AAEP Virtual Wednesday Round Table 2021: Ethics Part 2: Dealing with Client Pressure

Dr. Benson is Chief Veterinary Officer for the Stronach Group, with responsibilities for veterinary safety, welfare, and integrity practices and protocols, as well as equine research initiatives for TSG’s 1/ST Racing and training brands including Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, San Luis Rey Downs, Gulfstream Park, Gulfstream Park West, Palm Meadows, Pimlico Race Course, Laurel Park and Bowie Training Center. From 2013-2019 she was the Executive Director and COO for the RMTC. Dr. Benson earned her veterinary degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota and her Juris Doctor (JD) from the William Mitchell College of Law.Dr. Benson is Chief Veterinary Officer for the Stronach Group, with responsibilities for veterinary safety, welfare, and integrity practices and protocols, as well as equine research initiatives for TSG’s 1/ST Racing and training brands including Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, San Luis Rey Downs, Gulfstream Park, Gulfstream Park West, Palm Meadows, Pimlico Race Course, Laurel Park and Bowie Training Center. From 2013-2019 she was the Executive Director and COO for the RMTC. Dr. Benson earned her veterinary degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota and her Juris Doctor (JD) from the William Mitchell College of Law.

Juliea McCall currently works as a solo practitioner focused upon providing chiropractic care. She is a graduate of the Western University College of Veterinary Medicine, in Pomona, CA, and worked as a primary and emergency care veterinarian in ambulatory practices following a hospital based internship at Peninsula Equine, in Menlo Park, CA. She studied Veterinary Spinal Manipulation Therapy at the Healing Oasis Wellness Center in Sturtevant, WI, and Acupuncture at the Chi Institute in Reddick, FL.

With a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Oregon, she has studied ethical inquiry and moral reasoning, and as a veterinarian has a keen interest in medical ethics.

Dr. Morresey is a shareholder in Rood & Riddle in central Kentucky, a member by examination of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists, and holds Diplomate status in both the American College of Theriogenologists and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.  He has spoken nationally and internationally on a wide variety of subjects important to the practice and science of equine veterinary medicine.  In addition to clinical topics (neonatology, neurology, infectious disease and metabolic concerns as they relate to reproductive medicine), he has also delved into the economics of the practice of medicine.  True to his background in education, he is a reviewer and contributor to a number of leading veterinary journals, and author of chapters in veterinary textbooks.

Dr. Wilhite earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1996 from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1998, he founded Wilhite Equine Veterinary Services, P.C., which is now doing business as Wilhite and Frees Equine Veterinary Services. His is a member of: AAEP; AVMA; MVMA; KCVMA; and the Missouri Academy of Veterinary Practitioners (MAVP).

In his spare time Dr. Wilhite enjoys spending time with his wife, Dana and their two children. Both of his children are very involved in music and band so Dr. Wilhite is a devoted "Band Dad". His 4-legged family includes several horses, a miniature horse named Stanley, two Corgis, and a Terrier mix.