is her duty to restore and/or maintain quality vision when possible and comfort always. Providing therapies for visual, pain-free, cosmetic eyes to her patients is essential. She loves bonding with her patients and their owners.
Dr. Bell is an avid music fan; her most influential musical inspiration is Waylon Jennings. She enjoys horseback riding, walking with her dogs, live music, songwriting, and spending time with family, friends,
husband Brent, and their beloved animals. She has been known to perform duets with her Dad. Dr. Bell shares her heart with their Golden retriever mix June Carter, lab/pit/heeler/street dog mix Beaucephus
Williams, long-haired dachshund Stoney Keith Earle, Golden retriever Jolene May, boss cat Levon Helm, and their newest addition English cream Mikey Townes Houser. She adores her handsome spunky off the
track thoroughbred horse Lukas Colter Prine.
Dr. Bell is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists.
Etta Bradecamp
DVM
Saturday, September 23
Sponsored by:
- Advanced reproductive technologies & Strategies to Manage Problem Mares
Dr. Etta Bradecamp graduated from veterinary school at Auburn University in 1999. After working as an associate veterinarian at Keswick Equine Clinic in Virginia for four years, she completed an equine practice residency at LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital in Victoria, Australia. After returning to practice in Virginia for four years, Dr. Bradecamp joined the Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital team in 2011 as an associate.
She has held numerous distinguished positions within the Northeast Association of Equine Practitioners (NAEP), such as serving on the Board of Directors, Vice President and President. Dr. Bradecamp is also a member of the AVMA, AAEP, SFT, ACT and ABVP. Her special areas of interest include the infertile are, embryo transfer, assisted reproductive techniques (ART) and the problem stallion. In Dr. Bradecamp’s free time, she enjoys running, ridding, and traveling with her husband.
Jennifer Durenberger
DVM, JD
Saturday, September 23
Sponsored by:
- HISA's Horseracing Intergrity and Welfare Unit: The first 6 months: Lessons Learned and the Road Forward
- HISA's Horseracing Intergrity and Welfare Unit: The first 6 months: Lessons Learned and the Road Forward
Dr. Durenberger first began working on the racetrack in 1991 as a veterinary assistant at what was then Canterbury Downs in Shakopee, MN. She received her veterinary degree from Cornell University in 2002. Following an internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, KY and a short time in private practice, Dr. Durenberger went back to the racetrack. She was employed as an association veterinarian for the New York Racing Association (“NYRA”) from 2003-2008. She left New York for California in 2008, working as Commission veterinarian for the California Horse Racing Board from 2008-2010 while completing a law degree. Following a term as an association steward at Delta Downs in Louisiana, Dr. Durenberger accepted the position of Director of Racing for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Serving in that capacity from 2012-2015, she oversaw and was the responsible regulatory authority for all pari-mutuel and racing-related activities at the Commonwealth’s Standardbred, Thoroughbred, and simulcasting facilities. She returned to Canterbury Park in 2016 as a steward for the Minnesota Racing Commission, then re-joined NYRA in 2017 with the title Chief Examining Veterinarian. Dr. Durenberger served as The Jockey Club Steward at the New York Racing Association tracks from 2019 until 2022, when she took the position as the first Director of Equine Safety and Welfare for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
Dr. Durenberger is an accredited senior steward and long-time member of the Racing Officials Accreditation Program Education Committee. Currently an at-large member of the ROAP board of directors, she also serves as the North American delegate to the International Harmonization of Raceday Rules Committee and on the American Association of Equine Practitioners Racing Committee.
Kristina Lu
VMD, DACT
Saturday, September 23
Sponsored by:
- Pregnancy Monitoring in the Mare
Dr. Lu was raised in Philadelphia, PA. After practicing in Chester County, PA, she came to Hagyard in 2005. Her passion is Theriogenology (Animal Reproduction Specialist). Her proudest personal accomplishment is having cycled from Santa Monica to Washington D.C. with her Dad.
Kathy MacGillivary
VMD, Dipl ACVIM-LA
Friday, September 22
Sponsored by:
- Foal Diarrhea: Diagnosis & Treatment
- Colic Triage: Diagnosis, Treatment & Referral
- Conditions of the Periparturient Mare: Discussion of clinical conditions that can be encountered in late term and foalilng mares.
