Friday, Jul 18, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Clients Keep Asking About Fresh—What Does the Science Say
Speaker: Joseph J Wakshlag, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVSMR
Navigating the Lifetime Cost of Pet Care: Financial Preparedness for Pet Owners, Veterinarians and Practices
Speakers:
Jonathan Wainberg
Lior Keren
Courtney A Campbell, DVM, DACVS-SA
Peter A Weinstein, DVM, MBA
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Global Sustainability: What Part Veterinarians Can Play
Speaker: Barbara E Corson, VMD, RN
The Role of the Veterinarian in Animal Welfare
Speaker: Stacy L Pritt, DVM, MS, MBA, CPIA, CHRC, DACAW
Checklists and Control Freaks: Making Protcol-Driven Medicine work in your Large Animal Practice
Speaker: Bridget A Heilsberg, DVM
9:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Foals Are Not The Other "F" Word: Equine Neonatology Series
Speaker: Piper Norton, DVM, DACVIM
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Equine Stereotypies/Problem Behaviors: What We Know and Why It Matters
Speaker: V. Wensley Koch, DVM, DACAW
Growing Old with Grace – Behavioral Health Considerations in Our Aging Pets
Speaker: Wailani Sung, MS, PhD, DVM, DACVB
Responsible Breeding Practices of the Dog and Cat
Speaker: Jenna C Dockweiler, MS, DVM, DACT, CCRT, CVAT
Lab to Lap: The Transition of Animals From Biomedical Research to Adoption
Speaker: Meghan connolly, MVB, UW-AAB
Taking Charge: Navigating Financial Choices in Your Veterinary Career
Speaker: Ingrid B Pyka, DVM, CVMI
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Optimizing care for brachycephalic dogs with respiratory and aerodigestive disorders
Speaker: Carol Reinero, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Supporting Shelter Veterinarians To Support Their Community
Speakers:
Jennifer C Bennett, DVM, MS
Sarah M Mantovani, DVM, MS Shelter Medicine
Career Pathing Reimagined: Expanding Horizons in Vet Med
Speaker: Megan C Sprinkle, DVM, DACVIM
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
From Symptoms to Solutions: The Power of Comprehensive Hematology in Critical Cases
Speaker: Holly M Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVP
1:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Poultry in Practice – Principals of Small Flock Regulations, Diagnostics, and Treatments
Speaker: Brigetta M Allen Hughes, DVM, MAM
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Indoor Only Cats in Michigan
Speaker: Mary Grace Stobierski, DVM, MPH, Dip ACVPM
Veterinary Insights on Biosecurity and Biosafety
Speaker: Sherrie M Jean, DVM, DACLAM
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
It’s Showtime: Marketing and Communication as a Relief Professional
Speakers:
Julie Liu, DVM
Cindy E Trice, DVM
Jessica Lovegrove, DVM
Clinical Utility of Cardiac Biomarkers in Dogs and Cats
Speaker: Lawrence Santistevan, DVM, DACVIM
3:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Searching Sewage for Clues: Wastewater Monitoring and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Speaker: Susan Peters, DVM MPH
Feline Gingivostomatitis....Teeth First....Everything Else Later
Speaker: Kendall Taney, DVM, DAVDC
Saturday, Jul 19, 2025
7:00 AM - 7:50 AM
Updates in Acute Canine Pancreatitis: News You Can Use
Speaker: Harry Cridge, MVB, MS
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Interactive Assessment of Animal Welfare: You Be the Judge
Speaker: Sharon Kuca, BVetMed, MRCVS, MS
The Ins and Outs of Feline Elimination Problems
Speaker: M. Leanne Lilly, DVM, DACVB
Diagnosing the Source of Abdominal and Thoracic Effusions
Speaker: Kristin M Zersen, DVM, MS, DACVECC
Troubleshooting and Caring for the Down Cow
Speaker: Jenna E Bayne, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Evidence-Based Client Communication for the Busy Practitioner
Speaker: Greg Bishop
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Cyanobacterial Toxins: The Harms of Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms!
Speaker: Anthony J chadwick, BVSc CertVD MRCVS
Making the FIC Bladder Gladder: A Systemic Approach
Speaker: M. Leanne Lilly, DVM, DACVB
Management of Septic Cellulitis and Myoitis in the Horse
Speaker: Britta S Leise, MS, DVM, PhD, DACVS
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Unraveling Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease: Nasal Microbiome Differences in Healthy vs. Symptomatic Dogs
Speaker: Janina A Krumbeck, PhD, MS
Creating and Implementing a Successful Ferret Weight Management Program
Speaker: Andrea J Osborne
Machine Learning Models for Evaluation of Dog Sperm Morphology
Speaker: Leonardo Brito
Utilizing Telehealth to Support Cats with Chronic Mobility Difficulties and DJD
Speaker: Grace Boone, MSc, UW-AAB
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Feline Psychopharmacology: Fast-Acting Options
Speaker: M. Leanne Lilly, DVM, DACVB
Updates in Small Animal Hepatobiliary Disease
Speaker: Cynthia R Leveille-Webster, DVM, ACVIM,
Feline Myocardial Disease: Prevalence, Detection, and Diversity
Speaker: Neal W Peckens, DVM, DACVIM
2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
What's Law Got to Do With it? Hot Legal Topics in Veterinary Medicine
Speaker: Priscilla E Bowens, DVM, MPH, JD
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Feeding the Finicky Feline: Everyday Practical Tips for the Special Species
Speaker: Megan C Sprinkle
Sunday, Jul 20, 2025
7:00 AM - 7:50 AM
Veterinary Drug Compounding: Clearing Up Confusion for Better Patient Care
Speaker: Dawn M Boothe, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, DACVCP
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Why Religion and Spirituality Matter in Veterinary Medicine
Speaker: Yvette Johnson, DCM, MS, PhD
Pain in the Back? What to Treat and Does Every Horse Have Kissing Spines?
