​​2020-2021 Meeting Schedule
The GBVMA 2020-2021 Meetings were cancelled due to the CORVID-19 pandemic.

2019-2020 Meeting Schedule

October 17, 2019
Nutrition
​Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN
ALERT!  The venue has changed for our October 17, 2019 meeting only.
The DoubleTree by Hilton has informed us that the ongoing renovations to the hotel will not be completed in time to host our October meeting. Fortunately, the Woodholme Country Club is able to accommodate our date and offers all of the necessary amenities.
The Woodhomle Country Club is conveniently located at 300 Woodholme Ave., Pikesville, MD 21208, only 1.3 miles from the DoulbleTree.
Click the button below for directions to the Woodholme Country Club.
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Dr. Martha Cline
Topics
  • Controversies in Small Animal Nutrition: Grain-Free, Raw Meat Based, and Home-Prepared Diets
  • Pet Food Labels: Reading the Fine Print and Between the Lines
  • Obesity Management in Small Animal Practice
  • Two are not Better: Obesity and Common Co-morbidities
  • Nutritional Management of Canine Chronic Enteropathy
Sponsored by:  Kaye's Pharmacy: Compounding Specialists
November 21, 2019
Anesthesia
Andrea Caniglia, VMD, DACVAA
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Dr. Andrea Caniglia
Topics:   Dr. Caniglia invites attendees to bring their challenging cases for an interactive case discussion.
  • Approach to Fearful/Aggressive Patients
  • Anesthesia for Patients with Common Cardiac Diseases
  • Management of Common Anesthetic Complications: Bradycardia and Hypotension
  • Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients
  • Alfaxalone: A New Old Drug
  • Fear Free Approach to Anesthesia: Strategies to Manage Fearful Patients and Owners
  • ​Case Discussion: Interactive Q & A Discussion Session
​Sponsored by:  Elanco
December 19, 2019 
Geriatrics
Steven Thompson, DVM, DABVP (Canine/Feline Practice)
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Dr. Steven Thompson
Topics:  ​
  • Senior Pet Wellness Care: Integrating Your Team with Updated Lifestage Guidelines
  • Breed Specific Wellness Screening for Mature Dogs: Offering the Doggone Best
  • Senior Pet Dentistry: Thriving from Pre-anesthesia, to COHAT Staging and Oral Analgesia
  • Case Challenges: Behavior Pharmacotherapy Use in Senior Care
Sponsored by:  Hill's Pet Nutrition
​January 16, 2020
Radiology
Maria Evola, DVM, DACVR
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Dr. Maria Evola
Topics:  
  • Radiology: Review of Abdominal and Thoracic Rads (4 hours)
  • Ultrasound: General Overview and Specifics Based on Audience Input ​(2 hours)
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Sponsored by:  IDEXX  and  Purina
February 20, 2020
Internal Medicine
Gary Oswald, DVM, DACVIM
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Dr. Gary Oswald
Topics:
  • Updates on Gastrointestinal, Pancreas & Liver Diagnostic Tests: When to Use & How to Interpret
  • Symptomatic Treatment of Acute GI Disease
  • Treating Chronic Gastrointestinal Disease Before Considering Steroids or Tissue Biopsy: Rational Diets, Deworming, and Dysbiosis Treatments
  • Immune Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Chronic-Active Hepatitis
  • Special Considerations for Protein-Losing Enteropathy (PLE) Patients
  • Acute Pancreatitis: What Treatments Really Make a Difference and Should be Utilized
​Sponsored by:   Kaye's Pharmacy: Compounding Specialists
​                              and
                             Boehringer-Ingelheim
March 19, 2020
Cardiology
Erin Anderson, VMD, DACVIM (Cardiology)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: MEETING CANCELLED
Due to the CORVID-19 pandemic, the GBVMA meeting scheduled for
​March 19, 2020 featuring Dr. Erin Anderson on Cardiology is cancelled. 
  This meeting will not be rescheduled during the current lecture season.
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Dr. Erin Anderson
Topics:  
  • Canine Cardiomyopathy
  • ECG in a Hurry
  • Systemic and Pulmonary Hypertension 
  • Emergency Cardiology​
April 16, 2020
Behavior
John Ciribassi, DVM, DACVB
​IMPORTANT NOTICE: MEETING CANCELLED
Due to the CORVID-19 pandemic, the GBVMA meeting scheduled for
April 16, 2020 featuring Dr. John Ciribassi on Behavior is cancelled. 
  This meeting will not be rescheduled during the current lecture season.
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Dr. John Ciribassi
Topics:  
  • Canine Body Language
  • Fear Based Aggression
  • Separation Anxiety
  • Noise Phobia
  • Feline Communication
  • Feline Aggression​​ ​

