Internationally recognized sport horse practitioner Carol Weinberg, DVM, will begin her term on American Association of Equine Practitioners’ board of directors during the 57^th Annual Convention in San Antonio. 

Dr. Weinberg was introduced as a new member of the board during the Nov. 20 President’s Luncheon. Representing District II, the Middle Atlantic region, Dr. Weinberg will serve on the board through 2014. 

Dr. Weinberg is a partner with Fairfield Equine Associates at the Newtown, Conn., facility. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Vermont and a veterinary degree in 1982 from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Her career focus is lameness and axial skeletal problems using traditional as well as alternative therapies on a variety of sport and pleasure horses. 

Growing up in Boston, Mass., Dr. Weinberg participated in her local Pony Club and 4-H program. She continued her involvement with horses as a combined discipline trainer during her college years. After graduating from veterinary school, she worked in group and private practice in the states of New York and Connecticut. She joined Dr. Rick Mitchell and Dr. Mark Baus in establishing Fairfield Equine Associates in 1989. 

Dr. Weinberg has cared for horses competing in high stakes international sporting events, including the 1995 Special Olympics, the 1986, 1998 and 2002 World Championships, and the 1988 and 2000 Olympic Games. Dr. Weinberg is a member of the International Sport Horse Veterinary Association (ISHVA)/Welfare and Dressage Committees and an FEI veterinary delegate for Show Jumping and Dressage. She is a member of American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture and the California Veterinary Medical Association. An AAEP member since 1982, Dr. Weinberg has served on the Biological & Therapeutic Agents Committee. 

A tireless advocate for animal welfare, Dr. Weinberg has facilitated the rehabilitation of neglected and abused horses through her work with the Westchester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals.

The American Association of Equine Practitioners, headquartered in Lexington, Ky., was founded in 1954 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the health and welfare of the horse. Currently, the AAEP reaches more than 5 million horse owners through its nearly 10,000 members worldwide and is actively involved in ethics issues, practice management, research and continuing education in the equine veterinary profession and horse industry.

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