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Barb Crabbe, DVM

Practice Owner

barb photoDr. Crabbe is a graduate of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and completed an internship in large animal medicine and surgery at Washington State University. She also did graduate work in biomechanics at UC Davis, where she studied patterns of locomotion in exercising horses.

Dr. Crabbe is a contributing editor to Horse and Rider magazine and a frequent contributor and member of the advisory board for Dressage Today magazine. Her articles have won numerous American Horse Publications awards, and in 2007 she saw her book Comprehensive Guide to Equine Veterinary Medicine published by Sterling publishing, a large New York publishing company.barb dressage

She is an avid dressage rider and competitor with several ODS and USDF regional championships on her resume, and is a graduate with distinction from the USDF-L judges program. In addition, she is a former board member of the Northwest Equine Practitioners Association and the Oregon Dressage Society, and currently serves on the breeding technology committee for the American Hanoverian Society. Her particular interests are management of the performance horse in competition, and reproductive technologies including artificial insemination and embryo transfer.

She lives on the PCS farm property with her husband, Bob, a board certified veterinary internist, and two daughters Katie and Jamie. The family is completed by three rescued dogs, 6 horses and 2 ponies.
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Jennifer Posey, DVM
Associate Veterinarian

jenprofileDr. Posey is a graduate of Oregon State University School of Veterinary Medicine. She joined PCS in 2004 after spending several years as an associate veterinarian at a busy ambulatory practice on the East Coast.

She is interested in all areas of equine medicine, and is responsible for the dentistry program at PCS. She is an AERC (American Endurance Ride Conference) certified ride veterinarian and is currently on staff for the Foothills of the Cascades ride in Molalla. In addition, she is heading up the efforts here at PCS for creating a disaster management plan for our area.

Dr. Posey grew up in a Western Saddle, and spent her youth actively involved in dr posey riding 4H and barrel racing. Spending her summers in Idaho, she logged numerous hours in the saddle riding in the mountains with her family and friends. While having a personal horse of her own is on the back burner for a while, horses are still a huge part of her family. Dr. Posey rides whenever she has a chance to visit her father’s ranch in Texas.

She currently lives in Molalla with her husband Ben, their daughter Tegan and two dogs Maverick and Shadow.
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Elizabeth Fortier, DVM
Associate Veterinarian

dr fortierDr. Fortier is a graduate of Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts where she was the recipient of the American Association of Equine Practitioners American Livestock Insurance Company Scholarship, and served as Vice President of the student chapter of the AAEP. She comes to PCS after completing an internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky, a prestigious position that involved working on blue-blooded Thoroughbreds alongside some of the countries most respected veterinarians. Dr. Fortier was recently elected to the Board for the Northwest Equine Practitioner's Association.

Dr Fortier is currently working with Dr. Posey to manage the dentistry services at PCS, and has a strondr fortierg interest in reproduction. Her long-term goal is to develop an acupuncture program that will support our patients in all areas of their lives.

While Thoroughbred racing has been her particular interest, Dr Fortier has a life-long involvement in many Sporthorse disiplines. A hometown girl, she has returned to Portland where she grew up riding both over fences and in the dressage arena. Always up for a challenge, she has a soft spot for problem children and spent most of her time riding other people's wild horses rather than competing.

Dr Fortier lives in Lake Oswego, along with two extremely fat orange and white cats. She still spends her off hours in the saddle, riding anything she can get her hands on.

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