Diagnostic Approach to the Polyuric/Polydipsic Patient
In Diagnostic Approach to the Polyuric/Polydipsic Patient, Dr. Rosenfeld will teach general practitioners how to develop medical protocols on how to understand, evaluate and treat the polyuric/polydipsic canine patient.
- Develop a differential disease list for the PU/PD patient.
- Develop a diagnostic protocol for PU/PD patient.
- Understand treatment options for diseases that cause polyuria and polydipsia.
- Educate the client and build client compliance for diagnostic evaluations.
This program provides 2 hours of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of internal medicine.
Dr. Rosenfeld has spoken on numerous occasions on topics in emergency medicine, small animal anatomy and physiology, and cardiology. Dr. Rosenfeld was Director of Technical Education for the Pet's Choice family of veterinary hospitals and specialty practices. He has practiced small animal critical care and emergency medicine for 18 years and served as hospital director of Paradise Valley Emergency Animal Clinic in Scottsdale for three years. Dr. Rosenfeld is a member of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University.
Implementation and Utilization of Acid Base Analysis in the General Veterinary Practice
In Implementation and Utilization of Acid Base Analysis in the General Veterinary Practice, Dr. DeJong will provide attendees with a better conceptual understanding of what information acid-base and blood gas analysis provides, why that information is important and how that information can be used in the diagnosis, prognosis and medical therapy of veterinary patients.
Several small animal cases are discussed to highlight those points.
This program provides 1 hour of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of clinical pathology/laboratory diagnostics.
Dr. Keith DeJong received his undergraduate and veterinary degrees from Iowa State University. He was an associate veterinarian at the Animal Clinic of Queens in Middle Village, Queens, NY for about 3 years before moving to Davis, California and completing his residency in clinical pathology at the University of California, Davis. He is a board certified pathologist and has been working as a professional services veterinarian for Abaxis since October 2009.
Building Team Wellness
With in-house laboratories becoming an integral part of veterinary hospitals, medical teams must develop specific protocols and testing methods to properly evaluate clinical diagnostic samples of the patient.
In Building Team Wellness, Dr. Rosenfeld will discuss the role and importance of clinical diagnostics and provide medical teams with the knowledge of how to develop and implement hospital wellness programs, how to market the programs and educate clients and how to help veterinary practices evaluate ways of making wellness affordable for their clients.
The overall goal of this program is to help medical teams:
- Understand the necessary components of clinical diagnostic testing in developing wellness programs
- Build preventative wellness programs for age, species and breed of their patients
- Be able to educate the client on the importance of wellness evaluations
This program provides 2 hours of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of practice management.
Dr. Rosenfeld has spoken on numerous occasions on topics in emergency medicine, small animal anatomy and physiology, and cardiology. Dr. Rosenfeld was Director of Technical Education for the Pet's Choice family of veterinary hospitals and specialty practices. He has practiced small animal critical care and emergency medicine for 18 years and served as hospital director of Paradise Valley Emergency Animal Clinic in Scottsdale for three years. Dr. Rosenfeld is a member of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University.
Evaluating the Endocrine Patient
With in-house laboratories becoming an integral part of veterinary hospitals, medical teams must develop specific protocols and testing methods to properly evaluate clinical diagnostic samples of the patient.
The overall goal of this program is to help medical teams:
- Understand endocrine disease
- Be able to identify changes in the medical history and physical exam findings that help identify endocrine animals
- Understand the clinical diagnostic testing needed to identify endocrine patients
- Monitor the patient fro secondary disease concerns
This program provides 2 hours of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of emergency/critical care.
Dr. Rosenfeld has spoken on numerous occasions on topics in emergency medicine, small animal anatomy and physiology, and cardiology. Dr. Rosenfeld was Director of Technical Education for the Pet's Choice family of veterinary hospitals and specialty practices. He has practiced small animal critical care and emergency medicine for 18 years and served as hospital director of Paradise Valley Emergency Animal Clinic in Scottsdale for three years. Dr. Rosenfeld is a member of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University.
Monitoring the Acute and Chronic Renal Patient
With in-house laboratories becoming an integral part of veterinary hospitals, medical teams must develop specific protocols and testing methods to properly evaluate clinical diagnostic samples of the patient.
