Sarah Puchalski hails from Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Canada. She has a bachelor of science degree from Simon Fraser University in B.C. and graduated veterinary school in 1999 from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Following veterinary school she completed a 2 year program (internship/ residency) in Field Service and Sports Medicine at New Bolton Center, the large animal hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She then pursued further training in diagnostic imaging at the University of California, Davis completing a 4 year residency in 2005. She attained board certification by the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 2004.
Upon completion of her residency, she obtained a faculty position in the Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences at the University of California, Davis earning tenure in 2012. During that time she was actively involved in didactic and clinical teaching, research and clinical diagnostic imaging.She has authored or co-authored more than 40 scientific articles and multiple book chapters relating to diagnostic imaging in veterinary medicine.
In 2013, Sarah left the University and started Puchalski Equine Inc. She is based in Gibsons, British Columbia and in Wellington, Florida during the Winter Equestrian Festival. Sarah is an avid show jumper competing in the amateur owner divisions.

Dr. Haussler graduated from The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, and completed a small animal internship in Sacramento, California. To further his training in the conservative management of spinal-related disorders, he completed a certification program in human training at Palmer College of Chiropractic-West. He attended the University of California-Davis and attained a PhD focused on spinal pathology and pelvic biomechanics in Thoroughbred racehorses.

Post-doctorate training involved the evaluation of in-vivo spinal kinematics in horses at Cornell University. While at Cornell, Dr. Haussler directed the newly formed Integrative Medicine Service which provided chiropractic, acupuncture, and physical therapy services to both small and large animals. He 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 physical therapy and rehabilitation.

Kevin Haussler is a charter diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation and course instructor for the Equine Rehabilitation Certification course, co-branded by the University of Tennessee and Colorado State University.

Rachel is a highly experienced Sport Horse Clinician, who is based at Rossdales Diagnostic Centre. She joined our team in October 2019, having spent more than 20 years at the Animal Health Trust where she was responsible for the Equine MRI diagnostic service, ran the orthopaedic research group and provided a clinical service focused on imaging, poor performance and rehabilitation in sport horses.
Rachel graduated from University of Cambridge before specialising in equine surgery, undertaking an internship and surgical residency in the USA, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. After 5 years in the USA, she returned to England as an equine surgeon at the University of Cambridge Veterinary School. She subsequently completed a PhD, investigating exercise-associated joint adaptation and injury in horses.
She has led many studies investigating sport horse training, injury and performance, including for British Dressage, British Eventing, British Equestrian Federation and the FEI. She has also published numerous articles on orthopaedic problems and advanced imaging in horses, contributed to a number of books and edited the standard text on Equine MRI.
Rachel also works for the British Equestrian Federation in various roles, from scientific advice to practical veterinary assessments with various GB squads. Rachel has been providing advice for the BEF World Class Programme since 2009 and has been integrally involved in the maintenance and preparation of numerous team horses for Championships and Olympic Games. She is an FEI treating veterinarian, has worked as a veterinary surgeon with the GB Dressage and Show jumping teams, including as a team vet, and was an official treating veterinarian at the 2012 Olympics.
Rachel has experience training and competing horses to Grand Prix and international level dressage, has competed in a variety of equestrian sports, and is a BHS accredited professional coach.

After graduating form Liverpool Vet School in 1997 Dicky worked in equine hospitals in the UK and New Zealand for 4 years doing a combination of sport horse and racehorse work. He then completed a 3 year combined internal medicine residency and Masters program at The Marion duPont Equine Medical Center in Virginia, USA.
Dicky was the first diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine to go into private equine practice in the UK and is recognised by the RCVS as a specialist in equine internal medicine. Since 2004 he has worked at the B&W Equine Hospital, a 40 vet equine practice in southwest England, which has been part of the CVS Group since 2017.
Dicky is a member of the ECEIM EGUS consensus committee, has been chair of the ACIVM specialty exam committee, advanced continuing education committee and a member of the ACVIM Board of Regents. He is also a contributing author to the textbook of Equine Neurology and the textbook of Equine Back and Neck Pathology.
Dicky has been a FEI treating vet at 5* Badminton Horse Trials for over 10 years and at the London International Horse Show, Olympia, Royal Windsor Horse Show, and was an onsite medicine specialist at the 2012 London Olympic Games. In 2018 he was awarded Fellowship of the RCVS for meritorious contribution to clinical practice.

Lieven graduated from Ghent University in Belgium and subsequently started working at the department of surgery and anaesthesiology of large animals at the same university. His initial focus was on large animal anaesthesia and bovine surgery. Since 1997, he further specialized in equine surgery with a special interest in URT surgery and equine dentistry. This resulted in completion of a PhD thesis on postextraction changes in the equine dentition and membership of ECVS following an alternate residency program. He currently is an associate lecturer in large animal soft tissue surgery and dentistry at Ghent University.
His ongoing research topics include several equine dentistry subjects including tooth implant development, orthodontics and mastication physiology.

