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Matthew T. Brokken, DVM, Diplomate ACVS

Clinical Assistant Professor
Equine Lameness, Imaging, and Orthopedics
Large Animal Clinical Sciences


email:BrokkenM@vetmed.ufl.edu


PO Box 100136
2015 SW 16 Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608-0125
(352) 392-2212 ext. 5608
Fax: (352) 392-8289

 
Education:

DVM, (Cum Laude), University of Florida, Gainesville, 2003
BS, Biology (Magna Cum Laude), Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1999

Research Interests:

Diagnosis and treatment of performance limiting injuries in horses. Use of magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose injuries in the equine athlete.
Special interest in proximal suspensory injury and its medical and surgical treatment.

Selected Publications:

For Publications Extracted From Medline Click HERE {COMING SOON}

Brokken MT, Schneider RK, Sampson SN, Tucker RL, Gavin PR, Ho CP. Magnetic resonance imaging features of proximal metacarpal and metatarsal injuries in the horse. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound 2007; 48: 507-517.

Brokken MT, Schneider RK, Tucker RL. A surgical approach for removal of non-articular base sesamoid fractures of the proximal sesamoid bones in horses.
Veterinary Surgery 2008, (in press).