Speaker: Colin F Mitchell, MS, BVM&S, DiplACVS
Look What the Cat Dragged In! Feline Giardia and One Health
Speakers:
Kaitlyn Krebs, DVM, MBA, DABVP
Michelle D Evason, DVM, BSc, DACVIM
Brad Ryan
9:00 AM - 09:50 AM
Healing from Errors: A Roadmap for Veterinary Professionals
Speaker: Paige Baker, DVM
The Role of Veterinarians in Food Security and Food Defense
Speaker: Mo D Salman, DVM, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM, F.A.C.E.
Working With A Neurologic Horse: Be Prepared, Be Safe!
Speaker: Shana A Filipek, CVT, VTS
Ringworm: Starting from Scratch and Avoiding Cat-astrophes
Speakers:
Kaitlyn Krebs, DVM, MBA, DABVP
Michelle D Evason, DVM, BSc, DACVIM
Jennifer L Lopez, DVM, MBA
9:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Fish Farm Cases – What You May See and Be Asked to Diagnose and Treat
Speaker: Myron J Kebus, DVM, MS
Management of Bradyarrhythmias
Speaker: Christopher McLaughlin, DVM, DACVECC, DACVIM
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Workforce Modelling: Preparing for Tomorrow's Veterinary Landscape
Speaker: John Volk, BS
Veterinary Social Work: How An Interdisciplinary Approach Can Support the Animal Professionals
Speakers:
Augusta O'Reilly, LCSW
Diana Barone, LCSW
Claire Johnson, LSW
Large Animal Wound Management
Speaker: Shana A Filipek, CVT, VTS
Monday, Jul 21, 2025
7:00 AM - 7:50 AM
Diagnosing Complex Cases While Practicing Across the Spectrum of Care
Speaker: Holly M Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVP
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Cultivating Community: How Share Groups Connect Independent Veterinarians and Create Belonging
Speaker: Lauren Hermann, PhD
Canine Arrhythmias – Diagnosis and Management Through Case Examples
Speaker: Julia Shih, VMD, DACVIM
When Quality of Life Scales Aren’t Enough: Counseling Clients Who Can't Let Go
Speaker: Shannon Skevakis, DVM, CPEV
8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Complaints and How to Avoid Them
Speaker: Robert J Simpson, DVM, JD
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Starting a Veterinary Practice: Building from the Basics
Speaker: Rebecca E Stinson-Dixon, DVM
The Enshitification of Veterinary Medicine
Speaker: Richard M DeBowes, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS
Analogies of Veterinary Patient Monitoring: Invasive is to Non-Invasive as NIBP is to?
Speaker: Amanda M Shelby, BSc, RVT, VTS
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
An Attempt to Create Digital Teaching Materials on Cattle Slaughter Inspection
Speaker: Yuri Iijima, veterinarian
Solar Radiation Exposure Threshold for Shade Requirements in Puerto Rican Holstein Cattle
Speaker: Stephanie L Boggiano, BS
Villonodular Synovitis of Elbow and Stifle Joints in Two Small Breed Dogs
Speaker: Mahya Jazinidorcheh
1:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Design of an Emergency Animal Shelter – Practical Considerations
Speaker: Cynthia M Faux, DVM, PhD
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Oxygenation and Ventilation in the Anesthetized Patient
Speaker: Turi Aarnes, DVM, MS, DACVAA
Building Fen Vet: Marketing for the Next Generation
Speaker: Cody Creelman, DVM
Using Positive Psychology to Inspire Happiness
Speaker: Gerelyn A Henry, BS, DVM, MBA, DACFE, DACVP
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
A Clinician's Guide to Artificial Intelligence: Introduction & Fundamentals
Speaker: William P Tancredi, DVM
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Pre and Post Deep Ear Flush Treatment Approach
Speaker: Sonja Zabel, DVM, DACVD
That Darn Cat… Lymphoma
Speaker: Travis Laver, VMD, PhD, DACVIM
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Update on What We Now Know about Diet-Associated Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Speaker: William P Rausch, DVM, DACVIM
What’s New in Research Animal Welfare?
Speaker: Nicolette A Petervary, VMD, MS, DACAW
Decoding Myelograms: Equine Neurological Insights
Speaker: Rose E Baker, BVMS, MS, DACVIM
Avian Emergency Presentations and Procedures
Speaker: Cheryl B Greenacre, DABVP
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Veterinarians and Pharmaceuticals: How to Be the Best Steward
Speaker: William E Sander, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Perioperative Oral Medications: What to Give, What to Withhold
Speaker: Carrie Schroeder, DVM, DACVAA
DEI Basics and Relevancy in Animal Welfare
Speaker: Sohaila Jafarian, DVM, MPH
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
The Healing Power of Pets: Know and Share the Science
Speaker: Carolyn Shadle, PhD
Bovine Reproductive Problems for the Mixed Animal Practitioner
Speaker: Celeste M Morris, DVM, MBA, MPVM, DACT
10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Trends at the Most-Profitable Vet Hospitals
Speaker: Beth Scott, CPA
