Dr. Joan Ayers

Our newest associate veterinarian, Dr. Joan Ayers, joined GVEC as the 2008-09 intern after graduating from the University of Minnesota Veterinary School. While at Minnesota’s new Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Joan was fortunate to be able to work with state-of-the-art, high-tech equipment such as MRI. She also took part in some unique learning experiences such as helping out at a veterinary clinic in Morocco and working with an equine practitioner in Seville, Spain. She gained valuable practical experience working in the test barn at Canterbury Park Race Track near St. Paul, Minnesota.

Joan has a strong interest in horses not only as patients, but as companions. As a teenager she spent many hours schooling her thoroughbred mare in dressage, and hopes to find time to return to the saddle. In the meantime she is enjoying running, reading, and hiking with her German shepherd/border collie dog, Zella.

Dr. Joan Ayers