The overall goal of this program is to help medical teams:
- Understand primary and secondary functions of the kidneys
- Understand how to monitor diagnostically a patient with renal disease
- Understand the secondary syndromes that can occur with the renal patient and how to monitor for these concerns
- Be able to understand and identify metabolic acidosis
This program provides 2 hours of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of emergency/critical care.
Dr. Rosenfeld has spoken on numerous occasions on topics in emergency medicine, small animal anatomy and physiology, and cardiology. Dr. Rosenfeld was Director of Technical Education for the Pet's Choice family of veterinary hospitals and specialty practices. He has practiced small animal critical care and emergency medicine for 18 years and served as hospital director of Paradise Valley Emergency Animal Clinic in Scottsdale for three years. Dr. Rosenfeld is a member of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University.
Insulin Resistance and Equine Metabolic Syndrome
Terry Gerros, DVM, Diplomate, ACVIM, owner of Cordon Road Veterinary Clinic in Salem, OR, will help clarify the differences and the association between equine metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance and their potential association with Cushing’s Disease.
In addition, Dr. Gerros will discuss testing for insulin resistance, managing obesity and insulin resistance as well as other diagnostic protocols and treatment options.
- Compensated and uncompensated insulin resistance.
- Testing for insulin resistance.
- Managing obesity.
- Managing insulin resistance.
- Use of levothyroxine in equine metabolic syndrome.
- Relationship to Cushing’s Syndrome.
This program provides 1.5 hours of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of medical/surgical.
Terry C. Gerros, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Internal Medicine – Large Animal: Dr. Gerros began his career as the resident veterinarian at Calumet Farms in Kentucky. He then became an Assistant Professor of Large Animal Medicine at Oregon State University. He has published numerous articles and has written chapters for publications such as Large Animal Internal Medicine published by Mosby-Elsevier and The 5-minute Veterinary Consult – Equine published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. He currently owns the Santiam Equine Clinic as well as Cordon Road Veterinary Clinic in Salem, Oregon.
Evaluating for Liver Damage and Dysfunction
With in-house laboratories becoming an integral part of veterinary hospitals, medical teams must develop specific protocols and testing methods to properly evaluate clinical diagnostic samples of the patient.
In Evaluating For Liver Damage and Dysfunction, Dr. Rosenfeld will help medical teams understand the challenges of monitoring patients with hepatic disease, the secondary disease syndromes that can develop and the necessary clinical diagnostic evaluations that should be evaluated.
This program provides 2 hours of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of emergency/critical care.
Dr. Rosenfeld has spoken on numerous occasions on topics in emergency medicine, small animal anatomy and physiology, and cardiology. Dr. Rosenfeld was Director of Technical Education for the Pet's Choice family of veterinary hospitals and specialty practices. He has practiced small animal critical care and emergency medicine for 18 years and served as hospital director of Paradise Valley Emergency Animal Clinic in Scottsdale for three years. Dr. Rosenfeld is a member of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University.
Diagnostic Cytology of Blood for Veterinary Practitioners
Diagnostic Cytology of Blood for Veterinary Practitioners addresses the importance of examining the blood film as part of the Complete Blood Count. Diagnostically important erythrocyte shape changes are discussed, including echinocytes, acanthocytes, spherocytes, and keratocytes. Erythrocyte inclusions and their significance are also discussed. Case examples of iron deficiency anemia, immune mediated hemolytic anemia, hemangiosarcoma, Heinz body anemia and Mycoplasma hemofelis are discussed.
This program provides 1 hour of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of hematology/cytology of blood.
Dr. Thrall was a small animal practitioner for four years. Prior to joining the faculty at Ross University, she was a faculty member at Colorado State University for 32 years. Her research interests have been in the areas of bone marrow transplantation as therapy for feline models of lysosomal storage disorders, characterization of feline models of lysosmal storage diseases, including the mucopolysaccharidoses and Niemann Pick C1 disease, and treatment of ethylene glycol toxicosis in dogs and cats. She is active in continuing education for veterinarians and pathologists and has provided more than 250 scientific presentations and continuing education programs. She is author or co-author of more than 300 scientific publications, abstracts, proceedings and book chapters, and is the primary author of a clinical pathology text book, Veterinary Hematology and Clinical Chemistry.
