Primary Care

Small Animal

Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications

Seminar Chair(s)

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  Christopher Thomson, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal)

  Surgeon
  Veterinary Specialty Hospital - North County
  Vista, California

This seminar is focused on common surgical oncology techniques, such as a digit or limb amputation, abdominal surgery, skin, and subcutaneous mass excision. Learn from several experts on up-to-date diagnostic recommendations, disease advances, and long term management. Analgesic techniques and postoperative care are also presented.

Presentations:

• 10:15am – 10:45am

  Anal Sac Tumors
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Brandan Janssens, BVSc, DECVS – Colorado State University
• 10:45am – 11:30am

  Neoadjuvant Therapies in Surgical Oncology
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Brandan Janssens, BVSc, DECVS – Colorado State University
• 11:30am – 12:00pm

  Oral Tumors: Diagnosis and Staging
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Tristram C. Bennett, BVSc, MANZCVS (Surgery), DACVS (Small Animal) – Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH)
• 1:00pm – 1:30pm

  Oral Tumors: Treatment and Complications
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Tristram C. Bennett, BVSc, MANZCVS (Surgery), DACVS (Small Animal) – Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH)
• 1:30pm – 2:00pm

  Surgical Management of Mast Cell Tumors
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Brittany Ciepluch, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Fellow, Surgical Oncology – Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2:00pm – 2:30pm

  Updates on Amputations
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Brittany Ciepluch, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Fellow, Surgical Oncology – Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2:30pm – 3:15pm

  Interventional Oncology Treatment Options
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Maureen Griffin, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Fellow, Surgical Oncology – University of Pennsylvania
• 4:30pm – 5:00pm

  Lymph Node Staging for Cancer Patients
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Maureen Griffin, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Fellow, Surgical Oncology – University of Pennsylvania
• 5:00pm – 5:30pm

  To Go Big or Small? Mass Removal Cases
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Christopher Thomson, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) – Veterinary Specialty Hospital - North County
• 5:30pm – 6:00pm

  Updates on Osteosarcoma
  _{Surgical Oncology to Maximize Outcome and Minimize Complications}
  

  Speaker: Christopher Thomson, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) – Veterinary Specialty Hospital - North County