We are extremely proud of our dedicated team. We hire only the best and most experienced employees to become a part of our team here at Sarasota Equine Veterinary Services. Our team is filled with highly dedicated animal lovers who are well trained at their jobs. They will do anything possible for their patients and the owners who love them.
Learning and education are very important here at Sarasota Equine Veterinary Services. We strive to have a state of the art hospital with a staff trained in the latest medical advances. Our patients deserve the very best veterinary care.
Basically, our team is full of animal lovers. They make it a goal to treat each patient like their own. They give each patient plenty of love and attention. They will also do everything that they can to make a sick animal feel better as soon as possible.
If you would like to speak to someone on our team, don’t hesitate to contact us today at (941) 907-1147
Dr. Kelley A. Krisch
Dr. Krisch was born in Houston, TX and grew up in Indianapolis, IN. She spent most of her childhood competitively riding and training hunter jumpers throughout the Midwest as well as being active with her state organizations. Kelley received her Bachelors of Science in Biology at Indiana University in 2010, and then graduated with her DVM at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2014. For the next two years she completed an extended rotating internship at Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center in Los Olivos, CA where her love of equine sports medicine really flourished. From 2016-2021 she worked in an ambulatory practice in California that heavily focused in sports medicine and performance horses.
She is specifically passionate about diagnostic imaging, regenerative therapies, and wound management. In her spare time, Kelley enjoys outdoor activities, hiking, watching football and college basketball, and spending time with family and friends. Kelley joined Sarasota in July of 2021.
Dr. Clinton Kaiser
Dr. Kaiser was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Although horses were not a big part of his upbringing, veterinary medicine was his calling from a young age. After many years of schooling and some fun along the way, he decided to concentrate on equine veterinary medicine almost immediately upon his arrival to Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine where he graduated in 2003. After a one-year equine internship at Las Colinas Veterinary Hospital in Texas, Dr. Kaiser joined Sarasota Equine Associates. It wasn’t long before he fell in love with the area and the many wonderful patients and clients that he was meeting every day. Shortly thereafter Dr. Kaiser and his wife, Jeannie began a family and the rest is history.
Dr. Kaiser enjoys general equine medicine and dentistry, has recently completed a course in equine acupuncture, and is excited to add it to the many services provided at Sarasota Equine Veterinary Services. Dr. Kaiser along with Dr. Pablo Toro purchased the practice in October of 2019.
Dr. Juan Pablo Toro-Clarke
Dr. Toro was raised in Puerto Rico on a beef cattle farm. Dr. Toro is a graduate of the 2005 Class of Tuskegee School of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee University in Alabama. He started his veterinary career as an associate in a full-service reproduction facility in Ocala, Florida. Later on, Dr. Toro started his own very successful practice in Ocala, Florida as a solo practitioner where he has practiced for many years.
Dr. Toro joined Sarasota in January 2017. Dr. Toro along with Dr. Clinton Kaiser purchased the practice in October of 2019.
Dr. Toro resides in Lakewood Ranch with his wife and two children.
Dr. Margaux Buchanan
Dr. Buchanan was born and raised in Connecticut and New York. Since she was a child, she has been involved with horses, locally riding pony club hunter/jumpers and attending YMCA ranch camp in the summer. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Chemistry from Smith College in 2007. Dr. Buchanan received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2011. In 2012 she completed a year-long internship at East Coast Equine and Animal Medical Center in Vero Beach, FL. During her internship in Vero Beach, Dr. Buchanan rode a polo pony named Tequila – and a passion for the sport of polo was born that follows her to this day. From there, Dr. Buchanan spent three years in the Central Valley of California working on and riding a variety of ranch and western performance horses. Dr. Buchanan then returned to New England, spending five years in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts treating a variety of pleasure and sport horse disciplines. Due to the breadth of her experience, she has a deep appreciation for all aspects of many discipline’s unique equine veterinary care, from foal care to english and western performance horse care to geriatric (retired sport horse) patients.
Dr. Buchanan joined Sarasota Equine Associates in 2020, and in her free time, she plays polo at the Sarasota and Ocala Polo clubs. Dr. Buchan has a special interest in sport horse performance medicine, geriatric preventive medicine & general wellness care with an emphasis on internal medicine. In 2023 she attended Chi University in Reddick FL, and became a certified equine rehabilitation and performance medicine practitioner, and now performs “pre-hab” exams to help keep your horse from needing her sport horse injury rehabilitation services. She is continuing her interest in preventative performance medicine in 2024 by getting her acupuncture certification. In 2025 she will begin her veterinary medical manipulation education to provide holistic, whole-horse care for all horses.
Outside of veterinary medicine, Dr. Buchanan enjoys the local beaches, international travel, bourbon with a good meal, and a great polo match.