HEADLINES
• The 2007
AHF benefit raised
a record amount
of money for laminitis research.
• Four AHF
researchers joined an international field of laminitis experts
to exchange ideas
in Florida.
• The hospital
now offers digital radiographs.
HOT TOPICS
• Laminitis
• Shock wave therapy
* Horse Heroes party
• Dr. Walsh recounts memorable stories from his 35-year career.
Dr. Mark Cassells was raised
in
St. Louis County and spent
much
of his youth
competing in dressage and eventing. He is
a graduate
of the veterinary school
at the University
of Missouri-Columbia.
He is married
to hunter/jumper
trainer Katy Hinkley,
and the two have
an extensive menagerie
of animals.
Dr. Cassells usually is accompanied on calls by his rescued dog, Panda.
Dr. Derek Craig grew up in Pinckneyville, Ill., where his parents raised dairy goats, along with hunting beagles and
bird dogs.
Dr. Craig's interest in veterinary medicine was sparked by an incident in which one of the family's bird dogs was hit by a grain truck and was able to be saved.
Both Dr. Craig and his wife, Aarah,
are graduates of the vet school at the University of Missouri-Columbia; Aarah works at the Kirkwood Animal Hospital.
The Craigs have a daughter, Raegan, and their animal family includes two cats.
Dr. Tanya Esther,
a native
of Rushville, Ill.,
was raised around all types of farm animals
in her rural community and
decided at age 6 that she wanted
to be
a vet.
She also is
a graduate
of the University
of Missouri-Columbia; her husband earned a degree in forestry at Mizzou
and started a forestry and wildlife business.Their animal family includes an
English Mastiff,
a golden retriever
and
two cats.