Our Doctors
Ann Stuart DVM
Dr Stuart graduated with honors from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1989. 
After completing an Internship in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine she moved to the Asheville area in private practice. With a special interest in athletic horses Ann became involved with endurance riding where she has competed and vetted since the early 1990’s. She also has served as part of the team staff for international endurance and the United States Equestrian Team for many years, traveling all over North America as well as Europe, South America and the Middle East. Her other interests and hobbies include archeology, quilting, traveling (without horses), trail riding and spending time outside with her dogs.
Continuing Education
Dr Ann Stuart attended the American Association of Equine Practitioners Annual Convention in December. The continuing education conference was held in San Diego where Ann spent 4 days attending lectures and discussions on topics ranging from podiatry and lameness to ophthalmology. Lecturers presented the latest updates on their areas of specialty and vendors showed off their latest products keeping us up to date on the latest in Equine Veterinary Medicine.Ted Wright DVM
Ted graduated from NCSU in 2003 and moved to the Asheville area to work in private practice in the mountains. His interests are surgery, dentistry and practicing high quality medicine and preventive health care. He also enjoys working with dogs and cats.
Karen Reynolds DVM
Karen grew up in “horse-y” Chester County, Pennsylvania, and spent as much time riding and learning 
about horses as possible. She attended Penn State for her undergraduate studies, where she worked at the university-owned Quarter Horse breeding facility. She also competed on the PSU intercollegiate equestrian team and the rugby squad. Her veterinary degree was acquired at Texas A&M University in 2006, with a focus on large animal medicine, and a summer spent working with goats in Africa. Following graduation, she moved into the upstairs room of the clinic at BW Furlong & Associates in New Jersey, a full-service equine medical and surgical facility, to pursue an intensive one-year internship. Under the mentorship provided, she was able to work behind the scenes at 3-day event competitions and spend the winter working with Dr. Furlong in Wellington and Ocala, FL. She also worked with many critical llama and alpaca patients during this year, and developed a love for these unique species. In July 2007, Karen was thrilled to join the Appalachian Equine family, and loves every minute of it, meeting wonderful clients and patients, and enjoying the scenery along the way. Her free moments are spent with her friends, husband, pets, and of course, horses.
Our Staff
June Kiefer
Our bookkeeper and office manager, June has been with us for years keeping track of all our daily happenings. She lives with her cats Precious, Flower and Pippin and her giant dogs Yolanda, Tyrone, Bishop and Foo. She enjoys gardening, camping and hiking and lots of other outdoor activities.
Sharyn Groh
Inventory and schedule manager, Sharyn came to work to fill in for a few weeks and never left. She lives with her kitties Kaylee, Breton and Isabelle, dogs Nellie and Jessie and horses Chicapea, Zan and CJ. Hiking and playing with the dogs and riding the horses fill up her time away from the office.
Sadie Kelley
Sadie is an equine technician that help the doctors in the field with surgery, dentistry, radiology and many other procedures. Keeping the trucks stocked and ready to go in the mornings is a huge part of her contribution to the practice. As a hunter and Jumper rider and equine reproduction technician, Sadie has years of valuable experience that she brings to the practice. She also rides and trains horses and helps clients with treatments and therapy if needed.
Sara Boelt
Sara is our jack of all trades. Not only is she in the field as a technician a few days a week, she also works in the office to help coordinate the schedule and manage the home front. In all of her spare time she rides and trains horses for clients as well as trail and endurance rides on her three horses, Astro, Baby Horse and Lighter who is completely “dead-broke” sometimes. Sara is also available for horse transportation.
Andrea Buonanno
Our newest staff member, Andrea concentrates on customer service and scheduling. She has a new horse, Callisto who may grow up someday. She has 2 1/2 cats, Siris and Jerry, and she is part owner of Roy. Her dogs are Dylan, Austin and the new blue tick hound puppy, Tela. When she is not at the barn when not at the barn she enjoys hiking with her dogs, cooking, reading, and gardening.