Surgery of the Small Colon

Dr. Megan Burke is originally from San Francisco, California. She graduated from the UC Davis – School of Veterinary Medicine in 2010. Following graduation, she completed a Large Animal Surgery Internship at University Pennsylvania – New Bolton Center. She stayed on at New Bolton Center to complete a Comparative Orthopedics Fellowship at PENN Vet CORL, followed by a 3 year residency in Large Animal Surgery, achieving board certification in 2016. She came to NC State College of Veterinary Medicine in 2015 as a Clinical Instructor in Equine Emergency. While working at NC State she also completed a collaborative Fellowship in Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care at The Ohio State University, achieving board certification in 2021. She has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Equine Emergency at NC State since 2018. Her research interests center around reducing morbidity and mortality in critically ill equids, especially those undergoing surgery for colic.

Dr. Crabtree is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Large Animal Surgery and Emergency & Critical Care at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Following graduation from the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine she completed a one-year internship at Idaho Equine Hospital, a Large Animal Surgery residency and Master’s degree at Mississippi State University, and a Large Animal Emergency & Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Georgia. She is a Diplomate of both the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care.

Dr. Roessner obtained her veterinary degree from Michigan State University in 2015. She completed internships at the University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center and Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists. She then completed her surgical residency at New Bolton Center and recently finished an emergency and critical care fellowship at The Ohio State University. Dr. Roessner is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Equine Emergency at NC State University.

Dr. Mudge is a clinical professor at The Ohio State University. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2000 and completed a rotating equine internship at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. She completed an equine surgery residency at the University of California, Davis, and became a Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons (Large Animal) 2005. She completed a large animal emergency and critical care fellowship at The Ohio State University and became ACVECC-LA boarded in 2007. Margaret has been at The Ohio State University since 2004 and has clinical and research interests in colic and neoplasia.