Prof Jim Schumacher

Qualifications: DVM MS DipACVS MRCVS.
Qualified: Kansas State University. Institution/Practice: University of Tennessee, USA.
Career: Jim graduated from Kansas State University in 1973. He worked in private equine and food animal practices in Texas, California, and Kansas for 5 years after graduation. Most of this time in private practice was spent working in feedyards in Western Kansas. He completed a master’s degree and a residency in large animal surgery at Texas A&M University in 1980. He was a member of the faculty at Texas A&M University until 1997. Since then he has worked at the University of London, Auburn University, the University College Dublin, and the University of Tennessee, where he has been a member of the faculty of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Science since 2003. He is a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. He has lectured students about surgery for the past 30 years.
Interests: Equine respiratory and reproductive surgery and lameness.