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Krista E. Estell, DVM, DACVIM (LAIM)

Clinical Associate Professor
  • Equine Medicine
krista-estell
Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center
17690 Old Waterford Road
Leesburg, VA 20176

VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech

DVM, 2009
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

BS, Biology, 2005
Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

  • American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Large Animal Internal Medicine), 2014

  • Equine oncology
  • Equine neurologic disease
  • Clinically applicable research

2022-present
Clinical Associate Professor, Equine Medicine
Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia Tech
Leesburg, VA

2016–2022
Clinical Assistant Professor, Equine Medicine
Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia Tech
Leesburg, VA

2013-2016
Staff Veterinarian

William R. Pritchard Veterinary Teaching Hospital
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA

  • American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society
  • American Association of Equine Practitioners
  1. Stephanie A. Givan, Krista E. Estell, Javier Martinez-Lopez, James A. Brown, David M. Wong, Stephen R. Were: Risk factors associated with development of colitis in horses post-exploratory laparotomy. Equine Veterinary Journal, Nov 2023
  2. K Estell, M Spriet, K Phillips, CJ Fino: Current dorsal myelographic column and dural diameter reduction rules do not apply at the cervicothoracic junction in horses. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound 2018
  3. CJ Finno, KE Estell, L Winfield, S Katzman, MH Bordbari, E Burns, AD Miller, B Pauschner, CK Tran, L Xu; Lipid peroxidation biomarkers for evaluating oxidative stress in equine neuroaxonal dystrophy. Journal of Veterinary Medicine 2018
  4. CA Easton-Jones, K Estell, KG Magdesian, Immune-medicated haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia in 25 adult equids" 1997 - 2016. Equine Veterinary Journal, Nov 2020