Surgery Department
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Dr. Edwards grew up in Virginia
and gained exposure and a desire to pursue veterinary medicine by
working in his father’s veterinary practice. Ryland’s veterinary
education began at the University of Georgia where he graduated in 1990. This
was
followed by an internship, residency, Masters of Science, and clinical
instructorship at Cornell University. He achieved Diplomate status in
the
American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1996 while working at
Belmont and Aqueduct racetracks in New York. He was most recently a
Clinical
Assistant Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison where he completed a PhD in veterinary
science.
Dr. Edwards has been actively involved in research of equine upper
airway disorders, fracture healing, and the management of cartilage
injury. His clinical
interests are focused on surgical disorders and the diagnosis and
management of poor performance in the sport horse. When Dr. Edwards is
not busy at Fairfield Equine, he enjoys time with his wife, Lynn,
who is also a veterinarian, and three young boys. He tries to stay fit
through running.
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Dr.
C. Wayne McIlwraith,
BVSc, (DVM), PhD, FRCVS,DSc, Dr.med vet (hc), Dipl.ACVS, is a professor
of surgery, the director of orthopaedic research, and the Barbara Cox
Anthony Endowed University Chair in Orthopaedics at Colorado State
University (CSU). His research interests are in equine orthopedic
surgery and joint disease. Dr. McIlwraith received his veterinary
degree (BVSc) from Massy University in New Zealand. He completed his MS
and PhD degrees in joint disease research at Purdue University. Dr.
McIlwraith became a diplomate of the ACVS in surgery in 1979, the year
he joined the faculty at CSU. He became a full professor in 1986. He
received the Dr. med vet (h.c.) degree from the University of Vienna in
1995, and received a Doctor of Science degree from Purdue in 2001. He
is past president of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS)
and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), and he
consults worldwide as an equine orthopedic surgeon. He has authored
four veterinary text books on surgery and joint disease, has authored
or co-authored more than 250 refereed publications and text book
chapters, and has presented at more than 350 seminars internationally.
Dr. McIlwraith also sits on the board for The Horse magazine in an
advisory capacity.
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Dr.Alan
Nixon, BVSc, MS
is the Chief of Surgery at Cornell University. He received his BVSc
from the University of Sydney and his MS in Clinical Studies from
Colorado Start University. Dr. Nixon has been the recipient of numerous
honors and awards, notably the Most Outstanding Resident Presentation
at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the ACVS 1982 and 2000, Most
Outstanding Scientific article in Veterinary Surgery 1983, the Neer
Award for American Shoulder and Elbow surgeons 2002 and the Senior
Fellowship Award from the National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease. Dr. Nixon has had over 144 journal
publications, 16 text book chapters and authored Equine Fracture
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