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, teaching and assisting 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 and therapeutic lasers, has developed new surgical and therapeutic techniques, and assists equipment manufacturers with the development of new laser and light-based technologies.
His publications have appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Clinician’s Brief, Laserpoints, The Feline Patient, The Integrative Veterinary Care Journal, and the Newsletter of the Veterinary Surgical Laser Society. In 2002, Dr. Godbold published the widely distributed Atlas of CO2 Laser Surgery Procedures, followed in 2009 by the Atlas of Class IV Laser Therapy – Small Animal. He is a contributing author and co-editor of the textbook Laser Therapy in Veterinary Medicine – Photobiomodulation.
Dr. Godbold is in high demand as a laser trainer and has spoken at over 500 workshops, wet labs, and continuing education courses throughout the world.