David Frisbie, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, ACVSMR, whose leadership has shaped the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) continuing education programs, has been named the association’s 2018 vice-president.

He will be installed during the Nov. 20 President’s Luncheon at the 63rd Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas. He will assume the role of AAEP president in 2020.

Frisbie is a professor at Colorado State University (CSU), director of research at CSU’s Orthopaedic Research Center, and interim director of operations at the university’s C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute, which broke ground in June. He also is a partner in Equine Sports Medicine, LLC, in Pilot Point, Texas, and the managing partner of eCORE North Texas, LLC. His clinical interests are orthopedic surgery and sports medicine and rehabilitation.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Frisbie is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, for which he currently serves as secretary