MEET THE EQUINE CLINICAL TRIAL TEAM

Meet our truly outstanding and dedicated team: Scott Marx, Dr. Toots Banner, Judith Shoemaker, Dr. Richard Miller, DVM, Lee Follett, IAED/C, Teri McKee, Equine Dental Technician, Brian Borg, Equine Dental Technician.

Lee Follett
IAED/C

Lee began working with Arabian horses in Arizona while in college in 1987. While working for Tom Chauncey's World Class Arabians in 1988 he became an assistant trainer. In 1991 Lee moved back to Indiana and was employed as a contract trainer while working towards a degree in environmental science at Indiana-Purdue University of Fort Wayne. In 1996 he took on the responsibility of managing a large boarding and training facility which he and his wife still manage today. It was through this exposure that Lee was introduced to modern equine dentistry. After one of his training horses received proper dental work in 1997, Lee couldn't stop thinking about dentistry. He graduated from The American School of Equine Dentistry in the spring of 1999 and afterwards began a one year internship under Lance Rubin IAED/EX. During the internship Lance was in a bad ladder accident and had to rely on Lee for all of the physical operations of the business for the fial six months. This proved an invaluable experience for Lee as he passed the IAED certification in his first attempt.

Lee has had the unique advantage of being able to log the dental problems of his training horses and find key correlations to performance and training issues. This is an important focus in his dental lectures. His audiences include Purina Mills Summer Education Series, colleges, high schools, 4-H, and other various horse clubs. He also helps in teaching new students at The American School of Equine Dentistry.

Lee has had the unique advantage of being able to log the dental problems of his training horses and find key correlations to performance and training issues. This is an important focus in his dental lectures. His audiences include Purina Mills Summer Education Series, colleges, high schools, 4-H, and other various horse clubs. He also helps in teaching new students at The American School of Equine Dentistry.

Lee resides in Auburn, Indiana with his wife Jacqui, and their three sons Noah, Ethan, and Levi.

Scott Marx
DVM

Dr. Marx is originally from Wisconsin. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1981, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and served as an Army officer and paratrooper in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University in 1995, and was a partner in a mixed animal practice in Conifer, CO. He is currently on the AAEP Dentistry Committee. Dr. Marx conducts equine dentistry seminars both nationally and internationally. He has practiced equine dentistry exclusively for 11 years and operates Advance Equine Dentistry based in Parker, CO.

Dr. Toots Banner
DVM

Dr. Toots A. Banner DVM, American Association Equine Veterinarians Equine Dentistry Committee Member & American Veterinary Dental Society member. He is a graduate of University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. He is an instructor/lecturer at the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Center and the owner of Riverside Equine Dental Services in Micanopy, Florida.

Dr. Banner has lectured at the American Association of Equine Veterinarians Equine Dentistry Focus Meeting, the North American Veterinary Conference and the Florida Association of Equine Veterinarians Convention.

Dr. Richard Miller
DVM and Equine Dental Specialist

Richard Miller graduated with highest honors from the Washington State School of Veterinary Medicine in 1961. For the next fifteen years, he practiced in Lexington Kentucky, in a primarily reproductive and pediatric practice with a good mix of sport horse issues, as he was also involved in polo and fox hunting. He operated Summerhill Farm in Lexington, as a combination breeding. foaling and training program, before moving to Southern California to join the Equine Medical Center in Cypress Ca.

The next eleven years were occupied by an exclusive racetrack practice at Los Alamitos and Bay Meadow. In 1987, Dr. Miller decided to retire from the track and dedicate his practice to equine dentistry.

For the last 8 years, he has served an area from San Diego to Sacramento, with a 28 ft. mobile clinic that is a full service unit, staffed by himself and two technicians. He is advanced certified by the International Association of Equine Dentistry and has served for the last ten years on the certification team.

When not on the road, Dr. Miller resides in South Orange Co. with his wife Carol and three children.

Judith Shoemaker
DVM

Judith M. Shoemaker, DVM, is an internationally known practitioner and educator in complementary veterinary medicine and therapy. Dr. Shoemaker is a 1980 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She is licensed to practice in most of the states on the East Coast and in Colorado, Kentucky, Indiana, and Alabama.