2018-2019 Meeting Schedule

September 20, 2018
Internal Medicine
​David Twedt, DVM, DACVIM
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Dr. David Twedt
​Topics
  • Abnormal Liver Enzymes: A Clinical Approach
  • Common Liver Diseases in the Dog
  • Chronic Hepatitis in Dogs: The Latest Updates.
  • What’s New: Emerging Liver Diseases 
  • Update on Feline Liver Disease  
  • The Latest on Acute Pancreatitis in Dogs  
Sponsored by:  IDEXX
October 18, 2018
Dermatology
Craig E Griffin DVM, DACVD
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​Topics:   
  • Managing the allergic dog: The best of the new and old treatments. This will include discussions and pros and cons of atopica, apoquel, cytopoint, flea control, diet trials and immunotherapy. 
  • Otitis: Keys to success with problem ears.  This will discuss a diagnostic and therapeutic treatment plan, role of video otoscopes and cleaning ears.  
Sponsored by:  Merial
December 20, 2018
Oncology
Sandra Bechtel, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology)
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Dr. Sandra Bechtel
​Topics:  
  • Immunotherapy: How Immunotherapy Works and When to Use It
  • Mast Cell Tumor: Update on New Treatments, Classification Schemes and Effects on Treatment Decision     
  • Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Updates on Diagnostics and Treatment Options
  • Hemangiosarcoma: Updates on Diagnostics and Treatment Options
  • Is This Cystitis or Transitional Cell Carcinoma? 
  • The Clinical Conundrum of Incidentalomas - Splenic and Adrenal Masses 
​Sponsored by:  VetCor
​January 17, 2019
Pain Mainagement
Mark E. Epstein, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline)
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Dr. Mark Epstein
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​Topics:  
  • Rethinking NSAID & Opioids
  • Those “Other” Pain Medications
  • Local/LocoRegional – Blocks You Should Be Using
  • Pulling it All Together - Evidence-Based Protocols​
​Sponsored by:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
February 21, 2019
Respiratory Disease
Lynelle R. Johnson  DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine) 
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Dr. Lynelle Johnson
Topics:
  • Efficient Diagnostic Testing for Patients in Respiratory Distress
  • Upper Airway Diseases in Dogs and Cats
  • Coughing and Tachypnea in the Cat
  • The Coughing Dog
Sponsored by:  Kaye's Pharmacy: Compounding Specialists

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March 21, 2019
Emergency & Critical Care
Karol Mathews, DVM, DVSc, DACVECC
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Dr. Karol Mathews
​Topics:  
  • Adjunct Analgesia for the Ill or Injured
  • Analgesia for the Pregnant, Lactating and Pediatric Patients
  • Management of the Trauma Patient with a Focus on:
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Fluid Therapy While Considering Co-injuries
  • Honey or Sugar for Treating Wounds Associated with other Anatomical Areas
  • Pharmacotherapy in Acute Kidney Injury: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
Sponsored by:  Hill's Pet Nutrition
April 18, 2019
Feline Medicine
Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP (Feline Practice)
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Dr. Margie Scherk
Topics:  
  • Respectful Cat Handling vs. Cat Wrangling: From the Cat's Point of View (1 of 3)
  • Respectful Cat Handling vs. Cat Wrangling: Putting Purrspective into Your Practice (2 of 3)
  • Improving Client Compliance in the Feline Practice (3 of 3)
  • Optimizing an Indoor Lifestyle for Cats - Indoors, not Risk Free 
  • Lower Urinary Tract Health - Metabolism and Stress 
  • Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Senior Cats
 Sponsored by:  Purina

