I am a Veterinary Surgeon, with 25 years of experience and service in the Equine industry. I have experience in ambulatory general practice, academic practice, and I have owned and operated an equine referrral surgical hospital. I recieved Board Certification by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1994. I currently operate a referral lameness and elective surgery practice in Wisconsin and Illinois and serve as a consultant to practices in Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin. I have served in an advisory capacity and as an expert in cases involving accused negligence and injury.

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Education

1979 Texas A&M University BS Animal Science
1983 Texas A&M University DVM
1992 University of Wisconsin-Madison MS Veterinary Science

Specialty Training

Internship University of Tennessee
Residency University of Wisconsin-Madison
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgeons

Professional Experience

1983-84 Veterinary Clinical Associate University of Tennessee 
             - Internship

1984-87 Associate Katy Equine Clinic, Katy Texas
             - Clinical ambulatory and hospital practice

1987-90 Veterinary Clinical Associate University of Wisconsin-Madison 
             - Residency
 
1990-94 Clinical Instructor Large Animal Surgery University of Wisconsin-Madison
             - Clinical Teaching and Service - Didactic Teaching

1998-2005 Clinical Assistant Professor Large Animal Surgery University of Wisconsin-Madison
                 - Clinical Service
                 - Clinical and Didactic Teaching
                 - Section Head Large Animal Surgery
                 - Coordinator:
                                    Food Animal Surgery Elective
                                    Large animal Surgery Laboratory

2005-Present Surgeon, Equine Veterinary Associates, LLC Delavan Wisconsin
                    - Managed and operated equine referral surgical referral hospital servicing Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois
 
2005-Present Stone Horse Equine Service, Elective Equine Surgery and Lameness Consultation
 
2005 - Present Surgery Consultant 
                      - Merritt and associates Equine Hospital, Wauconda, IL

2005- Present Surgery Consultant
                     - Dr T's Equine Clinic Salado TX

Professional Affiliations

American Association of Equine Practitioners
American Veterinary Medical Association
Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association

Licenses and Certification

American College of Veterinary Surgeons, 1994

Licensed:

Wisconsin
Illinois
Texas

Research and Publication

1: Klohnen A, Trostle SS, Stone WC, Johanningmeier D, Wilson DG, Hendrickson DA.
Management of a transverse fracture in the distal phalanx of a horse.
Can Vet J. 1997 Sep;38(9):561-3.
PMID: 9285136 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2: McAnulty JF, Stone WC, Darien BJ.
The effects of ischemia and reperfusion on mucosal respiratory function, adenosine triphosphate, electrolyte, and water content in the ascending colon of ponies.
Vet Surg. 1997 May-Jun;26(3):172-81.
PMID: 9150554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3: Stone WC, Bjorling DE, Trostle SS, Hanson PD, Markel MD.
Prepubic urethrostomy for relief of urethral obstruction in a sheep and a goat.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1997 Apr 1;210(7):939-41.
PMID: 9096724 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4: Trostle SS, Hendrickson DA, Stone WC, Klohnen AA.
Use of antimicrobial-impregnated polymethyl methacrylate beads for treatment of chronic, refractory septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of the digit in a bull.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1996 Feb 1;208(3):404-7.
PMID: 8575974 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5: Darien BJ, Stone WC, Dubielzig RR, Clayton MK.
Morphologic changes of the ascending colon during experimental ischemia and reperfusion in ponies.
Vet Pathol. 1995 May;32(3):280-8.
PMID: 7604495 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

6: Trostle SS, Wilson DG, Stone WC, Markel MD.
A study of the biomechanical properties of the adult equine linea alba: relationship of tissue bite size and suture material to breaking strength.
Vet Surg. 1994 Nov-Dec;23(6):435-41.
PMID: 7871706 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

7: Stone WC, Trostle SS, Gerros TC.
Use of a primary muscle pedicle flap to repair a caudal thoracic wound in a horse.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1994 Sep 15;205(6):828-30; discussion 831-3. No abstract
available.
PMID: 7829375 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

8: Gerros TC, Stone WC.
What is your diagnosis? Complete bilateral choanal atresia.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1994 Jul 15;205(2):179-80. No abstract available.
PMID: 7928569 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

9: Darien BJ, Sims PA, Stone WC, Schilly DR, Dubielzig RR, Albrecht RM.
Ischemia/reperfusion injury of the ascending colon in ponies: a correlative study utilizing microvascular histopathology and corrosion casting.
Scanning Microsc. 1993 Dec;7(4):1311-9; discussion 1320.
PMID: 8023096 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

10: Hanson PD, Bartz TA, Stone WC, Darien BJ, Markel MD.
Use of a modified Roux-en-Y procedure for treatment of pyloroduodenal obstruction in a horse.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1993 Apr 1;202(7):1119-22.
PMID: 8473227 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 

11: Gerros TC, McGuirk SM, Biller DS, Stone WC, Ryan J.
Choledocholithiasis attributable to a foreign body in a horse.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1993 Jan 15;202(2):301-3.
PMID: 8428841 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 

12: Stone WC, Lindsay WA, Adams GP, Galbreath EJ, Bjorling DE.
Rectal and colonic injury in the llama. Anatomic considerations and surgical management in four llamas.
Vet Surg. 1993 Jan-Feb;22(1):62-6.
PMID: 8488678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 

13: Stone WC, Bjorling DE, Southard JH, Galbreath EJ, Lindsay WA.
Evaluation of intestinal villus height in rats after ischemia and reperfusion by administration of superoxide dismutase, polyethylene glycol-conjugated superoxide dismutase, and two 21-aminosteroids.
Am J Vet Res. 1992 Nov;53(11):2153-6.
PMID: 1466514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 

14: Wilson DG, Crawford WH, Stone WC, Frampton JW.
Fixation of femoral capital physeal fractures with 7.0 mm cannulated screws in five bulls.
Vet Surg. 1991 Jul-Aug;20(4):240-4.
PMID: 1949560 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

15: Stone WC, Merritt, K. The Etiology, Treatment and a New Approach to Club Feet.
AAEP, Focus, Equine Foot, July 2009