Clinical Pathology for Reptiles
Mark Mitchell, DVM, is an associate professor in zoological medicine and surgery at the University of Illinois. In Clinical Pathology for Reptiles, Dr. Mitchell will provide attendees with a review of the methods used to collect, process and interpret hematologic and biochemistry data for reptiles.
By the end of the course, attendees should be capable of identifying several different venipuncture methods for reptiles, understand how much blood can be collected and is required for sample testing, understand the appropriate methods used to store blood, be comfortable with characterizing the different cell types in a reptile leukograms, and have expertise regarding the interpretation of hematologic and biochemistry results for reptiles.
- Identifying several different venipuncture methods for reptiles.
- Understanding how much blood can be collected.
- Methods for storing blood.
- Characterizing different cell types.
- Interpretation of hematologic and bio chemistry results.
This program provides 1 hour of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of medical/surgical and reptiles.
Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS, PhD: Dr. Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois – College of Veterinary Medicine and has also been on staff at Louisiana State University. His clinical interests include invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, avian and non-domestic mammalian medicine and surgery. He co-authored the Manual of Exotic Pet Practice published by Saunders. He has also published numerous journal articles.
Register: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 1:30 PM CST
Elements of Emergency Care Diagnostics
In emergency / critical care, medical teams must be able to implement, evaluate and discuss components of a thorough minimal clinical database to fully evaluate their patient for life threatening concerns.
Elements of Emergency Care Diagnostics, will teach the veterinarians and the technical team to obtain, evaluate and utilize a clinical database on emergency and critical care patients.
- Understand the necessary components of an emergency diagnostic database.
- Understand how to set up emergency care diagnostic protocols for the critical care patient.
- Understand the importance of the blood film and how to train team members to do a blood film review.
- Be able to train team members how to discuss emergency diagnostic testing with the client.
This program provides 1.5 hours of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of emergency/critical care.
Dr. Rosenfeld has spoken on numerous occasions on topics in emergency medicine, small animal anatomy and physiology, and cardiology. Dr. Rosenfeld was the Director of Technical Education for the Pet’s Choice family of veterinary hospitals and specialty practices. He has also practiced small animal critical care and emergency medicine for 18 years and served as hospital director of Paradise Valley Emergency Animal Clinic in Scottsdale for 3 years. Dr. Rosenfeld is a member of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University. Dr. Rosenfeld is also authoring a text for veterinary hospitals called The Veterinary Team Handbook from Blackwell Press and is co- authoring a textbook in clinical pathology called Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team (Blackwell - 2009).
Fluid Therapy and Diagnostic Monitoring of the Patient on IV Fluids
With in-house laboratories becoming an integral part of veterinary hospitals, medical teams must develop specific protocols and testing methods to properly evaluate clinical diagnostic samples of the patient. Fluid Therapy and Diagnostic Monitoring of the Patient on IV Fluids, will help team members:
- Understand the differences between colloids and crystalloids and when each type of fluid is indicated.
- Be able to calculate total fluid needed, hourly fluid rate and drops/second.
- Understand the necessary diagnostics needed to evaluate a patient on IV fluid therapy.
- Based on clinical diagnostic, understand how to modify fluid therapy to meet patient needs.
This program provides 2 hours of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of emergency/critical care.
Dr. Rosenfeld has spoken on numerous occasions on topics in emergency medicine, small animal anatomy and physiology, and cardiology. Dr. Rosenfeld was the Director of Technical Education for the Pet’s Choice family of veterinary hospitals and specialty practices. He has also practiced small animal critical care and emergency medicine for 18 years and served as hospital director of Paradise Valley Emergency Animal Clinic in Scottsdale for 3 years. Dr. Rosenfeld is a member of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University. Dr. Rosenfeld is also authoring a text for veterinary hospitals called The Veterinary Team Handbook from Blackwell Press and is co-authoring a textbook in clinical pathology called Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team (Blackwell – 2009).
Implementing a Senior and Pre-Anesthetic Wellness Patient Plan
Kate An Hunter, owner of Carver Lake Veterinary Center, shares her approach and techniques for success to practitioners wishing to implement or optimize their senior wellness and pre-anesthetic patient plans.
