| New England Equine, founded by Drs. Joseph Heissan | | | | faithfully. He had an opportunity to visit the new clinic |
| and Ronald Rosen, has been serving regional | | | | and was proud to see the result of the business he |
| horsemen since 1970. Initially it was an ambulatory | | | | started 37 years previously. In January 2008, Dr. Cook |
| practice, but with the hiring of Dr. William Bradley in | | | | became a full partner with Dr. Bradley. Currently New |
| 1976, and the need for a surgical facility, the practice | | | | England Equine Practice P.C. employs 3 associate |
| moved to a leased facility in Ridgefield, CT in 1978. | | | | veterinarians, an intern as well as 25 lay employees |
| Shortly after their move, the practice suffered the | | | | and specializes in providing comprehensive horse |
| unexpected passing of Dr. Rosen. Anxious to have a | | | | care both in the hospital and on the farm. The hospital |
| larger hospital with more services, Drs. Bradley and | | | | facility offers a full range of services including surgery, |
| Heissan created a 3000 square foot facility with an 8 | | | | internal medicine, infectious disease and isolation |
| stall barn including outdoor turnout and a riding ring. | | | | facilities and advanced diagnostic imaging. The practice |
| Soon after, a 900 square foot wing, nuclear | | | | offers ambulatory services for routine care and |
| scintigraphy service and 6 additional stalls were added. | | | | preventive medicine. Lameness and prepurchase |
| In 1986, Dr. Heissan retired and Dr. Bradley with | | | | examinations, as well as pre or post-natal reproductive |
| associates kept the business growing, always planning | | | | care can be handled at the stable and are known as |
| for the ultimate home for New England Equine | | | | Dutchess County Equine Vet. |
| Practice. In 1998, Dr. Gabriel Cook, a 1992 Cornell | | | | Pre-purchase examinations should be an integral part |
| graduate, joined the practice. He shared Dr. | | | | of the well informed decision when buying a horse. |
| Bradley’s dream and in 2007 New England Equine | | | | While most examinations are performed by the |
| Practice moved to a 33 acre, 29,000 square foot | | | | ambulatory service, complex lameness examinations |
| hospital providing a wide range of services including | | | | requiring multiple attempts at diagnostic anesthesia to |
| medicine, surgery, critical care, MRI, nuclear scintigraphy, | | | | further define the lameness and specific diagnostic |
| lameness and prepurchase examinations. The surgical | | | | imaging are performed in the hospital. Additionally, |
| suite and recovery facilities allow for convenient and | | | | some pre-purchase exams are electively performed in |
| safe patient management during the anesthetic | | | | the hospital in order to facilitate scheduling or if image |
| induction, surgery and recovery phases. The hospital | | | | results are needed immediately. The indoor ring |
| includes an isolation ward and indoor riding ring. Dr. | | | | provides a convenient place for us to examine horses |
| Heissan’s death in 2007 was a shock to our | | | | in motion. |
| doctors and the horse community he served so | | | | |