Texas Equine Veterinary Association

50 | SPEAKERS THE THE SPEAKERS SPEAKERS BEVEVINO BEVEVINO KARI BEVEVINO, DVM, DACVIM KARI BEVEVINO, DVM, DACVIM Dr. Kari Bevevino grew up in Allentown, PA and then earned a B.S. in Equine Sciences from Colorado State University in 2008. After graduating from CSU, Dr. Bevevino worked as a breeding manager of the 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, TX for three years. She then went on to earn her DVM at Texas A&M University in 2015 followed by a two year internship at Brock Veterinary Clinic in Lamesa, TX. In an effort to further develop her equine expertise, she completed a residency at Texas A&M University in Large Animal Internal Medicine in 2020 becoming board-certified in large animal internal medicine. Following residency, Dr. Bevevino completed a one-year fellowship in Equine Ultrasonography and Cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center and Texas A&M University. She then joined Roaring Fork Equine Medical Center in Glenwood Springs, Colorado in August 2021. Dr. Bevevino is currently a member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM). Dr. Bevevino's special interests include equine cardiology, neonatology, ultrasonography, and sports medicine. In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her dogs, golfing, camping, and snowboarding. Dr. Bevevino is also a member of the Carbondale Tree Board and Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council. CAMILO HERNÁNDEZ-AVILÉS, DVM, PHD CAMILO HERNÁNDEZ-AVILÉS, DVM, PHD Dr. Camilo Hernández-Avilés is an assistant professor of equine theriogenology in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. He received his DVM degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Texas A&M University. He completed a Residency in Equine Theriogenology, also at Texas A&M University. He is board-eligible as a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists. His clinical and research interests mostly focus on stallion reproduction and assisted reproductive technologies in horses. Some of these include the study of stallion sperm AVILÉS AVILÉS physiology during fertilization, the use of molecular biology techniques for studying sperm function and stallion fertility, the validation of flow cytometry-based techniques for stallion sperm analysis in clinical settings, the effects of semen extender components and storage methods on the quality of cool-stored and frozen/thawed stallion sperm, and the diagnosis and management of reproductive conditions in stallions.

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