Dr. Hildebrand employs a comprehensive approach to the health and soundness of your equine athlete which combines state-of-the-art veterinary lameness evaluation, diagnostics, therapy, and treatment with certified chiropractic care and top-quality dental care, allowing your horse to work without pain or compromise. In order to provide the best possible care for your horse, Dr. Hildebrand's refresh
ing team approach offers collaboration with your current professionals including other veterinarians, farriers, and therapists. He spent years with track vets, developing his eye for equine movement and soundness issues and, as a groom, learned treatments and therapies. As a lifelong and one-time professional athlete, Dr. Hildebrand gained a first-hand understanding in preventative, rehabilitative, and regenerative sports medicine and the maintenance requirements of a top athlete. His veterinary education was preceded by work in politics, including a position as White House Liaison. As a veterinarian, he combines these diverse experiences and provides an inherent, intuitive and unique understanding of the equine athlete and your horse’s specialized treatment. Dr. Hildebrand has built an internationally-renowned reputation in equine sports medicine. He divides his time between his thriving equine veterinary and surgical practice in Michigan, one of the largest in the state, and Hildebrand Performance Equine in Florida, not to mention the visits made to equine athletes working and competing across the country and throughout the world. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor with the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, is a member of America Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) and the International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology, serving on the AAEP Ethics Committee and is past President of the Michigan Equine Practitioners Association.