​​2017-2018 Meeting Schedule 

September 14, 2017
 SURGERY/WOUND MANAGEMENT
Michael Pavletic, DVM, DACVS
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Dr. Mike Pavletic
Topics:   
  • Wound Management: What's Old, What's New
  • Wound Dehiscence: Causes and Solutions
  • Simple Skin Flaps (an important tie-in to problematic wounds)
  • Surgery of the Pinna: New Closure Techniques, New Hematoma Option, Circulatory Anatomy, etc.
  • Surgical Management of Preputial Anomalies
  • Wound Closure by Skin Stretching               

Sponsored by:  IDEXX                                                                                                       
 October 19, 2017 
ENDOCRINOLOGY 
Amy DeClue, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Internal Medicine)
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Dr. Amy DeClue
Topics:   
  • Sepsis: Diagnosis and Clinical Management
  • Clinical Approach to Hypercalcemia
  • Atypical Endocriopathies in Cats
  • Endocrinology Case Discussion 

                            

Sponsored by:​  Professional Arts Pharmacy                                       

November 2017 - No Meeting

December 21, 2017
PAIN MANAGEMENT
James Gaynor, DVM, MS, DACVAA, DAIPM
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Dr. James Gaynor
​Topics:  
  • Pain: Why and How
  • Basic and Advanced Concepts of Osteoarthritis and NSAIDs
  • What to do When You Cannot Use NSAIDs
  • The Future of Arthritis Care: Stem Cell Therapy
  • Putting It All Together: Chronic Pain Logic
             
January 18, 2018 
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Adam Birkenheuer, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

IMPORTANT NOTICE: MEETING CANCELLED
The GBVMA meeting scheduled for January 18, 2018 has been cancelled.  Our speaker is unable to travel to Baltimore due to the winter weather conditions in North Carolina.  This meeting will not be rescheduled.
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Dr. Adam Birkenheuer
​Topics:   
  • Practical approach to IMHA
  • Testing for tick-borne diseases in sick dogs: Which pets? Which diseases? Which tests?
  • Screening for tick-borne diseases in the healthy pet: What does it mean and what should I do about it?
  • Fever of Unknown Origin: What should I do next?
  • How to improve your diagnostic skills: The science behind clinical reasoning and why smart people do dumb things.
  • Interesting internal medicine cases: Practical approaches to common medicine problems and thought processes to avoid errors.
February 15, 2018 
OPHTHALMOLOGY
David Maggs, BVSc Hons, DACVO
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Dr. David Maggs
Topics:   
  • Pearls of the Ophthalmic Exam: From Eyelids to Optic Nerve
  • The Latest in Diagnosing and Treating Feline Herpesvirus
  • Canine Dry Eye: What to do When Cyclosporine Doesn't Work
  • The Golden Rules of Ulcer Management
  • Eyelid Surgeries You can do in Practice

                            
Sponsored by: ​ ​Purina
March 15, 2018
RENAL DISEASE
David Polzin, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
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Dr. David Polzin
 Topics:   
  • How Does the IRIS CKD Staging System Help Diagnose and Manage Dogs and Cats with CKD
  • Treating Cats with IRIS CKD Stages 1 and 2: What Do We Know Now (and not know)
  • Controversies in Nutrition for the Renal Patient
  • Current Views of Treatment of Glomerular Diseases in Dogs - I
  • Current Views of Treatment of Glomerular Diseases in Dogs - II
  • Fluid Therapy for Renal Patients: Challenges and Solutions
                            

Sponsored by: ​​ ​Hill's Pet Nutrition
April 19, 2018
CARDIOLOGY
Clarke Atkins, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology and Internal Medicine)
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Heartworm Disease in Dogs and Cats
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Dr. Clarke Atkins
Topics:   
  • Practical Diagnostic Pearls (often free) in the Diagnosis of Canine and Feline Cardiovascular Disease
  • ECG Interpretation and Arrhythmia Management in the ER and OR
  • What is New or Different in Managing Heart Failure in Dogs? 
  • Dilemmas, Breakthroughs, Conundrums of Heartworm Disease in Dogs and Cats 


