VSS CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
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BREAKFAST PLENARY SESSION - GRAND BALLROOM
Saturday 15 March | 8:00am - 9:00am | Keynote Speaker
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7:00 - 8:00 |
| Conference Registration in the Exhibition Hall |
7:30 - 8:00 |
| Breakfast in the Exhibition Hall |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday 15th March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Peter Barron | TBA |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Josh King | Cushings Disease |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr Ben Hooper | Stabilising the Critical Patient |
12:00 - 12:45 | Dr Clare Thompson | TBA |
12:45 - 13:30 | Dr Else Jacobson | Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in Dogs |
13:30 - 14:15 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Gemma Spinoglio | TBA |
15:00 - 15:45 | Dr Ann Thompson | TBA |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Josh King | Pesky Infections in Young Adult Dogs |
17:00 - 17:45 | Dr Tessa Clark | Navigating the Neurological Exam |
18:00 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks - Exhibition Hall |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner - Grand Ballroom |
Sunday 16th March |
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8:00 - 9:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
9:00 - 9:45 | Dr Ange Webster | Haemorrhagic Shock |
9:45 - 10:30 | Dr Kisa Baldwin | TBA |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:00 - 11:45 | Dr Tessa Clark | Embracing our Seizure Management Era |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Whitney Hansen | When Hypertonic Saline Goes Wrong |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Philippa King | TBA |
13:13 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Peter Barron | Medicine Trivia Quiz - Part 1 |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr Peter Barron | Medicine Trivia Quiz - Part 2 |
15:30 - 16:00 | Close | Sponsor Raffle Draws in Exhibition Hall |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday 15th March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Steph Colthurst | Bandages, Splints and Casts |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Abbie Tipler | Brachy with a Tracky & Sore Backy |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr Gordon Corfield | How to Manage Surgical Infections |
12:00 - 12:45 | Dr Nick Cleland | TBA |
12:45 - 13:30 | Dr Jason Hoon | Practical Approach to the Ex-Lap |
13:30 - 14:15 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr David Cook | Evidenced-based Update on Treatment of Cruciate Disease in Dogs |
15:00 - 15:45 | Dr Julian Lunn | Surgical Stich Ups: Closing Hollow Viscera |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Julian Lunn | Thoracic Penetrating Injuries: Getting Both Ends of the Stick |
17:00 - 17:45 | Dr Daren Roa | Arcas spinal fixation system |
18:00 - 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 |
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8:00 - 9:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
9:00 - 9:45 | Dr Grace Wicks | Upper GI Foreign Bodies |
9:45 - 10:30 | Dr Gordon Corfield | Lower GI Foreign Bodies |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:00 - 11:45 | Dr Ben Hooper | Peri-operative Management of Perforated Bowel |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Gordon Corfield | Surgical Management of Perforated Bowel |
12:30 - 13:15 | TBA | TBA |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Abbie Tipler | Bracky with the Leg Snappy |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr David Cook | TBA |
15:30 - 16:00 | Close | Sponsor Raffle Draws in the Exhibition Hall |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday 15th March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Alison Jukes | Getting to the Bottom of Infectious Diarrhoea with PCR |
10:00 - 10:45 | Gail Jackson | Initial Approach to the Jaundiced Cat |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr Wan Ju | Feline Chronic Enteropathy |
12:00 - 12:45 | QML Vetnostics Pathologist | Alimentary System Cytology |
12:45 - 13:30 | Dr Alison Jukes | Tricky Triaditis |
13:30 - 14:15 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Alison Jukes & Dr Stephanie Colthurst | Enteral Feeding: Chemical, NG/NO and O-tubes |
15:00 - 15:45 | Dr Courtney Redrop | Feline Respiratory distress, is it cardiac or non-cardiac? |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Kristy Stone | Inflammatory Liver Disease |
17:00 - 17:45 | Dr Kristy Stone | Hepatic Lipidosis |
18:00 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks in the Exhibition Hall |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner in the Grand Ballroom |
Sun 16th March | ||
8:00 - 9:00 | Break | Breakfast in the Exhibition Hall |
9:00 - 9:45 | Natalie Hunt-Sullivan | Nursing Care and Supporting the Liver Cat |
9:45 - 10:30 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | Tooth Resorption: To Extract or Crown Amputate |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:00 - 11:45 | Dr Fiona Meyers | Cardio - Heart Disease in Cats: Treatment Pearls for General Practice |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Kieren Maddern | TBA |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Evie Knight | TBA |
13.15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Johana Premont | Feline-specific Ocular Disorders |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr Cormac O'Brolchain | TBA |
15:30 - 16:15 | Bohringer Ingleheim | TBA |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday 15th March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Anita Parkin | Veterinary Nursing as a Career |
10:00 - 10:45 | Clara Lim | Sedation & Pain Relief Drugs |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:15 - 12:00 | Kim Weir | Clinical Pathology in Patient Care |
12:00 - 12:45 | Rachel Bowerman | Prevention of Surgical Site Infections |
12:45 - 13:30 | Natasha Darroch | Cardiac Auscultation |
13:30 - 14:15 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Ambre Latrasse | Infection Control in the OR |
15:00 - 15:45 | Natalie Hunt | Nutrition for Felines |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
16:15 - 17:00 | Natalie Hunt | TBA |
17:00 - 17:45 | Briska D'Souza | The Art of IV Catheter Placement |
18:00 - 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 |
9:00 - 9:45 | Kim Weir | Understanding Canine Hyperadrenocorticism |
9:45 - 10:30 | Nadine Hartley | Diagnostic Imaging: Tips and Tricks |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:00 - 11:45 | Dr Candis Sutherland | Triaging and Stabilizing the Emergent Patient |
11:45 - 12:30 | Tori Brown | Identification & Management of Shock |
12:30 - 13:15 | Hayley Strain | TBA |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:00 - 14:45 | Anita Parkin & Briska D'Souza | Recap of the Nurse Stream Lectures |
14:45 - 15:30 | Anita Parkin & Briska D'Souza | Recap of the Nurse Stream Lectures |
15:30 - 16:00 | Close | Sponsor Raffle Draws in the Exhibition Hall |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday 15th March |
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9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | How to Help Your Clients Understand Periodontal Disease |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker & Dr Kieren Maddern | Targeted Analgesia for Dental Patients |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Dentistry |
12:00 - 12:45 | TBA | TBA |
12:45 - 13:30 | TBA | TBA |
13:30 - 14:15 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Johana Premont | Common Ophthalmology Cases: What and When to Refer |
15:00 - 15:45 | Dr Johana Premont | TBA |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Vicki Liddle | TBA |
17:00 - 17:45 | Dr Chris Lam | TBA |
18:00 - 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 Hall0 |
9:00 - 9:45 | Dr Evie Knight | TBA |
9:45 - 10:30 | TBA | TBA |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:00 - 11:45 | Dr Fiona Meyers | TBA |
11:45 - 12:30 | Lindsey Connell | TBA |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Vicki Liddle | TBA |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Raelene Wouda | TBA |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr Raelene Wouda | TBA |
15:30 - 16:00 | Close | Sponsor Raffle Draws in the Exhibition Hall |
