Dr. Lauren Pasch leads our reproduction department and offers comprehensive reproductive services for mares and stallions as well as reproductive consults for performance horses. 

Dr. Pasch was raised in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where her involvement with horses started at a young age. She received a bachelor’s in fine arts from Brandeis University, in Waltham, Massachusetts, and remained in the Boston area following graduation. Ultimately, Dr. Pasch returned to her home state to attend veterinary school at the University of Wisconsin. She then moved back east for a one-year internship here at Rhinebeck Equine before completing a residency in Large Animal Theriogenology at University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center. She worked in a private referral practice in the Midwest before returning to Rhinebeck Equine.  

Dr. Pasch is board-certified by the American College of Theriogenologists (ACT) and has special interests in high-risk pregnancies, subfertile mares, and embryo transfer. She became certified in equine acupuncture at Chi University, in Reddick, Florida, in 2014 and provides acupuncture services for all types of equine patients. As an active member of the ACT, Dr. Pasch served on the Maintenance of Certification Committee from 2019 – 2021. 

Dr. Pasch is a lifelong runner and enjoys spending time outdoors. She is a Wisconsin sports fan with an unwavering love for the Green Bay Packers. She loves crossword puzzles, challenging veterinary cases, and all sorts of fiction. Dr. Pasch lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband, Fred, and their two young dogs and geriatric cat.  

Publications

Pasch L, Schmidt A, King W, 2021. Clinical observations after prebreeding intrauterine plasma infusion in 18 mares inseminated with thawed frozen semen. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 99; 103389: 1 – 4 

Pasch L, 2020. Clinical effects of prebreeding intrauterine platelet-rich plasma in the mare (abstract). Clinical Theriogenology 12; 3: 392 

Pasch L, 2019. Factors affecting pregnancy rates following breeding with cryopreserved semen. Proceedings of the 2019 PAC  

Pasch L, Parente EJ, Dobbie T, 2017. Pyometra and Cervical Wedge Resection in a Mare. Clinical Theriogenology 9; 2: 217 – 222  

Presentations

“Induction of parturition in a late pregnant mare with large colon displacement” (poster), Theriogenology Conference, Omaha, NE, 07/2021  

“Clinical effects of prebreeding platelet-rich plasma in the mare” (abstract), Theriogenology Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 07/2020 

“Factors affecting pregnancy rates following breeding with cryopreserved semen,” Penn Annual Conference, Wilmington, DE, 09/2019