Dr. Bogers developed a strong interest in the equine athlete during her childhood in New Zealand. She completed her veterinary degree at Massey University, New Zealand and then completed an internship and internal medicine fellowship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Kentucky. Her experiences working with Thoroughbred racehorses spurred her to investigate physiologic and pathologic bone density alterations in Thoroughbred racehorses as part of her Master’s degree. Dr. Bogers then completed a residency training program in equine surgery and a PhD at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, Leesburg, VA, where she stayed-on to complete a two-year fellowship in emergency surgery and critical care and became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (Large Animal) in 2016. She joined the faculty at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, in 2017. She has a special clinical interest in equine cutaneous neoplasia that requires surgical intervention and a research program that investigates novel therapies for the treatment of equine sarcoid and melanoma. Her research program investigates the ability of cell-derived small peptides to mitigate the growth of equine melanoma. As an affiliate faculty with Virginia Tech's department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Dr. Bogers works with engineering faculty to use focused ultrasound to ablate equine sarcoid and melanoma and understand the effects of these interventions on the tumor immune environment. Her final goal is to be able to combine novel technologies with chemotherapy to deliver minimally invasive therapies for equine cutaneous neoplasia in situations where the traditional steel scalpel would be deleterious or have a poorer prognosis.
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Decision Making for Treating Cutaneous Skin Tumors in Horses – Review of Surgical Approach
Monday, December 8, 2025
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM MT
Monday, December 8, 2025
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM MT