In Implementing a Senior and Pre-Anesthetic Wellness Patient Plan, Dr. Hunter will share her concepts regarding clinical indications, required tools, practice management and flow as well as financial management. The benefits and advantages of point-of-care analysis for the patient, client and practice will also be discussed.
- Evaluation of customer needs and expectations.
- Benefits of immediate diagnostics and point-of-care medicine.
- Cost effective and medically prudent monitoring of the chronic case.
- Achieve 100% compliance with pre-anesthetic testing as it relates to the senior patient.
- Implementation of senior wellness programs.
This program provides 1.5 hours of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of practice management.
Kate An Hunter, DVM: Dr. Hunter is the owner of Carver lake Veterinary Hospital, a 3 doctor small animal practice near Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Hunter is the President-elect of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association and is on the Board of Directors of ROMP (Responsible Owners of Mannerly Pets) which promotes greater access for owners and pets to parks, businesses and housing. She is a well known speaker on public radio and local television.
A Practitioner's Approach to Wellness Blood Testing: Improved Medicine, Involved Staff and Better Profits
Craig Tockman, DVM, shares his approach and techniques for success to practitioners wishing to expand and optimize their wellness programs.
A Practitioner's Approach to Wellness Blood Testing will strengthen concepts regarding the clinical indications, required tools and financial management of an effective wellness testing program.
- Recipe for success in wellness testing.
- Training your staff and the benefits this provides.
- Our wellness program and how to implement it.
- Thyroid testing as part of a wellness program.
- Achieve 100% compliance with pre-anesthetic testing.
- Financial analysis.
This program provides 1 hour of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of practice management.
Craig M. Tockman, DVM: Dr. Tockman is the Director of Professional Services for Abaxis and is the owner of Veterinary Care Center, an AAHA certified full service veterinary hospital in St. Louis, MO. Veterinary Care Center, under Dr. Tockman’s direction, provides services such as in-office laboratory, endoscopy, laser surgery, diagnostic ultrasound, geriatric medicine, behavior consultation, full soft tissue and orthopedic surgical services. In addition, Dr. Tockman is certified in the Penn Hip method of radiologic diagnosis for hip dysplasia.
Clinical Pathology for Exotic Small Mammals
Exotic small mammals are being presented to veterinary hospitals with increased frequency. Because these animals have evolved to mask their illness, it is important that we pursue appropriate diagnostic tests to identify specific underlying causes of disease guide and treatment.
In Clinical Pathology for Exotic Small Mammals, Mark Mitchell, DVM, an associate professor in zoological medicine and surgery at the University of Illinois, will provide attendees with a review of the methods of collecting, processing and interpreting blood samples in exotic small mammals.
- Pursue appropriate diagnostic test to identify specific underlying causes of disease and guide treatment.
- Review methods of collecting, processing and interpreting blood samples.
This program provides 1 hour of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of medical/surgical.
Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS, PhD: Dr. Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois – College of Veterinary Medicine and has also been on staff at Louisiana State University. His clinical interests include invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, avian and non-domestic mammalian medicine and surgery. He co-authored the Manual of Exotic Pet Practice published by Saunders. He has also published numerous journal articles.
Treating Blood Gas Dyscrasias
With in-house laboratories becoming an integral part of veterinary hospitals, medical teams must develop specific protocols and testing methods to properly evaluate clinical diagnostic samples of the patient. The overall goal of this program is to help medical teams be able to understand blood gas analysis, its use in the diagnostic process, how to identify the cause of acidosis and develop treatment protocols.
- Understand the importance of blood gas analysis in the diagnostic evaluation of the ill patient.
- Be able to differentiate between metabolic and respiratory acidosis.
- Develop a differential disease list for the metabolic acidosis patient.
- Identify diagnostic and treatment protocols for the ill patient.
This program provides 2 hours of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of emergency/critical care.
Dr. Rosenfeld is the founder and president of VTEC and has spoken numerous occasions on topics in Emergency Medicine, Small Animal Anatomy and Physiology and Cardiology. Dr. Rosenfeld was Director of Technical Education for Pet's Choice family of veterinary hospitals and specialty practices. He has practiced small animal critical care and emergency medicine for 20 years and is currently working as a general practitioner and running a mobile ultrasound practice in Cape Cod, MA. Dr. Rosenfeld is a member of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University.
