Large Animal Speakers

Dr. Scully is currently an associate professor of food animal medicine and surgery in the department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine.  In 2005, Dr. Scully left her home in Ireland and a career in public relations to pursue a veterinary career.  She graduated with her DVM in 2011 and completed a food animal rotating internship in 2012 at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.  During this time, she realized her ultimate goal was to become a theriogenologist. Dr. Scully completed her Theriogenology Residency, a Master of Veterinary Sciences at Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2015.  She achieved board certification in Theriogenology in 2016. Small ruminant advanced reproductive techniques, pain management in food animals and preventative medicine for goats are her specific areas of interest. Her research has focused on sterilization of feral horses, the effects of in utero androgen exposure on ram lambs and small ruminant semen collection methods.  Her future research will focus on pain management in food animals, porcine blood typing, small ruminant parasite prevention and the bovine ocular microbiome.  She has published in the field of ruminants, small animal, equine reproduction and has an appreciation for all aspects of theriogenology. Dr. Scully attributes all of her success to the mentors she has had in her life and is eager to serve others in a mentorship capacity.

Dr. Alvaro Bonilla obtained his Veterinary Degree in 2005 from University of Cordoba (Spain), followed by two internships in Spain. One at a private practice and the second one at University of Barcelona. Then, he moved to Canada where he completed a surgical internship at Milton Equine Hospital, followed by an orthopedic research fellowship at University of Pennsylvania (USA) (2009-11). After all this training, he went to The Ohio State University where he obtained a Master of Science focused on the stifle and subchondral cystic lesions at the same time that he completed an equine surgical residency (2011-14). In February 2015, he became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. After finishing his residency, he stayed at The Ohio State University as an Emergency and Surgery Clinical Instructor for one year followed by locums at University of Montreal (Canada), Charles Sturt University (Australia) and Langford Equine Centre (University of Bristol, UK) before joining the busy surgical team at University of Montreal for 7 years. Additionally, Dr. Alvaro Bonilla was the director of the research lab in clinically applicable and minimally invasive surgery and has developed multiple minimally invasive techniques and standing procedures, including standing needle arthroscopy in multiple joints, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures and minimal invasive sinoscopy. In June 2023, Dr. Alvaro Bonilla moved to Tennessee to join the team at Tennessee Equine hospital.

Dr. Alvaro Bonilla regularly publishes articles in peer-reviewed journals and participates in national and international conferences.

Dr. Alvaro Bonilla main fields of interest are : Standing arthroscopy and standing surgery in general, subchondral cystic lesions in the stifle, orthopedic and arthroscopic surgery, sinoscopy, oromaxillary and sinus surgery and minimally invasive procedures (ex: laparoscopy).

I received my Bachelor of Science in 2004 and Doctor of Veterinary of Medicine degree in 2008, both from Louisiana State University. After a year in private practice at Delta Equine Center in Vinton, LA, I moved to upstate New York to continue my advanced training in Theriogenology. At Cornell University, I received a PhD in reproductive physiology and genomics, completed an NIH postdoctoral fellowship in equine reproductive immunology and residency training in comparative Theriogenology. There I investigated the equine trophoblast transcriptome and identified novel genes involved in equine implantation and placentation. This resulted in the identification of a key transcription factor that regulates trophoblast invasion and migration in the horse but is also required for human pregnancy. Following on that, my PhD studies identified early pregnancy origins of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction in a mouse model. I achieved board certification with the American College of Theriogenologists in 2016 and stay involved with training future theriogenologists as a faculty member at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine as an Associate Professor of Theriogenology, where I have been for the past 7 years. Besides being a clinician, I have established an independent research program investigating mechanisms of pregnancy maintenance in the horse and mouse model organisms as translational biomedical research funded by the Theriogenology Foundation, National Academy of Medicine, and the National Institutes of Health.

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Dr. Lombardi received her BS from Cornell University and her DVM from Kansas State University. She completed an internship in large animal surgery at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.  Dr. Lombardi has been an associate veterinarian at The Oaks Equine and Farm Services in Smithfield, VA since 2004.

She received training in animal chiropractic through Options for Animals and is certified in small animal and equine chiropractic through the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association (IVCA).  Her acupuncture training was completed through the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) and she received the title of Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist for both small animal and equine.  She has received advanced training in chiropractic from the Alliance for Integrative care. Her advanced acupuncture training has been through both Chi University and IVAS.

She has special interests in poor performance, lameness, and internal medicine. She is passionate about providing integrative care (acupuncture, chiropractic) to both large and small animal patients.

Dr. Lombardi is an adjunct professor for the veterinary technology degree program at Tidewater Community College.  She has served as an instructor for The Alliance for Integrative Care, which provides continuing education for animal chiropractic professionals as well as a teaching associate for the IVAS basic acupuncture course.

Dr. Alvaro Bonilla obtained his Veterinary Degree in 2005 from University of Cordoba (Spain), followed by two internships in Spain. One at a private practice and the second one at University of Barcelona. Then, he moved to Canada where he completed a surgical internship at Milton Equine Hospital, followed by an orthopedic research fellowship at University of Pennsylvania (USA) (2009-11). After all this training, he went to The Ohio State University where he obtained a Master of Science focused on the stifle and subchondral cystic lesions at the same time that he completed an equine surgical residency (2011-14). In February 2015, he became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. After finishing his residency, he stayed at The Ohio State University as an Emergency and Surgery Clinical Instructor for one year followed by locums at University of Montreal (Canada), Charles Sturt University (Australia) and Langford Equine Centre (University of Bristol, UK) before joining the busy surgical team at University of Montreal for 7 years. Additionally, Dr. Alvaro Bonilla was the director of the research lab in clinically applicable and minimally invasive surgery and has developed multiple minimally invasive techniques and standing procedures, including standing needle arthroscopy in multiple joints, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures and minimal invasive sinoscopy. In June 2023, Dr. Alvaro Bonilla moved to Tennessee to join the team at Tennessee Equine hospital.

Dr. Alvaro Bonilla regularly publishes articles in peer-reviewed journals and participates in national and international conferences.

Dr. Alvaro Bonilla main fields of interest are : Standing arthroscopy and standing surgery in general, subchondral cystic lesions in the stifle, orthopedic and arthroscopic surgery, sinoscopy, oromaxillary and sinus surgery and minimally invasive procedures (ex: laparoscopy).