Given Name 

John

Middle Name

Gerard

Family Name

PELOSO

Current Position

Equine Surgeon

Organization

Equine Medical Center of   Ocala

Ocala, Florida

Nationality-Resident

USA - Florida

Major Interest

Equine   Orthopedic Surgery

Breakdown   Injury

Musculoskeletal Disease

Education

DVM  - Ontario Veterinary College, University of   Guelph 1987

Master of Science -   Michigan State University 1992

Surgical Residency -   Michigan State University 1992

Boarded Specialist - American College of   Veterinary Surgeons 1993

Post-graduate Training

- None

Professional   Experience

Graduated from   the Ontario Veterinary College in 1987. He worked for two years in a   Standardbred racetrack practice in Ontario, Canada and in 1992, completed the   three-year residency and Master’s program in equine surgery at Michigan State   University. He was an equine staff surgeon at Texas A&M University from   1992-1995 and then returned to private practice for 3 years as an equine surgeon   in Louisville, Kentucky. In October 1998, Dr. Peloso moved to Ocala, Florida,   is a founding partner and an equine surgeon at the Equine Medical Center of   Ocala.

Honors and Awards

Sam Hignett Award for   Clinical Research at BEVA Congress – 2017

Association of catastrophic   condylar fracture with bony changes of the third metacarpal bone identified   by standing magnetic resonance imaging in cadaveric forelimbs of Thoroughbred   racehorses.

More recent publications

Association of catastrophic   biaxial fracture of the proximal sesamoid bones with bony changes of the metacarpophalangeal   joint identified by standing magnetic resonance imaging in cadaveric   forelimbs of Thoroughbred racehorses.

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2015 Mar   15;246(6):661-73