Associate
Rood and Riddle
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Dr. Benjamin Flakoll was born and raised in Managua, Nicaragua. He grew up riding and training horses in show jumping and classical dressage and discovered his love of veterinary medicine while assisting veterinarians from the United Sates on Rural Area Veterinary Services trips to Nicaragua. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Brown University and then took a gap year before attending veterinary school. During his gap year, he attended Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School in California. He continued working as a farrier throughout veterinary school and earned his DVM from Cornell University.
Following graduation Dr. Flakoll completed a rotating internship at Rhinebeck Equine and pursued further specialty training in podiatry by joining the podiatry team at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington for a two-year fellowship. Dr. Flakoll is currently an ambulatory and podiatry associate at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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