Caledon Equine Hospital                                        

February 24 - February 26, 2010

Dennis E. Brooks DVM, PhD,Professor of Ophthalmology, College of Veterinary Medicine,University of Florida, is a 1980 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. He completed his residency in Comparative Ophthalmology at the University of Florida from 1981-1984 and passed the certifying examination of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 1984.  Dr Brooks was promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology in 1998, has received numerous teaching awards, and is a recognized authority on canine glaucoma, and infectious keratitis, corneal transplantation and glaucoma of horses. His book, Equine Ophthalmology, was published in 2002.

Caledon Equine and Ontario are especially fortunate to have had an ophthalmologist of Dr Brooks’ caliber assessing cases at Caledon Equine.  In particular Dr Brooks reviewed and treated recurrent uveitis (moon blindness) horses with Dr Watt.  Dr Brooks’ technique of implanting Cyclosporine A to reduce uveitis flare-up frequency and / or severity is now available at Caledon Equine.