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Hadley graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from Sydney University in 2003 and then focused her interests on the equine species with an internship at Agnes Banks Equine Clinic.  She then worked as an Associate Equine Veterinarian getting her hand into surgery whenever possible at Canberra Equine Hospital and Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital.

Whilst at Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital Hadley became a Member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientist in Surgery of Horses.

Hadley is near completion of her residency training programs through the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Fellowship program of the Australian College of Veterinary Surgeons.  This training involves clinical training at the Veterinary Clinical Centre under the supervision of Dr Bryan Hilbert, Dr Ken Jacobs and Dr Gareth Trope.

Current areas of research are on the laryngoplasty, as surgical procedure used to treat horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (an upper airway obstructive disease referred to as roaring).  Hadley is evaluating the use of LYCRA and the SECUROS System in the laryngoplasty.  She is also looking at MRI and histopathology of the cartilage involved in this procedure to improve the understanding of the structure with the ultimate goal of improving surgical success rate. 

Hadley’s enjoys all areas of clinical work and her involvement with undergraduate students in the clinical setting.  Specific areas of interest are treatment of septic synovial structures, abdominal surgery and minimally invasive surgical procedures such as arthroscopy, laproscopy and standing sinus surgery.

Research interests

• Laryngoplasty prosthesis materials
• Intra-venous regional limb perfusion

Ongoing projects

• In Vitro Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of Plaited LYCRA® for the Equine Laryngoplasty
• Retrospective study of 94 cases of laryngoplasty using a novel prosthesis

2011 Bain Fallon Clinical Paper:  Does the clinical and radiographic appearance of sequestra influence case management?