 Sponsored by: ​​​ VetCor

​2016-2017 Meeting Schedule 

September 15, 2016
 Internal Medicine
Joseph Taboada, DVM, DACVIM
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Dr. Joseph Taboada
Topics:  
  • Morning:           
         A case-based approach to the patient with liver disease: Canine liver disease
  • Afternoon:
    A case-based approach to the patient with liver disease: Feline liver disease​

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​Sponsored by: Nutramax                                                           ​
 October 20, 2016 
Dermatology 
Chris Reeder, DVM, DACVD
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Dr. Chris Reeder
Topics:
  • Diagnostic Cytology 
  • Otitis Externa: It's not that Simple
  • Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Disease
  • Topical Therapy
  • Cyclosporine: Uses Other than Allergy

​​​Sponsored by:  Professional Arts Pharmacy

November 2016 - No Meeting

December 15, 2016
Feline Medicine 
Susan Little, DVM, DABVP (Feline)
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Dr. Susan Little
Topics:  
  • Helping the Stiff and Sore: Feline Arthritis
  • Understanding Feline Idiopathic Cystitis
  • Successful Management of Urethral Obstruction
  • Investigating Elevated Liver Enzymes in Cats
  • Chronic Pancreatitis: Cats are not Small Dogs!
  • Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in the Cat

​Sponsored by:  Hill's Pet Nutrition
January 19, 2017 
Pediatrics/Vaccine Protocols
Steve Thompson, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline) ​
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Dr. Steve Thompson
Topics:  
  • Puppy Development and Puppy Preschool
  • Pediatric and Adolescent Pet Wellness: A Team Approach
  • Spay/Neuter Debate: Assessing Risks and Benefits for Puppies
  • Vaccine Reactions: Side Effects Include Wellness!
  • Canine Vaccine Guidlines: Offering the DogGone Best
  • Cat Vaccine Guidelines: Keeping them Feline Fine​
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​Sponsored by:  VetCor   
February 16, 2017 
Behavior 
​Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB
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Dr. Lisa Radosta
Topics:  
  • 8 Ways to Make Practice Fear Free    
  • 5 Questions Vets Ask Vet Behaviorist​
  • Supplements  
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Sponsored by:  Purina
March 16, 2017
Endocrinology 
Ann Della Maggiore, DVM, DACVIM 
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Dr. Ann Della Maggiore
​ Topics:  
  • Hypoadrenocorticism
  • Management of Adrenal Tumors
  • Diabetes: Diagnosis and Management
  • Challenging Diabetic Cases
​

 Sponsored by:  IDEXX Laboratories
April 20, 2017
Neurology
Richard LeCouteur, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM (Neurology), DECVN
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Dr. Rick LeCouteur
​Topics:  
  • Movement Disorders: To Move is all a Dog or Cat can do    
  • Spinal Cord Disorders: What a Practitioner Needs to Know    
  • Seizures and Epilepsy: What's Old and What's New  



 Sponsored by:  VetCor   

​2015-2016 Meeting Schedule

Thursday, September 17, 2015
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
Andrew Mackin, BSc, BVMS
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Dr. Andrew Mackin
Topics: 
  • Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia
  • Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia
  • Immunosuppressive Therapy: Established Drugs
  • Immunosuppressive Therapy: New Drugs
  • Practical Transfusion in the Dog
  • Practical Transfusion in the Cat
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​Sponsored by:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
Thursday, October 15, 2015
RADIOLOGY
Rachel Pollard, DVM, PhD, DACVR
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Dr. Rachel Pollard
​Topics:
  • Imaging of the Coughing Dog
  • Top ER Imaging Diagnoses
  • The Changing Role of the Upper GI Series
  • Basic Diagnoses with Abdominal Ultrasound

Each topic to include several case examples for audience participation/discussion
 
Sponsored by:  Elanco Companion Animal Health

November 2015 - No Meeting

Thursday, December 17, 2015
BEHAVIOR
Ian Dunbar, PhD, BVetMed, MRCVS
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Dr. Ian Dunbar
Lecture Info:
Practical Behavior Information for Veterinary Practitioners

The seminar comprises just about all that veterinary practitioners need to know about dog behavior and training. The scope of the information is certainly not huge but it’s hugely time-sensitive and critically important for dogs’, owners’ and practitioners’ mental health and quality of life. Dogs develop only a limited number of problems, the problems are utterly predictable and their prevention or resolution is by and large, pretty straightforward.