Dr. Shoemaker's equine and companion animal veterinary practice focuses on complementary medicine and holistic therapy - integrating chiropractic, acupuncture, and other alternative modalities. The practice's equine patients include Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses, pleasure horses, draft and gaited horses, top-level competition horses in dressage, open jumping, endurance, western sports, and combined training.

Over the last ten years, Dr. Shoemaker has been affiliated with premiere equine sports therapy centers, providing comprehensive maintenance, therapeutic management, and consultation to equine competitors in the US and internationally. Many of Dr. Shoemaker's canine patients are competitors in performance events such as obedience, agility, lure-coursing, and tracking. She provides therapy and maintenance support to service dogs and to search and rescue dogs as well as many wonderful family companions.

Dr. Shoemaker has taught anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She has advanced training in both small and large animal orthopedic internal fixation surgical techniques from the Ohio State University and ASIF/AO, advanced training in animal reproduction from Colorado State University, and training in multiple modalities from private internships. She is certified as a veterinary acupuncturist through the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, in which she has also served as an instructor and a representative of the American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture.

In the 1980's, she received private tutelage in chiropractic, and since 1989, instruction through the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association - of which she is a charter member. Dr. Shoemaker teaches the most sophisticated level of expertise available in animal chiropractic and acupuncture through the Diplomat and Continuing Education programs of the AVCA, AAVA, AHVMA, and Maximum Horse Power. Dr. Shoemaker lectures extensively, both in the United States and abroad, on Integrative Medicine and therapy, as well as providing instruction through her practice. She has served as a board member and representative for AVCA, AAVA, IVAS, and AHVMA.

Judith's personal interests include horse training, music, gardening, and continuing education in self-improvement and spiritual practice.

Teri McKee
Veterinary Technician, Equine Dental Technician

Teri McKee was born on a small farm in Worthington, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Worthington High School in 1978, she attended Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology in Denver, CO, and earned an Associate of Applied Science degree. She then began her career at Robert L. Lash Veterinary Hospital, a busy large and small animal hospital in Kittanning, PA, as a veterinary technician.

During the next few years, she was married and had a daughter. She then moved to Florida, and was manager of the small animal emergency hospital, Central Animal Hospital, Inc., in Tampa. She successfully managed the emergency facility for 11 years until it sold in 1996. Wondering where to go from there and in search of some sort of change from only small animal work, she met Larry Moriarity, a master certified equine dental technician. This sparked quite an interest, so she attended continuing education with the International Association of Equine Dentistry in 1996. She has since been a member of the IAED, Florida Association, and now the Florida-National Association.

Teri now works closely with horse owners and their veterinarians as part of the health care team keeping mouths happy so their bodies may be healthy too. She attends annual continuing education. Her busy practice includes all breeds of horses and ponies, but she has a special interest in performance horses, geriatrics, and minis.

Teri is a member of the Florida Alliance of Animal Owners Rights and was instrumental in having the current law regarding non-veterinarian equine professionals amended in the state of FL. She has co-written equine dentistry articles for Veterinary Practice News and other national magazines. She was featured on the front page of the Tampa Tribune in 2005. She is a member of the National Barrel Horse Association and is an avid barrel racer. She has been riding since she was a year old.

Teri resides in San Antonio, FL, with her 8-year old grandson, 5 horses, Blue Heeler, and little white cat named ChickenWing.

Brian Borg
Equine Dental Specialist

Brian Borg has been serving the southern California area in the field of Equine Dentistry for 10 years with over 11,000 dentistry procedures to his credit.

Brian has been trained and apprenticed under Dr Richard Miller.

Brian has been involved in the horse industry for over 30 years.

Brian was featured on RFD TV in a 5 part series on Equine Dentistry and was invited to speak at the Equine Affaire in 2007 & 2008 on equine dentistry.

He is a competitive rider (3 Day Eventing), certified riding instructor, approved AMHA horse judge and American Shetland and Miniature horse Breeder.

Equine Clinical Trial Team