Prof Raymond Geor

Qualified: Massey University, New Zealand (1983). Institution/ Practice: Professor and Chairperson in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University, USA. Career: After earning his veterinary degree in 1983, Ray completed a large-animal internship at Murdoch University in Australia in 1984. He then did a large-animal residency and completed an MVSc degree at Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, in 1988. He earned a PhD from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1999. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Large Animal).

Interests: His clinical and research interests are in equine medicine, nutrition and exercise science. A current research focus is the interactions between obesity, inflammation and insulin resistance, and how these conditions increase susceptibility to laminitis.