Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Large Animal
Diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine
SPECIALIST IN EQUINE INTERNAL MEDICINE
Even as a child, I enjoyed horse riding and loved being around horses. As I got older, my passion for internal medicine and medical mysteries came along and the case developed. During my experiences abroad, I explored the world and was fascinated by what is possible in veterinary medicine. My mentors from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine taught me “as far as you want to go” and took me into the family of those who remained curious.
Resume
2000
High School
2003
Diploma business economist (BA)
2009
Graduation in veterinary medicine
2009-2010
Internship at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital in Navasota, Texas, USA
2010-2012
Research assistant in veterinary anatomy at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen
2012-2015
Equine Medicine Resident at Louisiana State University, USA Dipl. ACVIM 2016, Dipl. ECEIM 2017
2015-2020
Internist in der Pferdeklinik Leichlingen GmbH
2018
Fachtierarzt” internal medicine of the horse
2020
Founding of the specialty practice; Lecturer activity
Publications
Raabe, Shell, Würtz, Reich, Wenisch, Arnhold: Further insights into the characterization of
equine adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Vet Res Commun. 2011
Aug;35(6):355-65.
Shell et al.: Comparison of Equine Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cell Behavior and
Differentiation Potential Under the Influence of 3% and 21% Oxygen Tension. Journal of
Equine Veterinary Science 33 (2013) 74-82.
Raabe and Shell et al.: Tenogenic differentiation of equine adipose-tissue-derived stem cells
under the influence of tensile strain, growth differentiation factors and various oxygen
tensions. Cell and Tissue Research 2013 Jun;352(3):509-21
Raabe and Shell et al.: Effect of extracorporeal shock wave on proliferation and
differentiation of equine adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells in vitro. Am J Stem
Cells. 2013 Mar 8;2(1):62-73.
Shell et al.: Effects of metronidazole and flunixin meglumine on equine right dorsal colonic
mucosa. J Vet Intern Med 2014;28:976–1134.
Shell and Rijkenhuizen: Extensive and invasive guttural pouch granuloma in a 2-year-old
gelding. EVE. 2018 July;
Bartel, Diekstall, Shell, Rijkenhuizen: Hand-assisted laparoscopic partial ovariohysterectomy in a standing mare suffering from a bleeding uterine leiomyoma. Pferdeheilkunde – Equine Medicine 6/2020: 495-501
Blatter, M., Medina-Torres, C. E., Shell, K., Rijkenhuizen, A. B., M.: „Unilateral left-sided nephrectomy in a horse with utero-pyelonephritis”: Pferdeheilkunde- Equine Medicine 38 (2022) 1
Further Education
AAEP Congress in Las Vegas, NV 2009
World Congress for Regenerative Medicine in Leipzig 2011
