Dr. Marks and Karen Humphrey

Dr. Howard & Dr. Stokes

 

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Hendricks Regional Hospital  Click Here for Directions

1000 East Main Street
Danville, Indiana 46122 Phone: (317) 745-4451

$35 Red Hat Purple Chap Member

$45 Non member

Includes continental breakfast, hot lunch, syllabus

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Pay at the door or mail check made to RHPC to

Arlene Smoot

2532 W 200 S

Danville, IN 46122

 
 
 

 

 
 
 

2010 Healthy Horse Healthy You

A seminar devoted to the health of our pets and ourselves.  Experts in the fields of human and vet medicine present up to date information and answer your questions.  Take home material allows you to look over what you learned and save notes for later reference.

Tentative Program

Morning
8-8:30 Registration
Breakfast


8:30-8:45 Welcome
Jane Howard, MD

8:45-9:30 Heart Disease in Women

Dr.

9:30-10:15 Stroke
Dr.

10:15-11:00 Care of the Geriatric Equine

Dr. Sue Whitman, DVM

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Poisons in Your Pasture

Dr.

 

12:00-12:45 Lunch


12:45-1:15 Loosen Up with Judy I


Afternoon


1:15-2:15 Readings from I Make Horsecalls

Lecture: Equine First Aid
Dr. Marcia Thiebault, DVM

2:15-3:15

Dr. Frank Stokes

3:15-3:30  Panel

 

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-4:45 Readings from the Trilogy

Lecture: Saddle Fitting

Dr. Chris Marks, PhD

 

4:45-5:00 Q&A

 

5:00  Adjourn

 

 

 


   

 

Speaker Bios

 

Dr. Frank Stokes, D.V.M.

Dr. Frank C. Stokes III grew up in Hendricks County and is a graduate of Tri-West High School. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1976 and within nine months of duty received one medal in marksmanship, one medal in ordinance, and was an honor graduate from advanced individual training school. He spent 13 months in Korea and one year in air defense school in El Paso Texas as head of instructors. He was offered a Warrant Officers Commission at he end of term service, which he turned down in order to return to college. He majored in genetics, with nutrition as a minor, and received his Bachelor’s Degree in 1983 from Purdue University. In 1987 he received his DVM degree from Purdue where he specialized in equine reproduction and surgery. He started Hendricks County Animal Hospital in 1987. He was the president of Hendricks County Animal Control Board from 1994 to 1998 where he revised all animal control policies and rabies quarantine procedures. He was the president of Hendricks County fair board Horse and Pony Committee from 1996 to 1999 where he was an integral part in the building of new makeup arenas and mini camps for children who desired to learn about horses. Since 1990, he has been the owner of Dr. Specks Veterinary Clinics in Greenwood, Anderson, and Avon. He is also the owner of Hillcrest Farms embryo transfer and stallion station, and Stokes Performance Horses and Equine Training Center. He opened the Animal Hospital of Cloverdale in 2005, which is a full service mixed animal practice. He has always had a special place in his heart for the ailing pet and has always wanted to help the community 24 hours a day. He made HCAH a 24-hour emergency clinic, a place where you could call and page a doctor for assistance, the only hospital of its kind in Hendricks County.

 

About C.S. Marks, Ph.D.:

Christine Stewart- Marks, Ph.D.B.S. 1974, Zoology, Butler UniversityM.A. 1980, Zoology, University of Southern Illinois (Carbondale)Ph.D. 1989, Life Sciences, I.S.U.I am pleased to be able to present to you, my fellow (fellow?) RHPC’ers, on the occasion of the ‘Healthy Horse, Healthy You’ seminar 2008. Here is the mercifully short version of requested biography: I was born in Nebraska and I am 54 years old. Ok…the slightly longer version: I am one of a very small number of Full Professors of Equine Science in the United States, and have been teaching for over thirty years, first in Biology, and then in Equine Science. I have been chair of the Equine Studies program at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College for the past fifteen years. I have about fifty students, and I teach courses in Nutrition, Lameness, Genetics, Reproduction, Conditioning, Health, and Selection. Needless to say, I love my job.I currently own five horses, and before I started writing novels I was an active competitor in Endurance and Competitive Trail. I have a distinguished history in the sport, and rarely fail to finish. I completed the prestigious Tom Quilty Australian National Championship hundred mile ride in 1998, one of fewer than ten Americans to have done so. I believe it was my finest hour. Today I enjoy trail riding for fun, as I live on the trailhead at Owen-Putnam State Forest. My friend Becky and I run a CTR at our farm called ‘Mirkwood Run’. We specialize in first-time competitors, as we want their first experience to be so great that they are hooked for life! (All part of the evil plan…)Five years ago I began my journey as a fiction writer, and have now published three high fantasy novels (Elfhunter, Fire-heart, Ravenshade) in which horses are prominent characters. The books are doing well, and have been embraced by readers aged eight through ninety. I am now working on first screenplay (Elfhunter) and Elfhunter audiobook. I enjoy doing artwork to go with the writing, having illustrated all three novels including the cover art. In my free time, I enjoy making longbows using ancient techniques, and skewering defenseless burlap feed sacks filled with recycled paper. I will have been married for thirty years in August but have no children (though we do have a pretty fair-sized herd of dogs, including four Corgis).I joined RHPC because I knew Jane of old, and I reckoned that any organization founded by her should be fun and intriguing. I am always looking for new riding buddies! I have twelve miles of trail in my front yard, so I hope I get to see you one of these days. --C.S. Marks