Marcus is a 1993 graduate of the University Of Glasgow Veterinary School. He worked in Scotland and Australia before returning to Ireland in 1998 to join and subsequently become a partner in Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital in Kildare.
In 2008 he established EquiVET Ireland in order to develop his specific interest in equine sports medicine. The practice specialises in lameness investigation, performance loss and pre-purchase examinations. EquiVET Ireland also provides the veterinary support to the entirety of the Irish Sport Horse teams across all age groups and disciplines.
In this remit, Marcus has attended four Olympic Games, four World Equestrian Games and multiple European Championships across all disciplines. He completed a Graduate Certificate in Equine Sports Medicine from UCD in 2018. Outside clinical practice, he is an avid sports fan and an enthusiastic mountain biker, competing nationally and overseas at every available opportunity.

Marc Koene was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and went to vet school in Hannover Germany. After finishing vet school in 1989 he did internships and residencies in the USA at Hagyard, Simpsonville, Lexington, Kentucky, New Bolton Center and Colorado State University. In 1991 he started Equine Clinic Mühlen that later transformed into Luesche Equine Veterinary clinic in Germany. This is one of the largest equine clinics in Europe with over 100 employees and other sites in Hamburg, Shanghai, Moscow and Samorin. Marc is acknowledged German equine practitioner (Fachtierarzt für Pferde), holds the IAVC/IVCA chiropractic certificate, is FEI veterinary delegate and FEI permitted treating veterinarian. Furthermore, he is board member of the FEI Equine Prohibited Substance List Group. Already 10 years Marc is team veterinarian for the German Olympic Equine driving team and since 3 years for the German Dressage team. He served these teams at several Olympic games, World Equestrian Games and German- and European championships. In Lüssche Equine Veterinary Clinic Marc works on lame horses, surgery, ophthalmology, sport horse support, pre-purchase examinations and is active in research and application of new technologies like 3D printing, feed supplements and laser treatment. His curiosity resulted in 55 publications in 25 years of equine veterinary practice.

Dr.med.vet. Jan-Hein Swagemakers was born in 1961. After college in the USA (Michigan), where he played scholarship soccer, Jan-Hein went to vet school at Ghent University from 1981-1987. In 1987 he started as assistant in the Tierklinik Markus until 1992. In 1992 he received his “Fachtierarzt für Pferde” (equine certified specialist). From 1993-2001, Jan-Hein Swagemakers worked at Tierklinik Mühlen with two partners. Moving in 2001 to Tierklinik Lüsche has now lead to a clinic with 4 partners and in total 35 equine veterinarians. The main interests are orthopaedics, sport horse medicine and surgery. Since 2009 Jan-Hein is the team veterinarian for the German show jumping team, German certified equine specialist and IVCA/IAVC certified chiro-practitioner.

Edwin Enzerink graduated in 1996 as a veterinarian from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Until 2000 he worked as a surgeon at the Department of Equine Sciences of the University Utrecht. Since 2000 he is qualified as Dutch Equine Surgeon Specialist, and since 2001 Edwin is boarded as a European Specialist Veterinary Surgeon (Dipl. ECVS). Since 2000 Edwin Enzerink is working at the Veterinary Centre in Someren. His special interests are arthroscopy and colic surgery. Besides his work as a veterinary surgeon, Edwin is specialized in orthopaedic problems in show jumping and dressage horses. Since 2018 Edwin is team vet of Team NL Dressage.

Christiana Ober graduated from Virginia Maryland School of Veterinary Medicine in 2000 and then completed a two year internship in sports medicine and imaging at Virginia Equine Imaging in Middleburg Virginia. She then spent the next 15 years in sports medicine practice in Virginia and Florida working on three day eventers and showjumpers. In 2007 she started Peak Performance Equine Services with Brendan Furlong. She served for 10 years as the Head Team Vet for the Canadian Eventing Team. She then relocated to the United Kingdom in 2015 to join her veterinarian husband Andre Buthe at Andre Buthe Equine Clinic in Wiltshire. Andre serves as the Head Team Vet for British Dressage and Christiana serves as the Head Team Vet for New Zealand Three Day Eventing. Her focus remains on management of the sport horse with a continued passion for eventing and showjumping.

Filipe Manuel Serra Bragança graduated from the Veterinary University of Lisbon in 2013 and then completed an internship at an equine practice in the UK. In late 2014 he started his PhD studies in biomechanics and equine locomotion at Utrecht University, focusing on objective gait analysis. The main goal of his PhD was the further development and clinical implementation of techniques of objective gait analysis and lameness assessment in the horse based on motion-capture and IMU-sensor technology. Currently he is leading the locomotion research team at Utrecht University together with René van Weeren.