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VSS CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
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BREAKFAST PLENARY SESSION
Saturday 7 March | 8:00am - 9:00am
Keynote Speaker: Cat Walker
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Saturday 7 March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Peter Barron | Liver Disease Diagnosis |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Peter Barron | How I Treat Liver Disease |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt - Trivia |
11:20 - 12:05 | Dr Sophie Wyatt | Update on Canine Pancreatitis |
12:10 - 12:55 | Dr Sophie Wyatt | Managing Tricky Chronic Enteropathic Cases |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: BOQ - Practice Ownership |
13:40 - 14:25 | Dr Angela Webster | RECOVER to the Rescue: Optimising Outcomes in Veterinary CPR |
14:30 - 15:15 | Dr Ben Hooper | From Chaos to Clarity: How to Stabilise and Start Diagnosing Almost Anything |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
15:45 - 16:30 | Dr Zoe Liu | Approach to the Hypercalcemic Patient |
16:35 - 17:20 | Philippa Williams & Megan Ponder (AES) | Sustainability as Smarter Medicine: Future-Proofing Veterinary Hospitals |
17:20 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks - Exhibition Hall |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner - Grand Ballroom |
Sunday 8 March |
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8:00 - 9:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Ann Thompson | TBC |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Hannah Schneider | Immunosuppressant Therapy |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:20 - 12:05 | Dr Whitney Hansen (AES) | Rethinking AKI: Individualised Care Beyond 2x Maintenance Fluids |
12:10 - 12:55 | Dr Matt Hollindale (AES) | Acute Kidney Injury: Beyond Fluid Therapy |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
13:40 - 14:25 | Dr Else Jacobson | Diet in Chronic GI Disease in Dogs and Cats: A Practical Approach |
14:30 - 15:15 | Dr Lachlan Cameron (Dreamworld) | A practical Guide to Anaesthesia in Lions and Tigers |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Sponsor Raffle Draws |
15:45 - 16:30 | Dr Peter Barron | Quiz |
16:35 - 17:20 | Dr Peter Barron | Quiz |
17:20 | Close |
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Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday 7 March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Dr David Cook | TBC |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Jason Hoon | Laparoscopy 101 |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt - Trivia |
11:20 - 12:05 | Dr Mitchell Graham | To Close or Not to Close, that is the Question: Approach to Traumatic and Open Wounds |
12:10 - 12:55 | Dr Daren Roa | Surgery Complications |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: BOQ - Practice Ownership |
13:40 - 14:25 | Dr Abbie Tipler | Bits and Bones - Bone Grafts, Joint Taps & Luxations |
14:30 - 15:15 | Dr Abbie Tipler | Common Abdominal Procedures - Tips and Tricks |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
15:45 - 16:30 | Dr Stephanie Colthurst | Put That Thing Back Where it Came From: Hernias in Small Animal Practice |
16:35 - 17:20 | Advanced Animal Dentistry & Dr Wendy Archipow | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Managing Complex Oral Pathology |
17:20 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks in the Exhibition Hall |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner in the Grand Ballroom |
Sunday 8 March |
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8:00 - 9:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Julian Lunn | Getting into Orthopaedics |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Julian Lunn | Consulting in the New Millenium |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:20 - 12:05 | Dr Gordon Corfield | Osteoarthritis |
12:10 - 12:55 | Dr Cormac O'Brolchain | Pain Management and What's New |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
13:40 - 14: 25 | Dr Jamie Fu | TBC |
14:30 - 15:15 | Dr Jack Davey | TBC |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Sponsor Raffle Draws |
15:45 - 16:30 | Dr Nick Cleland | Canine Meniscal Injuries: Diagnosis and Treatment Options |
16:35 - 17:20 | Dr Gordon Corfield | The Pyothorax |
17:20 | Close |
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Saturday 7 March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Tessa Clark | FeLV & FIV Infection |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Gail Jackson | Hospital Hygiene: The Good, the Bad and the MRSA |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt - Trivia |
11:20 - 12:05 | Dr Elisa Dennis (Dermatology) | Feline Reaction Patterns |
12:10 - 12:55 | Dr Evie Knight (Dermatology) | Approach to Otitis Externa in the Cat |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: BOQ - Practice Ownership |
13:40 - 14:25 | Dr Alison Jukes | Top to Tail: GI Infectious Disease in Cats |
14:30 - 15:15 | Dr Alison Jukes | Case Study: Unusual Infectious Diseases in Cats |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
15:45 - 16:30 | Dr Alison Jukes | Fun Fungal Infections in Cats |
16:35 - 17:20 | Dr Wan Ju Jo | Neurological Infectious Disease |
17:20 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks in the Exhibition Hall |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner in the Grand Ballroom |
Sun 8 March | ||
8:00 - 9:00 | Break | Breakfast in the Exhibition Hall |
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Clare Thomson | Cat Flu: The Acute Infections |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Rachel Korman | Chronic Rhinitis |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:20 - 12:05 | Dr Rachel Korman | Investigation of Anaemia |
12:10 - 12:55 | Dr Else Jacobson | Infectious Causes of Anaemia in Cats |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
13:40 - 14:25 | Dr Cindy Hung | Blood Transfusion in Cats |
14:30 - 15:15 | TBC | TBC |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Sponsor Raffle Draws |
15:45 - 16:30 | Dr Chris Lam (Veterinary Cardiologists Australia) | Approaching the Suspected Cardiac Cat |
16:35 - 17:20 | Round Table: Dr Rachel Korman, Dr Alison Jukes, Dr Clare Thomson, Dr Wan Ju Jao | Thinking Outside the Litterbox: Approach to Recurrent, Difficult Cystitis in Cats |
17:20 | Close |
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Saturday 7 March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Victoria Hudson | Anaesthesia and Perioperative Management of the Paediatric Patient |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Arnav Kunder | Don't be Shocked: A Nurse's Approach to Stabilisation |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt - Trivia |
11:20 - 12:05 | Lucy Evans | Ventilation: Learning and Loving the Basics |
12:10 - 12:55 | Clare Ogilvie | Every Breath Counts: Capnography in Veterinary Anaesthesia |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: BOQ - Practice Ownership |
13:40 - 14:25 | Natalie Hunt | Highs, Lows and Everything in Between: A Nursing Perspective on Feline Blood Pressure |
14:30 - 15:15 | Bridgette Atkins | Anaesthesia in Greyhounds: Navigating the Breed-Specific Challenges |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
15:45 - 16:30 | Samantha Burton | Nurse Advocacy: Being the Voice for Our Patients |
16:35 - 17:20 | Kimberley Weir | Trouble in the Kidneys: Navigating AKI and CKD in Dogs and Cats |
17:20 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks in the Exhibition Hall |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner in the Grand Ballroom |
Sunday 8 March | ||
8:00 - 9:00 | Break | Breakfast in the Exhibition Hall |
9:15 - 10:00 | Kimberley Weir | Antimicrobial Stewardship in Practice: The Veterinary Nurse’s Role in Combating Resistance |
10:05 - 10:50 | Tia Harris | Chemotherapy in Practice |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:20 - 12:05 | Natasha Darroch | The Cardiac Cat |
12:10 - 12:55 | Natasha Darroch | Canine Cardiology |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
13:40 - 14:25 | Monique Davenport | Understanding the Pain Pathways: Multimodal Analgesia in Dogs |
14:30 - 15:15 | Stephanie Trembath | Nursing the Ophthalmic Patient |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Sponsor Raffle Draws |
15:45 - 16:30 | Anita Parkin & Briska D'Souza | Code Blue! Test Your Knowledge Before You Clock Out |
16:35 - 17:20 | Anita Parkin & Briska D'Souza | Code Blue! Test Your Knowledge Before You Clock Out |
15:20 | Close |
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ADVANCED NURSING
Time | Speaker | Topic |
Saturday 7 March | ||
9:15 - 10:00 | Trish Farry and Anita Parkin | Advanced Anaesthetic Planning: Stepping Through Some Advanced Yet Common Cases |
10:05 - 10:50 | Bridgette Atkins | Anaesthesia in Greyhounds: Navigating the Breed-Specific Challenges |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt - Trivia |
| 11:20 - 12:05 | Victoria Koks | Feeding Complexity: Advanced Nutrition Planning for the Multimorbid Patient |
| 12:10 - 12:55 | Kim Weir | Immunosuppressives and Monitoring: Nursing Considerations in Immune-Mediated Disease |
| 12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: BOQ - Practice Ownership |
| 13:40 - 14:25 | Anita Parkin | Ventilation in the Surgical Patient (or Pathophysiology of the Septic Patient) |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Tori Brown | Oxygen Therapy |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Maggie Burley | TBC |
| 16:35 - 17:20 | TBC | TBC |
| 17:20 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks in the Exhibition Hall |
| 18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner in the Grand Ballroom |
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday 7 March | ||
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Raelene Wouda (Oncology) | The Power of the Poison: Chemotherapy in Cancer Care |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Raelene Wouda (Oncology) | Beyond the Radiograph: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis of Intra-thoracic Masses |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt - Trivia |
11:20 - 12:05 | Advanced Animal Dentistry & QML Vetnostics | Diagnostic Challenges with Oral Biopsies: Getting the Most from Your Samples |
12:10 - 12:55 | Advanced Animal Dentistry & Dr Keiren Maddern | Understanding Risk: Enabling Dental Care in Older & Fragile Patients |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: BOQ - Practice Ownership |
13:40 - 14:25 | Janet Roa (Canine Rehabilitation Centre) | Therapeutic Modalities in Canine Rehab: What Works and Why? |
14:30 - 15:15 | Janet Roa (Canine Rehabilitation Centre) | Supporting the Senior Canine: Rehabilitation Strategies and Techniques for the Older Dog |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
15:45 - 16:30 | Dr Evie Knight (Dermatology) | TBC |
16:35 - 17:20 | Dr Elisa Dennis (Dermatology) | Canine Atopic Dermatitis |
17:20 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks in the Exhibition Hall |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner in the Grand Ballroom |
Sunday 16th March | ||
8:00 - 9:00 | Break | Breakfast in the Exhibition Hall |
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Brad Gavaghan (Veterinary Cardiologists Australia) | Cardiac Therapy Update: A Clinician's Guide to Current and New Directions in Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery |
10:05 - 10:50 | Dr Fiona Meyers (Veterinary Cardiologists Australia) | Syncope or Seizures? Optimizing Clinical Approach in General Practice |
10:50 - 11:20 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:20 - 12:05 | Dr Josh Llinas (Reptiles & Exotics) | TBC |
12:10 - 12:55 | Dr Josh Llinas (Reptiles & Exotics) | TBC |
12:55 - 13:40 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
13:40 - 14:25 | Dr Johana Premont | The Red Eye Diagnostic Dilemma in Dogs and Cats |
14:30 - 15:15 | Dr Johana Premont | Clinical Approach to the Canine Blue Eye |
15:15 - 15:45 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Sponsor Raffle Draws |
15:45 - 16:30 | Dr Vicki Liddle | Eye Spy an Emergency |
16:35 - 17:20 | Dr Claire Madden (Sea World) | Case Series: Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of a Concentrated Formulation of Alfaxalone (40mg/kg) in Conjunction with Midazolam and Pethidine for Immobilizing Pinnipeds |
17:20 | Close |
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