Schott, Harold, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM - Cohort 2007

Michigan State University

Dr. Schott received his DVM degree in 1984 from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He started his career with three years in private equine practice in Southern California. Dr. Schott subsequently pursued advanced training by completing a residency in equine internal medicine and a PhD in equine exercise physiology at Washington State University. Since 1995, Dr. Schott has been an equine medicine clinician at Michigan State University with a strong clinical interest in urinary tract disorders, respiratory disease, and endocrinological disorders. In addition, he continues to pursue a research interest of fluid and electrolyte balance in endurance horses.

Dr. Schott played polo while growing up in the greater Cincinnati area and then continued to play polo at Cornell University and in Lexington Kentucky during his undergraduate and veterinary school years. Life became too busy to continue this sport but Dr. Schott and his wife Annette Petersen, a veterinary dermatologist, now enjoy teaching their 9-year-old daughter Melissa to ride “Rusty,” the best pony in the world, while at the same trying to get their 6-year-old son Noah more interested in horses than trucks and tractors.