Ruffian Equine Medical Center
111 Plainfield Ave.
Elmont, NY 11005
Phone: (516)-775-1234
Fax: (516)-775-9283
| The Ruffian Equine Medical Center (REMC), a state-of-the-art equine hospital located opposite the backstretch at Belmont Park is open. The practice, owned and operated by Dr. James Hunt, DVM will act as a hub for area horses of all breeds and disciplines, specializing as a center for diagnostics and orthopedic surgery with colic surgery added in 2010.
"Long Island has never had a facility of this scale," Dr. Hunt said. "It's overdue considering the population of horses in the area. We're thrilled to be able to provide the best services we can to the horse owners, their trainers and their veterinarians."
Dr. Hunt said the REMC will never serve as an ambulatory clinic. It will always be a referral center. "It will be a place where veterinarians can refer horses for diagnostics, certain emergency medical situations and orthopedic surgeries but remain the primary clinician once the patient has been discharged. We see this as a center where outside surgeons are invited by their clients to travel to the hospital in order to provide services. This would alleviate stress to the horse as well as the expense of shipping to another clinic," Hunt said. "It will be very convenient for surrounding area horseman to be only a short trailer ride away."
The medical center takes up over 22,000 square feet of space and includes two surgery suites, three recovery stalls, CT (computed tomography) a high-speed treadmill, digital radiography with an overhead high-power generator, as well as three portable EKLIN units, nuclear scintigraphy, a full-service laboratory, a lameness strip and outdoor lunging ring, three climate-controlled stalls, and 26 standard stalls in the barn. The facility will be able to provide the best care possible for horses. This will include an 'open door' policy that will welcome outside surgeons and/or specialists if their assistance is requested or required on a specific case. The ultimate goal is a successful outcome for the patient and convenient access for the client to the best medical care possible."
The REMC surgeons are Dr. Chris Byron and Dr Karlin.
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