Meet Our Staff Members
Learn More About Our Equine Practice and Team
When you want your horse to receive individualized attention and personal care, Edelson Equine Associates is your best choice. Thanks to cutting-edge care and technology, your horse will receive advanced diagnostics and procedures for excellent results. Contact us right away for emergency equine services. Edelson Equine Associates employs highly certified veterinarians to ensure your horse gets the best treatment possible. Trust over 50 years of combined expertise today.
Jeffrey M. Edelson, VMD
Dr. Edelson grew up in Lancaster County. As a child and teenager, Dr. Edelson was entranced by horses: riding, showing horses competitively, and caring for them. When not with the horses, Dr. Edelson spent many youthful hours at his father's steel plant.
Dr. Edelson studied at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, graduating in 1974 when he founded what is now Edelson Equine Associates. The medical team works out of his family farm in Manheim.
Over the years, Dr. Edelson developed expertise in several areas, reproduction, lameness, and general medicine. He is an acknowledged specialist in fertility and reproduction and has delivered over 14,000 babies in his career. Dr. Edelson’s skill in lameness diagnosis has resulted in clients shipping in horses from other states and sending Dr. Edelson to other states to diagnose their horses.
His skill with an X-ray machine has caused an orthopedic surgeon client to complain that he wished his patient’s X-rays would be of that high a quality. Dr. Edelson’s decades of medical practice has run the course of treatment of everything from Potomac Fever, West Nile Virus, colic, and all of the everyday aches and pains a horse can encounter.
When not consumed with his medical practice, Jeff honors the horse through the art of steel sculpture.
Taryn Schairer, VMD
Dr. Taryn Schairer originally from Detroit, Michigan relocated to Lititz, PA in 2011. A 2019 graduate of Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine, she was an active member of LMU-CVM’s Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, Christian Veterinary Fellowship, and Student American Veterinary Medical Association.
Following veterinary school, Dr. Schairer completed a year-long internship at an equine hospital in Chicago. She also holds degrees in animal science from Michigan State University and Virginia Tech. Dr. Schairer has been involved in the stock horse industry for over 20 years. Her interests include Ophthalmology, Sports Medicine, Reproduction, and Preventative Medicine.
In her spare time, Dr. Schairer enjoys riding her horse Linus, running with her dog Perdy, and spending time with her family. Dr. Schairer is excited to be part of the team at Edelson Equine and serve the Lancaster area.
Vanessa Stickler, Veterinary Technician
Vanessa graduated from Wilson College in May 2020 with a BS in Veterinary Medical Technology and a minor in Animal Studies. She then became a Certified Veterinary Technician.
Vanessa has grown up around horses from a young age and her passion to work with them grew from there.
In Vanessa's free time, she enjoys showing her rabbits, spending time with her family and hiking with her dogs. We are grateful to have Vanessa as a part of Edelson Equine Associates.
Amber Rexrode, Veterinary Assistant
Amber graduated from Wilson College in May 2021 with a BS in Veterinary Medical Technology and a minor in Animal Studies. Currently, working on getting her certification.
In Amber’s free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and her two dogs. She also volunteers to help local 4-h kids with various species projects, as well as volunteer coaching a softball team.
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