Equine Health Update EHU Vol 21 Issue 03 | Page 10

Dr Pamela Wilkins Equine Medicine and Critical Care Pam is a 1986 graduate of Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Between 1986 and 1989 she served as the originator and clinician for the equine neonatal intensive unit at Cornell, completing a Master’s degree in equine medicine and surgery simultaneously. Pam was in private practice from 1989 until 1991, when she began residency training in large animal internal medicine at New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania. Read more by using the link below Dr Evita Busschers Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine Evita graduated from Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 2002. After graduation she completed an internship in private practice and worked for a year as an equine ambulatory vet in the Netherlands. In 2004 she moved to the USA and completed an internship, residency and one year lecturer position at New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, working with a wide variety of horses and training as a general equine surgeon.  Dr Lynette Bester Anaesthesiology Dr Nicole du Toit Dentistry Lynette Bester qualified in 1980 as a veterinary nurse (Dip Cur Anim) and joined the University of Pretoria as theatre sister for four years. This stimulated her interest in further study and she completed her BVSc degree in 1990. Enjoying the teaching component, it encouraged her to complete the tertiary education diploma (DTI)  in 1992 followed by an MMedVet(Anaes) in 2009. Nicole du Toit is a world-renowned specialist in equine dentistry. She qualified from Onderstepoort veterinary school in South Africa in 2000, and then moved to the University of Edinburgh where she completed a 3 year residency in equine dentistry, followed by a PhD with combined studies at the Donkey Sanctuary in Devon. Read more by using the link below For more information: www.bit.ly/saeva2020 Conference Coordinator www.vetlink.co.za [email protected]