​Sponsored by:  Nutramax
Thursday, January 21, 2016
GERIATRICS
Steve Thompson, DVM, DAVBP
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Dr. Steve Thompson
Topics:
  • Aging Gracefully: Senior and Geriatric Lifestage Wellness Care
  • Kidney insufficiency staging: Hospital and Home care to Fluid Holidays
  • NSAIDs, Supplements and multidrug management in Older Pets
  • Hospice Care & Conservative Management: Helping with End of Life Decisions
Thursday, February 18, 2016
CRITICAL CARE/TOXICOLOGY
Justine Lee, DVM, DACVECC
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Dr. Justine Lee
Topics: 
  • Top 20 poisons affecting dogs and cats
  • Top 5 mistakes to avoid in the poisoned patient
  • Common mistakes to avoid in the ER
  • Rodenticides affecting dogs and cats


Sponsored by:  Purina
Thursday, March 24, 2016
OPHTHALMOLOGY
John Sapienza, DVM, DACVO
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Dr. John Sapienza
Lectures:
  • Ocular Drugs: Uses and Misuses
  • Ocular Emergencies: What the GP Needs to Know
  • Cataracts: Diagnosis and Recommended Therapy
  • Glaucoma
  • Cornea Diseases: Review of Canine and Feline Keratopathies


Sponsored by:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
Thursday, April 21, 2016
DERMATOLOGY
John Angus, DVM, DACVD
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Dr. John Angus
Topics:
  • Atopic Dermatitis: Current Concepts and Therapy
  • Food Trials and Tribulations
  • Acral Lick Dermatitis – A new approach to an Old Disease
  • Canine Bacterial Pyoderma: A dermatologist secrets revealed


​Sponsored by:  Merck

​2014-2015 Meeting Schedule


Thursday, September 11, 2014
ONCOLOGY
Greg Ogilvie, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM and Oncology)

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Dr. Greg Ogilvie
Lecture Title:
Care Beyond a Cure: Extraordinary Advances in Cancer Care 2014
 
Topics:
  • Secrets to improve quality of life for the cancer patient
  • Adenocarcinoma of the anal sac
  • Extraordinary advances in osteosarcoma therapy
  • 10 best kept secrets for treating cats with cancer
  • Canine lymphoma – Best protocols for 2014
  • When cancer bleeds!
  • Transfusion support in the cat
Thursday, October 16, 2014
ZOONOTIC INFECTIONS
Christopher Olsen, DVM, PhD
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Dr. Christopher Olsen
Lecture Title:  Update on selected zoonotic diseases — Learn to protect yourselves, your staff and your clients
 
Topics:
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Bartonellosis
  • Selected Parasitic Zoonoses
  • Animal Bites
  • Zoonotic Bordetella, Streptococcus, and Staphylococcus infections
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Chagas Trypanosomiasis
  • Q-fever

Sponsored by:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
November 2014 - No Meeting
Thursday, December 18, 2014
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Deborah Greco, DVM, PhD, ACVIM (SAIM)
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Dr. Deborah Greco
Topics:
  • Feline Diabetes
  • Canine Diabetes
  • Complicated diabetes: Case studies
  • Canine and Feline Hypothyroidism
  • Canine and Feline Hyperadrenocorticism
 
Sponsored by:  Purina and Midwest Veterinary Supply
Thursday, January 15, 2015
UROLOGY
Joe Bartges, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVN
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Dr. Joe Bartges
Topics:
  • Urine trouble: Chronic kidney disease
  • Urine a losing situation: Proteinuria
  • Urine pain: Urinary tract infections
  • Urine agony: Urolithiasis
  • Urine a mess: Micturition disorders
  • Urine a quandary: Feline lower urinary tract disorders

Sponsored by:  Nutramax
Thursday, February 19, 2015
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Bernie Hansen, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC
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Dr. Bernie Hansen
Topics:
  • How are you? Sickness syndrome and pain
  • Interactions between analgesic drugs and physiological events during injury or illness
  • Complications of analgesic therapy
  • Pharmacological management of acute pain


