Dr. Estell received her veterinary degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, completed an internship at the Equine Medical Center, of Ocala, Florida and a residency in Large Animal Internal Medicine at UC Davis, California.

Dr. Estell comes to Virginia Tech from UC Davis where, after completion of her residency, she was a primary care clinician for the equine medicine service. She has a keen interest in equine oncology and research in neurology with a special interest in the transition of the neonatal foal to extrauterine life, as well as equine infectious diseases including EHV-1 and bacterial pneumonia.