Vermont Large Animal Clinic - Equine Hospital

Philip D. van Harreveld, DVM, MS

Board Certified Equine Surgeon

Dr. Valentino joins VLAC Equine Hospital as an owner and Equine Surgery Specialist. Dr. Valentino brings with him six years of experience as a surgeon and orthopedic specialist for New York Equine Hospital at Belmont and Aqueduct Racetracks in New York. Dr. Valentino graduated from the University Of Georgia College Of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. After graduation, he completed an internship in Equine Anesthesia and Surgery at the University of Georgia.  Following his internship Dr. Valentino completed both a Masters Program and a residency in Equine Surgery at Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Valentino spent two years as a clinical instructor in Large Animal Surgery at Texas A&M University. His special interests include equine orthopedic imaging, arthroscopy, lameness evaluations and orthopedic surgery, including fracture repair.

Dr. Valentino graduated from Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.  She completed her residency and Masters Program in Equine Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri after a private practice Internship with Equine Medical Associates in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Valentino is board certified in Equine Internal Medicine.  Following her residency, Dr. Valentino was an associate for a Wisconsin private practice referral hospital for a year and then spent a year at Texas A&M as a clinical instructor of Equine Internal Medicine. She also practiced for two years as an associate at Running ‘S’ Equine, a private practice referral hospital, in New Jersey, and for 3 years at New York Equine Hospital at Belmont and Aqueduct Racetracks in New York. Her special interests include neonatal care, neurological diseases, Cushing's and Equine Metabolic disease and respiratory problems in horses. Dr. Lorie brings much needed expertise in Equine Internal Medicine to the region.

Dr Kathy Murphy graduated with a DVM degree from Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. In 2005 she completed a surgery, medicine, and reproduction internship at Performance Equine Associates in Whitesboro, Texas. After completing her internship, Dr. Murphy spent a year at Newmarket Equine Clinic in Virginia where her work focused on hunter/jumpers, fox hunters and working the Standardbred race season at Colonial Downs Racetrack. She then joined New York Equine Associates on Long Island, NY centering on show horses. Dr Murphy is a graduate of the Chi Institute in Reddick, Florida where she studied traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture techniques in Horses, and has also completed her advanced training there. Her special interests include the diagnosis and treatment of lameness, sports medicine, and acupuncture.

Andrea first became interested in horses at the age of 8 when she moved to Vermont, after growing up abroad and moving about the US with her military family. The race track and stables in her back yard sparked her interest in horses. She got her first horse at the age of 9; a Morab named" Little Brooke Phoebe" whom she showed on the 4-H circuit. While in 4-H, Andrea was also chosen to represent Vermont at Eastern States exposition 3 times with her horses and also compete at the national level in Kentucky in public speaking. She was also a delegate from Vermont to go to Citizenship Washington focus. Since then she has owned and raised Saddlebreds and Morgan's, showing and driving fine harness horses around New England and judging at various shows. Andrea's employment at Vermont Large Animal Clinic Equine Hospital has led her to an interest in the surgical side of Veterinary Medicine. She also enjoys taking care of horses at the clinic as well as interacting with their owners. She looks forward to seeing you at the clinic.