Sponsored by:  Merial
Thursday, March 19, 2015
SOFT TISSUE SURGERY
Michael Pavletic, DVM, DACVS
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Dr. Michael Pavletic
Topics: 
  • Wound Dehiscence: Causes, Prevention, and Management
  • Simple Skin Flap Techniques in Small Animal Surgery
  • Skin Stretching Techniques for Closing Problematic Wounds
  • Facial Reconstructive Surgery: From Basic to Advanced
  • Surgery of the Prepuce
  • Surgery of the Pinna: Trauma and Tumor Management Options


Sponsored by:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
Thursday, April 16, 2015
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Dawn Boothe, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, DACVCP 
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Dr. Dawn Boothe
Topics:
  • Antimicrobial Resistance Versus Virulence In Small Animals: E Coli, The Other “Bad Bug”
  • Interpreting Culture And Susceptibility Testing: Picking The Best Bang For Your Bug
  • Treatment Of Chronic Urinary Tract Infections In The Dog: Therapeutic Alternatives
  • Newer NSAIDs In Dogs And Cats: It Is Not All About The Pain
  • Non-Systemic Glucocorticoid Alternatives To Treatment Of Chronic Inflammatory Disorders
  • The High Points Of Medical Marijuana

Sponsored by:  Elanco

2013-2014 Meeting Schedule


​Thursday, September 19, 2013
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Tim Cutler, MVB, MS, DACVO, DACVIM
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Dr. Tim J. Cutler
Topics:
  • Eye Examination
  • 50 Tips and Tricks for Your Everyday Practice
  • Simple Ulcers Gone Wrong
  • Uveitis: A Window to the Soul?
  • Glaucoma and How Blindness Can Be Avoided
  • Normal and Abnormal Retinas

Sponsored By:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
Thursday, October 17, 2013
SOFT TISSUE SURGERY
Howard Seim, DVM, DACVS
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Dr. Howard Seim
Topics:
  • Principles of GI Surgery
  • GI Surgery Cases
  • 15 Minute Gastropexy
  • Surgically Managing Canine Calculi
  • 4-Ligature Splenectomy
  • Surgical Management of Abdominal Trauma
  • Anal Sacculectomy – A Novel Approach

Sponsored By:  Elanco
Thursday, December 19, 2013
CARDIOLOGY
Jonathan Abbott, DVM, DACVIM
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Dr. Jonathan Abbott
Topics:
  • Cough in Small Geriatric Dogs: Cardiac Disease,
  • Respiratory Disease, or Both?
  • Current Therapy of Canine Heart Failure
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
  • Feline Cardiomyopathy
  • Congenital Cardiac Disease

Sponsored By:  Nutramax 
Thursday, January 16, 2014
RADIOLOGY
Martha Larson, DVM, MS, DACVR
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Dr. Martha Moon Larson
Topics:
  • Lung Pattern Identification
  • Diseases of the Pleura and Mediastinum
  • Gastrointestinal Obstruction
  • Pancreatitis
  • Causes of Icterus

Sponsored By:  Merck Animal Health
Thursday, February 20, 2014
DERMATOLOGY
Randall Thomas, DVM, DACVD
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Dr. Randall Thomas
Topics:
  • Canine Atopic Dermatitis: Making the Diagnosis
  • Canine Atopic Dermatitis: Old and New Treatments
  • Cutaneous Manifestations of Cushing's Disease
  • Is it MRSA? Updates on Canine Staph Infections
  • Adverse Food Reactions in the Dog and Cat


Sponsored By:  Purina and Merial
Thursday, March 20, 2014
RESPIRATORY DISEASE
Lynelle Johnson, DVM, DACVIM
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Dr. Lynelle Johnson
Topics: 
  • Diagnostic Testing for Respiratory Patients
  • What to Do with Sneezing and Snuffling Cats
  • Chronic Cough in Dogs
 

Sponsored by:  Midwest Veterinary Supply 
​                           and Bayer Animal Health
Thursday, April 17, 2014
NEUROLOGY
William Thomas, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology)
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Dr. William Thomas
Topics:
  • Emerging Neurologic Disorders: 
  • Chiari Malformation, Encephalitis in Small-breed Dogs, and Degenerative Myelopathy
  • Mistakes to Avoid in Managing Epilepsy
  • Movement Disorders in Small Animals
  • The Down Dog: Evaluation and Treatment of Paraplegic Patients
  • Vestibular Dysfunction

