Dr. Acutt obtained her veterinary degree from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. She then traveled to the University of California, Davis to undergo additional training in her areas of interest, equine orthopedics and sports medicine. She was the first person to complete a residency specifically in equine diagnostic imaging, based at Colorado State University and became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiologists (EDI) in 2022. She worked at CSU following her residency in the role of Senior Fellow in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging. Dr. Acutt’s clinical and research interests focus on comparative imaging in the equine athlete. Recently Elizabeth joined University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine as Assistant Professor of Clinical Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging.

Erin Contino, MS, DVM, Dipl. ACVSMR, is an Associate Professor in equine sports medicine and rehabilitation at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colorado. She graduated from CSU with a Master's in clinical sciences in 2009 and a veterinary degree in 2010. She then completed a one-year internship at Pioneer Equine Hospital in California before returning to CSU for a three-year equine sports medicine and rehabilitation residency followed by a 1-year fellowship in equine musculoskeletal ultrasound. Dr. Contino became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2014. Her clinical and research interests include equine musculoskeletal imaging, diagnostic analgesia, lameness, and poor performance in equine athletes. She's actively involved in the leadership of ACVSMR and AAEP and, in her spare time, enjoys competing in 3-day eventing.

Mary received her DVM degree from the University of Georgia before completing a residency in large animal internal medicine at the University of Florida. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Large Animal) in 1996. Mary completed doctoral work in Physiology at the Medical University of South Carolina with work in endotoxemia and endotoxin tolerance. After this, she completed two years in a cardiology/ultrasound training program in the Sports Medicine section at the University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center before taking a position as a Lecturer in Equine Medicine at the University of California, Davis for 3 years. Mary returned to New Bolton Center to work in their treadmill facility for 3 years, before working as an associate clinical professor in Large Animal Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Currently, she is a part owner of Equine Sports Medicine Consultants, an ambulatory consulting practice focusing on sports medicine and imaging, cardiology and internal medicine, in southeastern PA. Mary’s clinical interests include cardiology and respiratory disorders and how dysfunction in these systems affects performance, as well as neonatology and critical care. She has published several scientific manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, as well as presented numerous abstracts at national and international meetings, and participated in many imaging wet labs at regional and national meetings.