VSS CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
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BREAKFAST PLENARY SESSION - GRAND BALLROOM
Saturday 15 March | 8:00am - 9:00am | Keynote Speaker - Helen D'Silva from Performance Psychology Group
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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 | Working Up the Challenging Polyuria and Polydipsia Cases |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Josh King | Cushings Disease - Always Look for the Signs! |
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 Samantha Wong | Faecal Microbiota Transplantation - What's Poo Got to Do with It? |
12:45 - 13:30 | Dr Else Jacobson | Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in Dogs: What's the Evidence? |
13:30 - 14:15 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Gemma Spinoglio | Canine Urinary Incontinence |
15:00 - 15:45 | Dr Ann Thompson | A Review of Insulin Therapy |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Josh King | Pesky Infections in the Young Adult Dog - No Dog is Immune! |
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 | Don't Hesitate to Ventilate |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:00 - 11:45 | Dr Tessa Clark | Head, Shoulders, Knees and Paws: Navigating the Neurological Exam Without Losing Your Nerve! |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Whitney Hansen | When Hypertonic Saline Goes Wrong |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Peter Barron | The Logical Approach to Thoracic Masses |
13:15 - 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 Stephanie Colthurst | Bandages, Splints and Casts - Application, Management and Avoiding Complications |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Wendy Archipow | Cases in Wound Reconstruction |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr Nick Cleland | X-Ray Safari - Taking and Interpreting Joint Radiographs |
12:00 - 12:45 | Dr Daren Roa | Experiences with the ArteMedics' Arcas Spinal Fixation Systems |
12:45 - 13:30 | Dr Jason Hoon | Practical Approach to the Ex-Lap - Tips, Tricks and What's New? |
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 |
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 Nina Lorenz | Traumatic Elbow Luxation |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Abbie Tipler | Brachy with a Tracky & Sore Backy |
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 Jack Davey | Demystifying a Spinal Neurological Exam |
15:30 - 16:00 | Close | Sponsor Raffle Draws in the Exhibition Hall |
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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 | Dr Gail Jackson | Mellow Yellow Cats: Initial Steps When Faced with the Fluorescent Patient |
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 | Dr Michele Rebelo | Feline Urological Emergencies |
12:45 - 13:30 | Dr Phillip McDonagh (Boehringer Ingelheim) | SGLT2i and Feline Diabetes |
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 | Does the Liver Look Fat in That? Feline Hepatic Lipidosis. Don’t Be Afraid to Diagnose and Treat. |
17:00 - 17:45 | Dr Kristy Stone | De-Livering All the Relevant Information on Diagnosing and Treating Feline Inflammatory Liver Disease |
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 | Dr Brett Stone | Feline GI and Abdominal Cytology: What’s Your Diagnosis? |
9:45 - 10:30 | Natalie Hunt | Why so Yellow? Nursing the Cat with Liver Disease |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:00 - 11:45 | Dr Fiona Meyers | Heart Disease in Cats: Treatment Pearls for General Practice |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Alison Jukes | Tricky Triaditis |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Evie Knight | Feline Alopecia |
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 | Cat Gut: Not the Suture |
15:30 - 16:00 | Close |
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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 | Vital Clues: Clinical Pathology in Patient Care |
12:00 - 12:45 | Rachel Bowerman | Brachycephalic Airway Surgery: Pre to Post Op Management |
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 | Food for Thought: Nutrition in the Feline Patient |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Victoria Hudson | Post-operative Physical Rehabilitation |
17:00 - 17:45 | Kim Weir | Pushing the Limits: Understanding Canine Hyperadrenocorticism |
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 | Briska D'Souza | The Art of IV Catheter Placement |
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 | Nurse Triage of the Emergency Patient |
11:45 - 12:30 | Tori Brown | Identification & Management of Shock |
12:30 - 13:15 | Hayley Strain | The Basics of Canine and Feline Transfusion Medicine in the Emergency Setting |
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 |
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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 Vicki Liddle | Corneal Ulcers: To Burr or Not to Burr? Part 1 |
12:00 - 12:45 | Dr Johana Premont | Common Ophthalmology Cases: What and When to Refer |
12:45 - 13:30 | Dr Raelene Wouda | Oncology Updates: Urothelial Carcinoma |
13:30 - 14:15 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Vicki Liddle | Corneal Ulcers: To Burr or Not to Burr? Part 2 |
15:00 - 15:45 | Dr Johana Premont | Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Raelene Wouda | Hypercalcaemia: An Oncologist’s Perspective |
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 | Dr Evie Knight | Carbon Dioxide Laser in Veterinary Dermatology |
9:45 - 10:30 | Dr Fiona Meyers | Heartworm Disease: It's Back! |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
11:00 - 11:45 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | Tooth Resorption: To Extract or Crown Amputate |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Dentistry |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Kieren Maddern | Gold standard analgesia - tips and tricks |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Michael Rozmanec | A Sunday Afternoon Pathology Session |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr Gordon Corfield | Conservative Management of Osteo-Arthritis |
15:30 - 16:00 | Close | Sponsor Raffle Draws in the Exhibition Hall |
