Stonehaven Veterinary Consulting
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, training colleagues and
working in the development of new technologies.
Since 1999, Dr. Godbold has pursued a special interest in the use of light-based modalities in small animal practice. He has extensive experience with surgical lasers, therapeutic lasers, and thermal imaging. Dr. Godbold assists equipment manufacturers with the development of new laser and light-based technologies and in the development and delivery of education about
veterinary medical photobiology devices and their application in veterinary practice.
Dr. Godbold has published numerous papers, articles, and chapters about the use of lasers and thermal imaging in small animal practice. His publications have appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Clinician’s Brief, Laserpoints, The Feline Patient, Laser
Surgery in Veterinary Medicine, Laser Therapy in Veterinary Medicine - Photobiomodulation, Veterinary Sciences, Today’s Veterinary Practice, Veterinary Practice News, The Integrative Veterinary Care Journal and the Newsletter of the Veterinary Surgical Laser Society.
Dr. Godbold is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of the American Institute of Medical Laser Applications, the Companion Animal Health Veterinary Advisory Board, the Digatherm Veterinary Medical Advisory Board, the American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery, and the
American Academy of Thermology.
Dr. Godbold published the internationally distributed Atlas of CO2 Laser Surgery Procedures in 2002, with a new edition each year since. In 2009, Dr. Godbold published the Atlas of Class IV Laser Therapy – Small Animal, also updated with a new edition each year.
He is co-editor and a chapter contributor of the 2017 textbook Laser Therapy in Veterinary Medicine - Photobiomodulation, published by Wiley-Blackwell.
In 2019, Dr. Godbold received the Kumar Patel Prize for Laser Surgery for his contributions to veterinary laser surgery education.
In high demand as a continuing education speaker, Dr. Godbold has led over 800 laser and thermal imaging workshops, wet-labs, and continuing education meetings throughout North America and in over 25 countries around the world.
Getting the Most From Your Therapy Laser
Friday, September 27, 2024
8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST