John Nolan
Dr. John Nolan grew up in northern Virginia. His love of horses began as a teenager when he purchased his first horse to train and compete in endurance and competitive trail rides. As a high school student, he became interested in farriery. He attended the North Texas Horseshoeing Institute and was a practicing farrier for over nine years before starting his career in veterinary medicine. Dr. Nolan earned his doctorate in veterinary medicine from the Virginia – Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1991. His career in equine practice began with an internship at an equine referral center, Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center, in Los Olivos, California. There, he trained with specialists in the fields of lameness, diagnostic imaging, surgery and internal medicine. He went on to work at the Delaware Equine Center in Cochranville, Pennsylvania. He founded the Piedmont Equine Practice, Inc. in 1996.
Dr. Nolan has cared for international and national level equine athletes for over 25 years. His areas of special interest include sports medicine, lameness, diagnostic imaging and chiropractic medicine. In 1998, he became certified in veterinary chiropractic medicine through the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association. He has been an active member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the Florida Association of Equine Practitioners, and the International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology.
Dr. Nolan met his wife Renée in veterinary school. Renée practices medicine at the Small Animal Clinic at Piedmont. They have two sons, Sam and Abe, who are students at the University of Virginia. In his spare time, you might see Dr. Nolan cycling on the back roads of our practice area, our little piece of heaven.