Jim Waldsmith, DVM

Dr. Waldsmith has owned and operated The Equine Center since 1985.   Dr. Waldsmith obtained his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Michigan State University in 1982.  Prior to The Equine Center, Dr. Waldsmith worked at two mixed practices in Michigan and was the resident veterinarian at two large Arabian farms on the central coast of California.  His interests’ lie in thermography, sports medicine, rehabilitation, reproduction and preventive medicine.  He has made presentations on these subjects as well as practice  management to the American Association of Equine Practitioners, American Veterinary Medical Association, Association of  Equine Sports Medicine to name a few.  Dr. Waldsmith is a past member of the AAEP’s Task Force on client education and is a past facilitator of the Therapeutic Options Forum.  In 1996, Dr. Waldsmith was selected as an imaging specialist for the Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and in 1999, at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  He is an F.E.I. certified veterinarian in three-day eventing, dressage, show jumping, vaulting and reining.  Outside of The Equine Center, he is president of Vetel Diagnostics, which provides digital imaging and software for the veterinary community.  Dr. Waldsmith owns Jacqueline, an Australian Shepherd and Patch, the Trakhener teasing stallion.