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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, October 15, 2022
  • 6:15am – 7:15am
    Run for Fun
  • 7:00am – 8:00am
    ACVS Residents’ Breakfast: Building Boundaries and Recognizing Emotional Pressure

    Speaker: Amy Grice, VMD, MBA – Amy Grice Veterinary Business Consulting

    Residents

  • 7:00am – 1:30pm
    Speaker Ready and Hospitality Room
  • 7:00am – 6:00pm
    Registration and Information
  • 7:30am – 8:00am
    Pre-Session Coffee
  • 8:00am – 9:30am
    Evolution in Instruments and Technique

    Seminar Chair: Penny Regier, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Soft Tissue ) – University of Florida

    Small Animal

  • 8:00am – 9:30am
    The First Five Years - Strategies for Success

    Seminar Chair: Megan J. McCracken, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal) – University of Missouri

    Contemporary Topics

  • 8:00am – 12:00pm
    Large Animal Scientific Abstracts

    Seminar Chair: Lindsey H. Boone, DVM, PhD, DACVS (Large Animal) – Auburn University

    Large Animal

    Scientific Abstracts

  • 8:00am – 12:00pm
    Management of Trauma and Burns

    Seminar Chair: Cassie N. Lux, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) – University of Tennessee

    Small Animal

  • 8:00am – 12:00pm
    Neonatal Surgeries for Veterinary Technicians

    Seminar Chair: Teresa A. Kleist, CVT, VTS (Surgery) – Madison Area Technical College

    Technicians

  • 8:00am – 12:00pm
    Tenets of Fracture Management with Modern Implants Techniques

    Seminar Chair: Ross A. Lirtzman, DVM, DACVS – Arizona Canine Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

    Small Animal

  • 8:00am – 6:00pm
    Anesthesia of Large and Small Animal Patients: Defining the Cutting Edge

    Seminar Chair: John AE Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVAA – Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital

    Seminar Chair: Alexander Valverde, DVM, DVSc, DACVAA – Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph

    Small Animal

    Large Animal

    Anesthesia

    Allied Medicine

  • 8:00am – 6:00pm
    Connecting With the Student: Virtual Teaching for the Modern Student

    Seminar Chair: Elizabeth A. Swanson, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) – Mississippi State University

    Contemporary Topics

  • 8:00am – 6:00pm
    Integrative Approaches To Team-Centered Perianesthetic Care

    Seminar Chair: John AE Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVAA – Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital

    Seminar Chair: Alexander Valverde, DVM, DVSc, DACVAA – Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph

    Small Animal

    Large Animal

    Anesthesia

    Allied Medicine

    Technicians

  • 8:00am – 6:00pm
    Primary Care: Orthopedics

    Seminar Chair: Caleb C. Hudson, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS, Founding Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Small Animal Orthopedics) – Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists

    Primary Care

    Small Animal

  • 8:00am – 6:00pm
    Research Innovations and Clinical Applications in Equine Gastrointestinal Surgery

    Seminar Chair: Carolyn E. Arnold, DVM, DACVS, PhD – Texas A&M University

    Large Animal

  • 8:00am – 6:00pm
    Small Animal Scientific Abstracts

    Seminar Chair: Michelle A. Giuffrida, VMD, MSCE, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Fellow, Surgical Oncology – University of California, Davis

    Small Animal

    Scientific Abstracts

  • 8:00am – 6:00pm
    The Joint Disease Challenge – Emphasis on the Stifle

    Seminar Chair: Emma N. Adam, BVetMed, PhD, DACVIM, DACVS – Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky

    Large Animal

  • 9:00am – 2:00pm
    Exhibit Hall
  • 9:30am – 10:15am
    Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 10:15am – 12:00pm
    Mid-Career Surgeon

    Seminar Chair: Megan J. McCracken, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal) – University of Missouri

    Contemporary Topics

  • 10:15am – 12:00pm
    Updates in Upper GI Surgery

    Seminar Chair: Ingrid M. Balsa, MEd, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal)
    ACVS Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Small Animal Soft Tissue)
    – University of California, Davis

    Small Animal

  • 10:15am – 6:00pm
    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Veterinary Surgery

    Seminar Chair: Karen A. Hassan, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal) – Stronach Group

    Contemporary Topics

  • 12:00pm – 1:30pm
    Complimentary Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:00pm – 1:30pm
    Large Animal Working Group—Equine Sarcoid (invitation only)

    Seminar Chair: Megan J. McCracken, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal) – University of Missouri

    Speaker: Stephanie S. Caston, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal) – Iowa State University

    Speaker: Jarred M. Williams, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal), DACVECC – University of Georgia

    Large Animal

  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm
    Keep What You Earn

    Speaker: Andy Sherman

    Affiliate Event

  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm
    Shockwave Therapy for Orthopedic Management: What Do We Know?

    Speaker: David Dycus, DVM, MS, CCRP, DACVS (Small Animal) – Nexus Veterinary Bone & Joint Center

    Affiliate Event

  • 1:30pm – 3:45pm
    Emergency! When Should It Go?

    Seminar Chair: William Snell, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) – BluePearl Veterinary Partners

    Small Animal

  • 1:30pm – 6:00pm
    Anesthesia Topics for Veterinary Technicians

    Seminar Chair: Teresa A. Kleist, CVT, VTS (Surgery) – Madison Area Technical College

    Technicians

    Anesthesia

    Allied Medicine

  • 1:30pm – 6:00pm
    Innovations in Surgical Oncology

    Seminar Chair: Carlos Souza, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), DACVS (Small Animal) – University of Florida

    Small Animal

  • 1:30pm – 6:00pm
    Surgery and Adjunct Therapy to Successfully Treat Cutaneous Neoplasia in Horses

    Seminar Chair: Timo Prange, DrMedVet, MS, DACVS (Large Animal) – North Carolina State University

    Large Animal

  • 1:30pm – 6:00pm
    Surgical Diseases of the Forelimb: The Elbow and Beyond

    Seminar Chair: Ursula Krotscheck, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) – Cornell University

    Small Animal

  • 3:45pm – 4:30pm
    Refreshment Break
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm
    I Did Something Cool Once (Again)

    Seminar Chair: Katy L. Townsend, BVSc, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) – Oregon State University

    Small Animal