Braden Shafer, DVM

A fourth-generation Western Colorado native, Dr. Braden Shafer owns and operates Shafer Large Animal Veterinary Associates. Dr. Shafer has specific interest in equine sports medicine, lameness, podiatry, preventive care, and emergency medicine. Dr. Shafer is an active member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Equine Practitioners. He graduated in 2000 from Colorado State University with his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He served as the president of the SCAAEP, was on the Dean’s List, received the CSU Anesthesia Award (SA) and the Pfizer/Upjohn Large Animal Proficiency Award. He also served on the CVMBS Foal Care team. After graduation, Dr. Shafer completed an internship at a high-volume performance horse and surgical practice at Elgin, Texas. He was trained under Dr. Robert Lewis, former AAEP president and early pioneer of arthroscopic and long bone surgery in horses, and, Dr. Tommy Hays, brilliant lameness clinician and surgeon in addition to his volunteer work with several organizations that improve horse racing and the health of the participants. After the internship, Dr. Shafer moved back to his native Colorado and began work at an equine referral practice that he had joined as an undergraduate intern some ten years prior. Mentored by Dr. John Harris, a veteran equine lameness diagnostician and innovative surgeon, Dr. Shafer saw a wide variety of emergency and elective cases. Dr. Shafer is now operating out of his Loma facility and maintains clients throughout western Colorado. (Source)