Dr. MacGillivray grew up in Vermont and attended the University of Rhode Island with thoughts of becoming a marine biologist. While an undergraduate, she played Division I Field Hockey. Her focus changed to physical therapy although while working in Vermont after graduation and applying to PT schools, she began to work with a mixed animal veterinarian and her career and life plans changed. Ka
thy studied veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1998. Although when she started veterinary school, she wanted to be a mixed animal practitioner similar to those she had worked with prior to school. Although she became drawn to horses as they combined her two interests, athletics and veterinary medicine. Following graduation, she completed a rotating hospital internship at Peterson and Smith in Ocala, Florida then a large animal internal medicine residency at UPenn’s New Bolton Center.
During her residency, she and husband Pete had their first son, Ethan. Dr. MacGillivray worked as an emergency clinician at New Bolton Center and for local private ambulatory practices following her residency. Just after building a barn and making plans to stay in Pennsylvania, she heard of an internist
position at Hagyard, and she and her family moved to Kentucky to pursue her “dream job”. In November 2003, Dr. MacGillivray joined the internist team at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. She and her husband had their second son, Zach, the following month. At Hagyard, she has overseen the Internal Medicine Fellowship and assisted in the development of an emergency service. Dr. MacGillivray enjoys all aspects
of equine internal medicine, emergency medicine and critical care as well as equine veterinary and staff sustainability.
Patricia Marquis
DVM
Saturday, September 23
Sponsored by:
- HISA's Horseracing Intergrity and Welfare Unit: The first 6 months: Lessons Learned and the Road Forward
As director of equine medical resources, Dr. Marquis will develop, implement, and direct HIWU’s industry-focused scientific, anti-doping, and Controlled Medication education initiatives regarding the Horseracing
Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program. She will lead the dissemination of accurate and current information relative to the ADMC Program’s Prohibited List to address questions concerning Covered Horses and Covered Persons. Dr. Marquis will also assist in the development and launch of an equine drug reference database.
Before joining HIWU, Dr. Marquis was a veterinary medical officer at the United States Department of Agriculture as part of that organization’s Veterinary Services unit within the Marketing and Regulatory Programs’ Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. She previously served many years as senior association veterinarian at Gulfstream Park and Calder Race Course. Dr. Marquis has also worked as a regulatory veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and as a member of the Breeders’ Cup’s international veterinary panel. She has assisted with endeavors for the California Horse Racing Board, the British Horse Racing Authority, and the International Racing Bureau.
Hailing from Canada, Dr. Marquis received her veterinary degree from Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island.
Elizabeth Santschi
DVM, DACVS
Friday, September 22
Sponsored by:
- Management of Stifle, OCD
A graduate of the University of Illinois (1984), Dr. Santschi obtained specialist training in Surgery at Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital in Ocala Florida. She joined academia in 1991 at Purdue University and has worked at several Universities. Her primary interest is in juvenile orthopedics, and to supplement her experience has consulted with private equine practices in Lexington, KY for two decades. She is internationally recognized as an expert in juvenile orthopedics and presently acts as a consultant
for multiple equine practices.
Dr. Santschi has been active in practical orthopedic research and has over 200 publications (articles, scientific abstracts, and book chapters) and 3000 citations reporting on novel techniques she had developed to treat difficult problems. She has collaborated with multiple laboratories and lectured around the world.
Wes Sutter
DVM, DACVS
Friday, September 22
Sponsored by:
- A Practitioners Review of Equine Orthobiologics
- Whats New in Equine Lameness Diagnosis and Imaging
Wes Sutter was born and raised in Lander, Wyoming. He received his bachelors of science in biochemistry from Colorado State University in 1997. He then completed his doctor of veterinary medicine from Colorado State University in 2000. Following veterinary school he completed a one- year rotating equine surgery and medicine internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. He then completed a surgical residency at The Ohio State University where he did his graduate work in regenerative medicine (platelet rich plasma). Later he served as an assistant professor in equine orthopedic surgery before entering private practice as a surgeon at Ocala Equine Hospital. After 5 years at Ocala Equine Hospital, he co-founded Lexington Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky where he practiced for 8 years. In 2020 he founded Kentucky Equine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. His primary clinical focus is on the equine athlete and related surgery, imaging and lameness.