Our Team.

Dr. KT Steward is a Staff Surgeon at Montana Equine Medical and Surgical Center who recently completed her surgical residency at Colorado State University in 2022. She initially came up with the idea of implanting microchips into the equine colon to track its movement back in her first year of residency, and soon after tested her theory on cadaver models. When the cadaver models were a success, Dr. Steward decided to move forward with a live model; and thus this research project was born.

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Dr. Hassel is a Professor of Equine Emergency Surgery & Critical Care at Colorado State University. She has been a specialist in the area of equine colic since completion of her surgical residency in 1997 and has furthered her background in critical care medicine for the horse by obtaining board certification by the American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care in 2007. Her research interests are focused on treatment of the critically ill equine patient, with particular interests in colic, the equine gastrointestinal microbiome and endotoxemia.

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Hannah Mae McKee is a 3rd year veterinary student at Colorado State University and an aspiring Equine Surgeon. She has a background in research from previous positions working for Laboratory Animal Resources and the Equine Orthopaedic Research Center at CSU. She hopes to one day hold a Staff Surgeon position at an academic institution to continue researching equine colic and orthopaedic diseases.