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ALI BROYLES, DVM, DACVS ALI BROYLES, DVM, DACVS
Dr. Ali Broyles is an associate equine surgeon at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in
Lexington, Kentucky. She grew up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and attended Middle
Tennessee State University (MTSU) for her undergraduate degree in animal science.
After graduating from MTSU in 2004 she moved to Guthrie, Texas, and worked on the
6666 Ranch before being accepted to veterinary school at Texas A&M University in 2006.
She obtained her veterinary degree in 2010 and then completed an internship at Rood
and Riddle Equine Hospital in 2011. Dr. Broyles then worked with her husband at their
practice in West Texas while also working part time for the racetrack division of Equine
Sports Medicine & Surgery through 2014. Dr. Broyles returned to Rood and Riddle Equine
Hospital for a surgical residency from 2014–2017 and became a Diplotmate of the American
College of Veterinary Surgeons (DACVS) in 2019. She then worked as an associate surgeon at
Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery for five years before returning to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital
in Lexington, Kentucky in April 2024.
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Dr. Ben Buchanan grew up in Navasota, Texas. He went to Texas A&M and graduated
from there with his DVM in 2001. Afterward, he completed two residencies—Large
Animal Internal Medicine at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2004 and Emergency
and Critical Care at University of Pennsylvania in 2005. Dr. Buchanan is board certified
in Internal Medicine and Emergency Critical Care. Ben joined BVEH Navasota in 2005,
where he works alongside his father, T-Bone. He is also active in community outreach by
speaking at meetings and events around the world regarding equine care.
Ben is married to Shana, whom he met in veterinary school. Shana is a small animal
veterinarian and owner of Lake Conroe Vet Group. They have two children, Jane Marie and
Terrell.
BEN BUCHANAN, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC BEN BUCHANAN, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC