Thursday, October 23, 2025
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker Ready and Hospitality Room
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Registration and Information
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Mark W. Allam Lecture and Awards Ceremony
Speaker
Guest Speaker: Steven Rothenberg, MD
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Large Animal Keynote Lecture: Complications: Talking About Something We’d Rather Not Discuss
Speaker
Dean A. Hendrickson, DVM, MS, DACVS
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Small Animal Keynote Lecture: Optimizing Artificial Chordae Length and Annuloplasty Sizing for Enhanced Mitral Valve Repair Outcomes
Speaker
Masami Uechi, DVM, PhD
10:15 AM - 6:00 PM
Selected Topics in Small Animal Emergency Surgery
Seminar Chair
Andrea Sundholm, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal)
10:15 AM - 6:00 PM
Surgical Sides: Anesthesia and Nutrition
Seminar Chair
Teri A. Raffel Kleist, CVT, VTS
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Complimentary Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
ACVS Diplomates' Business Meeting
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
ACVS Resident Education Travel Grant Recipients Meet & Greet
Friday, October 24, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Large Animal Keynote Lecture: At the Intersection of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine: The Quest for Optimizing Musculoskeletal Sport Horse Injuries Through Biological Approaches
Speaker
Laurie R. Goodrich, DVM, PhD, DACVS
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Small Animal Keynote Lecture: Defining Success in Veterinary SurgeryRecorded for On-Demand
Speaker
William Liska, DVM, DACVS
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Meeting Challenges Together: Transforming Veterinary Education for StudentsRecorded for On-Demand
Seminar Chair
Sam L. Morello, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal)
10:15 AM - 6:00 PM
General Surgery Topics for Veterinary Technicians
Seminar Chair
Teri A. Raffel Kleist, CVT, VTS
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Complimentary Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Surgery Residents' Awards Ceremony
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Working Group: Nutrition Working GroupPreregistration Recommended
Working Group Moderator
Jolle Kirpensteijn, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DECVS, ACVS Founding Fellow, Surgical Oncology
Catherine Ruggiero, MS, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
1:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Septic Arthritis in Horses
Seminar Chair
Lauren V. Schnabel, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACVSMR
1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Developing Indigenous Relationships and Providing Veterinary Care to Remote and Underprivileged Communities
Seminar Chair
Suzanne J. K Mund, DVM, MSc, DACVS (Large Animal)
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Management of Septic Arthritis in Farm Animals
Seminar Chair
Joseph W. Lozier, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Minimally Invasive Soft Tissue Surgery
Seminar Chair
Ingrid M. Balsa, MEd, DACVS (Small Animal)
Saturday, October 25, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Literature in Review: Large Animal
Seminar Chair
Lacy Kamm, DVM, DACVS, PhD
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Soft Tissue Trauma Surgery
Seminar Chair
Valery F. Scharf, DACVS
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Improving Patient Safety for Spinal Stabilization
Seminar Chair
Bianca Hettlich, DACVS, DECVS, MRCVS
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Upper Airway Surgical DiseasesRecorded for On-Demand
Seminar Chair
Kathleen M. Ham, DVM, MS, DACVS
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Complimentary Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Partial and Total Elbow Arthroplasty in the Treatment of End-Stage Osteoarthritis: Prosthetic Designs, Surgical Techniques, and Clinical Outcomes
Seminar Chair
Loic M. Dejardin, DVM, MS, DACVS, DECVS
1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Early Career Financial Planning: For Those Who Want to be Financially Free
Seminar Chair
Jason Balara, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal)
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Refreshment Break
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Farm Animal Emergency Surgery
Seminar Chair
Maia R. Aitken, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal), DACVECC
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Total Joint Replacement
Seminar Chair
Terri Schiller, DVM, DACVS