Register: Friday, May 18, 2012 — 11:00 AM CDT
The Reptile Kidney: From Anatomy to Clinical Medicine
Renal disease is a common finding in captive reptiles. To have success with these cases requires an understanding of reptile renal anatomy and physiology, diagnostic testing methods and therapeutic options for affected animals.
In The Reptile Kidney: From Anatomy to Clinical Medicine, the differences between reptile renal anatomy and physiology will be discussed so that individuals working with these animals can have a better understanding of how to manage their cases. Attendees will also learn how clinical pathology is an important component of diagnosing renal disease along with different therapeutic strategies necessary to manage these cases will be covered.
This program provides 1 continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of reptile anatomy, physiology, and clinical pathology.
Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS, PhD: Dr. Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois – College of Veterinary Medicine and has also been on staff at Louisiana State University. His clinical interests include invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, avian and non-domestic mammalian medicine and surgery. He co-authored the Manual of Exotic Pet Practice published by Saunders. He has also published numerous journal articles.
Register: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 11:30 AM CDT
Coagulation Testing: Understanding Theory and Utilization for the Small Animal Practitioner
In Coagulation Testing: Understanding Theory and Utilization for the Small Animal Practitioner, Dr. Keith DeJong will basic concepts of hemostasis and the coagulation cascade.
In addition, attendees will also learn the following:
- Common disease states that create prolonged PT and aPTT tests
- Tests available to assist with screening for diagnosis of hemostatic disorders
- Provide guidelines and ideas to practitioners regarding when and how to offer coagulation testing as a screening procedure as well as for the clinically ill patient
- Provide ideas and concepts regarding potential needs and implementation of a pre-anesthetic testing protocol that includes coagulation testing
- Financial analysis of coagulation testing for the practice
- Framework for diagnostic protocol when abnormal tests are detected in ill as well as apparently normal patients
This program provides 1 hour of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of internal medicine.
Dr. Keith DeJong received his undergraduate and veterinary degrees from Iowa State University. He was an associate veterinarian at the Animal Clinic of Queens in Middle Village, Queens, NY for about 3 years before moving to Davis, California and completing his residency in clinical pathology at the University of California, Davis. He is a board certified pathologist and has been working as a professional services veterinarian for Abaxis since October 2009.
Register: Monday, April 23, 2012 – 11:30 AM CST
Dental Anatomy and Nomenclature - Dog
To recognize and treat oral pathology in the dog, you need to appreciate what ‘normal’ looks like. In Dental Anatomy and Nomenclature – Dog, Dr. Jan Bellows will discuss extraoral and intraoral anatomy including positional terminology and tooth names and numbers in the dog.
This program provides 1 hour of continuing education credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of dentistry.
Dr. Jan Bellows has devoted his veterinary career to help animals and veterinarians through dental education. Dr. Bellows received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Auburn University and after completing a small animal internship at The Animal Medical Center in New York City, worked as a small animal practitioner at Hometown Animal Hospital and Dental Clinic in Weston, Florida. In his pursuit of his goal to make greater contributions to his patients and the veterinary profession, Dr. Jan Bellows became board certified by the Board of Veterinary Practitioners, the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry, and became a Diplomate of the College of Veterinary Dentistry in 1990.
Register: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 – 11:00 AM CDT
Red Maple Toxicity – Description and Clinical Case Study
Red Maple (acer rubum) is widely distributed across most of the United States and is one of the most commonly encountered toxicities in equine practice. In Red Maple Toxicity - Description and Clinical Case Study, Dr. Kent Adams discusses diagnosis, differentials and therapeutics in conjunction with a case study.
This program provides 1 hour of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the subject matter of toxicology.
Dr. Kent Adams graduated from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1990. After an internship in southwest virginia, he returned to his family farming roots to start Appalachian Veterinary Services in 1991 near Blacksburg, Virginia. His practice was initially predominantly dairy cattle but shifted to predominately equine. Dr. Adams is a member of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, The American Association of Equine Practitioners and a host of other professional organizations. His interests lie in equine reproduction, advanced equine dentistry and practice management.
Register: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – 11:30 AM CDT