Dr. Michael Ross hails from Chestertown, NY near the beautiful Lake George area. He grew up there riding and showing Western Pleasure Horses with a special affinity for reining horses. He received his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and then went on to become a graduate of Cornell University’s New York State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1981. After veterinary school and a 1-year internship at Cornell, he was accepted into a 3-year equine residency program at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center. He became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1986, became a full professor of Surgery in 1999 and is an active member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. He also developed and is the Director of the Nuclear Medicine program at New Bolton Center and is currently a consultant as a Professor of Surgery. He is the author of over 420 scientific papers, books, proceedings, abstracts and book chapters. Ross and Dyson’s lameness textbook with companion CD, Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse was published in December 2002 and the 2nd edition, with a companion website, www.rossanddyson.com, published November 2010. The textbook is the culmination of over 37 years of study and interest in clinical examinations, imaging and management of the lame horse. Ross and Dyson were recognized for that work by the Association of American Publishers for outstanding achievement in Professional and Scholarly Publishing (2003 award in the field of nursing and allied health).

Dr. Ross has broad clinical interests including equine gastrointestinal, respiratory and musculoskeletal surgery but in recent years has concentrated efforts on orthopedic surgery with a particular interest in arthroscopic surgical techniques. Equine lameness diagnosis and management has always been a passion and clinical focus with a special emphasis in the Standardbred and Thoroughbred racehorse.