Sponsored By:  Professional Arts Pharmacy

2012-2013 Meeting Schedule

Thursday, September 20, 2012
BEHAVIOR
Wayne Hunthausen, DVM
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Dr. Wayne Hunthausen
Topics:
  • Canine Housesoiling: When Housesoiling Problems Aren’t Just Training Problems
  • Common Sense Approaches to Feline Housesoiling Problems
  • Canine Fear-Related Aggression
  • Aggression Problems Between Family Dogs
  • Miscellaneous Behavior Tips and Q & A
Thursday, October 18, 2012
DERMATOLOGY
Bill Miller, VMD, DACVD
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Dr. Bill Miller
Topics: 
  • Season allergic skin diseases
  • Ear diseases
  • Behavioral Skin Diseases
  • Bacterial Skin Diseases
  • Dermatologic Potpourri

Sponsored by:  Professional Arts Pharmacy

November 2012 - No Meeting 

Thursday, December 20, 2012
FELINE MEDICINE
Susan Little, DVM, DAVBP (Feline Practice)
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Dr. Susan Little
Topics:
  • Supporting senior cats with cancer
  • Feline hyperthyroidism: Tips for successful diagnosis and management​
  • Weight loss in senior cats: Why it happens & what to do
  • Feline medicine procedures every clinician should know


​Sponsored By:  Nutramax 
Thursday, January 17, 2013
CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
Nicole Weinstein, DVM, DACVP
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Dr. Nicole Weinstein
Topics: 
  • The complete blood count: Numbers are (almost) never enough
  • Cytology—Getting the most from your slides
  • Practical veterinary urinalysis, in practice
  • What is new in the veterinary literature and how does it help me interpret my patient’s chemistry panel?

Sponsored By:  Antech Diagnostics 
​                           and Bank of America Practice Solutions
Thursday, February 21, 2013
ORTHOPEDICS
Ursula Krotscheck, DVM, DACVS
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Dr. Ursula Krotscheck
Topics: 
  • Cruciate Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Surgical Management
  • Fractures: Principles of Fracture Assessment and Repair, Tips and Tricks
 



​Sponsored By:  Elanco Companion Animal Health
Thursday, March 21, 2013
INTERNAL MEDICINE
David Twedt, DVM, DACVIM
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Dr. David Twedt
Topics:
  • Clinical Approach to Abnormal Liver Enzymes
  • Common Canine Liver Disease
  • Chronic Hepatitis – Update on Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Emerging New Liver Diseases
  • The Icteric Cat – Update on Feline Liver
  • Canine Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management

Sponsored By:  Purina
Thursday, April 18, 2013
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Tim Hackett, DVM, MS, DACVECC 
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Dr. Tim Hackett
Topics: 
  • Treating Shock
  • Vascular Access Techniques
  • Small Animal Trauma
  • Transfusion Medicine
  • Respiratory Emergencies?

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2011-2012 Meeting Schedule


​Thursday, September 15, 2011
ONCOLOGY
Annette Smith, DVM, MS, DACVIM
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Dr. Annette Smith
Topics:
  • Oral Tumors
  • Metronomic Chemotherapy: Theory and Practice​
  • Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
  • Troubleshooting Canine Lymphoma Patients
  • Troubleshooting Feline Lymphoma Patients
  • OSHA and Your Practice:  Chemotherapy Safety

Sponsored By:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
Thursday, October 20, 2011
ENDOCRINOLOGY
David Bruyette, DVM, DACVIM
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Dr. David Bruyette
Topics: 
  • Canine Hypothyroidism
  • Feline Hypothyroidism: Diagnosis and Treatment Options
  • Canine and Feline Diabetes Mellitus
  • Canine Hyperadrenocorticism: Diagnosis and Treatment Options

November 2010 - No Meeting

Thursday, December 15, 2011
GENERAL PRACTICE/WELLNESS
Bess Pierce, DVM, DAVBP, DACVIM
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Dr. Bess Pierce
Topics:
  • What's New in Infectious Diseases and Vaccines
  • What's New in Parasite Treatment and Prevention
  • Weight Management and Fitness for all life stages
  • Pediatrics - What's Normal from 4 weeks to 1 year?
  • Making Senior Pets Comfortable with Comprehensive Pain Management
  • Oral Health for Senior Pets

