Texas Equine Veterinary Association

Dr. Garrett was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. He grew up the son of a cattle buyer so he spent the majority of his youth in the alleys of sale barns and order buying pens in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. He competed in steer wrestling and team roping in high school and continued into college at Mississippi State University. There he earned his B.S. in animal science and went on to earn his DVM in 2000. After veterinary school, he practiced in Texas, Alabama, and Florida. He has been in the Pilot Point, Texas, area since 2006. His main areas of interest are equine reproduction and sports medicine. He still enjoys team roping, and has also shown some in the reining. He raises some reining horses as well as beef cattle. PAT GARRETT, DVM PAT GARRETT, DVM Dr. Golla is currently the Director of Medical Operations for Innovetive Petcare based in Austin, Texas. He has worked in veterinary clinics since 1990 and graduated as a DVM from Texas A&M in 2001. He is the founder of Chisholm Trail Veterinary Clinics (est. 2005) and he and his four locations joined Innovetive Pet Care in 2016. He practices as a mixed-animal practitioner across East, South, and Central Texas. His practice passion has been servicing the needs of the communities he served through mixed animal practice, companion animals, beef cattle, and developing veterinarians and practices. He has served as a mentor to many DVMs and is active in organized veterinary medicine as the 2021 President of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association. Currently, he is the President of the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. He enjoys community leadership having been a school board member, Chamber of Commerce President, youth football coach, and Rodeo Austin Veterinarian since 2007. Dr. Golla has four children with his wife, Christie. They spend their time as a family at sporting events: football, basketball, volleyball, and tennis. Additionally, they raise steers for beef and Dr. Golla coaches his children to compete at the San Antonio and Houston Livestock Shows. They a enjoy hunting, fishing, and skiing. Dr. Golla's life philosophy is to work hard, play hard, love hard and rest hard. His practice philosophy is to practice with diagnosis as the goal to get treatment right the first time. STEVEN GOLLA, DVM, MS STEVEN GOLLA, DVM, MS 35 | SPEAKERS Elizabeth Hinton serves as the Large Animal Assistant Hospital Director at Texas A&M University Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, overseeing technical services, hospital operations, inventory management, and policy development while ensuring quality control and strategic growth. She began her career there in May 1997 as a large animal operating room student technician. Raised in a rural community near Bryan, Texas, she earned her associate's degree from Hill College in 1996. With 28 years of experience, her focus is now on mentoring young leaders and fostering a positive hospital culture through mediation and intentional leadership training. Her proudest achievement is raising her daughter, Kasey Jo, who graduated with honors from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor's Doctor of Physical Therapy program while excelling as a four-year student-athlete. Kasey Jo now works at an outpatient clinic near Lubbock, Texas. Outside of work, Elizabeth enjoyed traveling to watch her daughter play collegiate basketball. Now, she spends her time training and trialing her corgi, Hattie Mae, in rally and agility, as well as working with her Australian Shepherd, Chili, in herding, rally, and agility. ELIZABETH HINTON ELIZABETH HINTON SPEAKERS

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