Owner, Senior Consultant
DIGATHERM, LLC
Ocala, FL, United States
Dr. Godbold graduated with honors from Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1978. In 1980, he established Stonehaven Park Veterinary Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee where he practiced full time as a solo small animal practitioner for 33 years. Dr. Godbold currently works full time with Stonehaven Veterinary Consulting, teaching and assisting colleagues as a consultant for laser surgery, laser therapy and digital thermography.
Since 1999, Dr. Godbold has pursued a special interest in the use of lasers and light‐based modalities in small animal practice. He has extensive experience with surgical and therapeutic lasers, has developed new surgical and therapeutic techniques, and assists equipment manufacturers with the development of new laser and light‐based technologies. In 2016 Dr. Godbold expanded his interest to include digital thermal imaging and has worked in the development and delivery of education about thermal imaging and its application in veterinary practice.
Dr. Godbold is a member of the Faculty and the Medical Advisory Board of the American Institute of Medical Laser Applications, The Companion Animal Health Veterinary Advisory Board, the Digatherm Veterinary Advisory Board, and the American Academy of Thermology. He has published numerous papers, articles, and chapters about the use of light based modalities in veterinary medicine. His publications have appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Clinician’s Brief, The Feline Patient, The Integrative Veterinary Care Journal, and Today's Veterinary Practice. Dr. Godbold published the internationally distributed Atlas of CO2 Laser Surgery Procedures in 2002, followed by the Atlas of Class IV Laser Therapy in 2009. He is the co-editor and a contributing author of the textbook Laser Therapy in Veterinary Medicine: Photobiomodulation (Wiley-Blackwell 2017). Dr. Godbold has led over 800 laser workshops, wet-labs, and continuing education meetings throughout the United States and in over 25 other countries around the world.
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Sunday, February 19, 2023
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