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Thursday, January 19, 2012
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Michael Leib, DVM, MS, DACVIM
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Dr. Michael Leib
Topics: 
  • Acute Pancreatitis in Dogs: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Update
  • Diagnostic approach to chronic vomiting in dogs and cats
  • Dietary Management of Diarrhea – Including Prebiotics and Probiotics
  • Drugs Used to Treat Vomiting


Sponsored By:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
Thursday, February 16, 2012
NUTRITION
Cailin Heinze, VMD, MS, DACVN
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Dr. Cailin Heinze
Topics: 
  • Pet Food 101: Reading a Label
  • Pet Food 102: Myths and Misconceptions
  • The Nutritional Assessment 
  • Feeding Pets with Renal Disease
  • Pet Food Associated Illness
  • Nutritional Management of Diabetes
 
Sponsored By:  Purina
Thursday, March 15, 2012
CARDIOLOGY
Clarke Atkins, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology and Internal Medicine)
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Dr. Clarke Atkins
Topics:







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Thursday, April 19, 2012
SOFT TISSUE SURGERY
Harry Boothe, DVM, MS, DACVS 
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Dr. Harry Boothe
Topics: 
  • Surgery of the liver
  • Intestinal surgery
  • Thoracic surgery
  • Surgery of the spleen

2010-2011 Meeting Schedule


​Thursday, September 16, 2010
BEHAVIORAL PARMACOLOGY
Karen Overall, VMD, PhD, DACVB
Thursday, October 21, 2010
DERMATOLOGY
James Noxon, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)
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Dr. James Noxon
Topics: 
  • Dermatology data base
  • Cytology and microscopy in dermatology
  • Diagnostic approach to dermatology cases​
  • Five things about otitis I wish I’d known (when I was in practice)
 


Sponsored By:  Professional Arts Pharmacy
November 2010 - No Meeting
Thursday, December 16, 2010
SURGERY
Joseph Bojrab DVM, MS, PhD
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Dr. Joseph Bojrab
Topics:
  • Superficial cosmetic surgery and wound management
  • Surgery of the stomach
  • Surgery of the intestine




​Sponsored By:  Elanco Companion Animal Health
Thursday, January 21, 2011
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Seth Eaton, VMD, DACVO
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Dr. Seth Eaton
Topics: 
  • The Latest on Managing Feline Herpesviral Eye Disease
  • How to Approach the Dog with Canine Conjunctivitis
  • Treatment of Corneal Ulcerations: Making the Most of Therapy
  • Canine Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca: Updates on Dry Eye Therapy


Sponsored By:  Merial
Thursday, February 17, 2011
DENTISTRY
Mark Smith, VMD, DACVS, DAVDC
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Dr. Mark Smith
Topics: 
  • Surgical Tooth Extraction Part 1 - Getting Out the Big Teeth
  • Surgical Tooth Extraction Part 2 - Getting out the Weird, Tough Teeth
  • Extraction Complications - What To Do When You're in Trouble
  • Oral Tumor Cases - The Work-up
  • Don't Throw in the Towel - Outrageously Difficult, Successful Ectomies
  • Management of Crown Trauma - All Fractured or Discolored Teeth Are a Problem
 
 
Sponsored By:  Purina
Thursday, March 17, 2011
NEUROLOGY
Rick LeCouteur, DVM, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM (Neuriology), DACVN
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Dr. Rick LeCouteur
Topics:
AM Session:
Neurology Work-up for the General Practitioner
PM Session:
Neuromuscular Disorders of Dogs and Cats


Sponsored By:  Roadrunner Pharmacy
Thursday, April 21, 2011
GERIATRICS
William Fortney, DVM 
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Dr. William Fortney
​Topics: 
  • Why Pet’s Age and How We Can Slow the Process
  • Managing the Common Problems of Aging in Dogs and Cats 
  • ​​Managing Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome in Older Dogs and Cats
  • Managing older Arthritic Dogs and Cats



​Sponsored By:  Boehringer Ingelheim