2008 Symposium Lectures

A detailed program will be available shortly. The Surgical Summit will include the following:

Thursday, October 23

Large Animal

Equine Minimally Invasive Surgery

Timothy Lescun	Minimally Invasive Pastern Arthrodesis
David Wilson	Minimally Invasive Hock Arthrodesis
Dean Hendrickson	Sedation and Local Anesthesia in the Standing Horse
Dwayne Rodgerson	Laparoscopic Assisted Nephrectomy and NSSA
Andreas Klohnen	Laparoscopic Evaluation of the Colic Horse
David Wilson	Laparoscopic Equine Cryptorchidectomy and Inguinal Hernia Repair
Dean Hendrickson	Minimally Invasive Implant Techniques
David Anderson	Bovine Laparoscopy
David Anderson	Bovine Thelioscopy
David Anderson	Bovine Thelioscopy
John Caron	Laparoscopic Equine Ovariectomy

Pain Management

Debra Sellon	Pain: What is It?
Debra Sellon	Pain: How Do We Recognize It?
Debra Sellon	Pain Management: Why Does It Matter?
Debra Sellon	Pain Management: Can We Do Better?

Sports Medicine - Lamness

Roger Smith	Use of CT for Lameness Diagnosis
Roger Smith	Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Enhance Tendon and Ligament Healing
William Redding	Balancing Use of MR and Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Injuries
John Stick	IA Joint Therapies in Performance Horses
Carter Judy	MR Diagnosis of Stifle Lameness
Troy Trumble	Use of Neutraceuticals and Systemic Medications in Performance Horses
Chad Zubrod	MR Diagnosis of Lameness Surrounding the Fetlock
Lisa Fortier	Clinical Use of Platelet Rich Plasma for Tendon and Ligament Injuries
Robin Dabareiner	Evaluation of Poor Performance in Western Performance Horses
Elizabeth Davidson	Rehabilitation Following Injury in Performance Horses
Robert Schneider	The Evolution of New Therapies Following MR Imaging

Small Animal

Elbow Surgery

Kurt Schulz	Principles of Humeral Sliding Osteotomy
Malcolm Ness	Dynamic Ulnar Osteotomy
Dominique Griffon	Algorithm for Arthroscopic Treatment of FCP
Ross Palmer	Arthroscopic Subtotal Medial Coronoidectomy
Noel Fitzpatrick	Humeral Sliding Osteotomy: Clinical Experience
Sherman Canapp	Intra-articular Therapies and Rehabilitation for Elbow OA
Richard Evans	A Systematic Review of Non-surgical Therapy for Elbow OA
Brian Beale	Elbow Arthrosocopy: Strategies to Get the Fragment Out
Noel Fitzpatrick	Radial Head Transfer for Congenital Elbow Luxation
Dominique Griffon	Radio-ulnar Incongruence and Medial Compartment Disease
Michael Conzemius	Elbow Replacement

Neurosurgery

Dominic Marino	Advances in Neuro Imaging: Cine MR, Thermography, Ultrasound, and Helical CT scan
Natasha Olby	Giant Breed Wobbler Syndrome - Treatment by Distraction and Stabilization of the Cervical Spine
Dominic Marino	Chiari Like Malformation in Dogs: Current Concepts
Natasha Olby	Novel Therapies for Acute Spinal Cord Injury- Clinical Trials Targeting Acute and Chronic Phases

Ophthalmologic Surgery

David Wilkie	Microsurgical Techniques Principles and Essentials
David Wilkie	Corneal Surgery - What Can I Do? Part 1
David Wilkie	Corneal Surgery - What Can I Do? Part 2
David Wilkie	Eyelid Surgery - Making Eyelids "Fit" from Bulldog to Shar-Pei
David Wilkie	Eyelid Surgery - Basic Reconstruction
Bryden Stanley	Advanced Eyelid Reconstruction

Sports Medicine - SA

William Liska	THR in Sporting Dogs- Can it Stand the Test?
Alessandro Piras	Stress Remodelling and Fractures in the Racing Athletes, Ethiopatogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
Alessandro Piras	Muscle and Tendon Injuries in Sporting Dogs, Ethiopatogenesis, Classification, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis
Donald Hulse	Biceps Induced Microfracture of the Medial Coronoid Process
Alessandro Piras	Complex Fractures of the Extremities in Sporting Dogs
Sherman Canapp	What's New in Orthopedic Devices (Prosthetics, Orthotics, Braces, etc...)

Thoracic/Respiratory Surgery

Jonathan McAnulty	Update on Chylothorax
Eric Monnet	Pyothorax: Medical or Surgical Treatment
Eric Monnet	Laryngeal Paralysis
Brigitte Brisson	Lung Lobe Torsions
David Holt	Palliation of Tetralogy of Fallot (tentative)
Andrew Kyles	PDA: Ligate vs. Coil (tentative)

Urinary Surgery

Peter Holt	Surery for SMI: Why We Can't Cure Them All
Peter Holt	Treatment Options for Prostatic Disease
Eric Monnet	Laprascopically Assisted Bladder Stone Removal

Friday, October 24

Large Animal

Ophthalmology

David Wilkie	Equine Adnexal Surgery
David Wilkie	Equine Cornea and Intraocular Sugery Part 1
David Wilkie	Equine Cornea and Intraocular Sugery Part II
David Wilkie	Equine Ophthalmic Examination and Interpretation

Equine Sports Medicine - Respiratory

Jonathan Cheetham	Neuroanatomy of the Extrinsic Laryngeal Structures
J. Brett Woodie	Dynamic Upper Airway Evaluation in the Show Horse
Anthony Pease	Imaging of the Upper Airway
Jennifer Brown	Decreasing the Noise Associated with Larynegeal Hemiplegia - What Works?
Norm Ducharme	Laryngeal Electrodiagnostics and Neuroprosthesis
Elizabeth Davidson	Nasopharyngeal Collapse

Small Animal

Complications of Surgery

Mary McLoughlin	Complications Associated with Urinary Tract Surgery
Karen Tobias	Complications Associated with PSS Attenuation.
Jamie Bellah	Ear Surgery: Complicated and Complications
Colin Sereda	Nightmares After Diaphragmatic Herniorrhaphy
Gary Ellison	Dealing with the Complicated Perineal Hernia
D. J. Krahwinkel	Complications Associated with Tracheal Stents

Evidence Based Surgery

Steven Budsberg	Evidence for Use of Nutraceuticals in Osteoarthritis
Amy Kapatkin	Evidence for Use of Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis
Wanda Gordon-Evans	Which NSAID is the Best? The Evidence
Dorothy Brown	Systematic Review of Bone Cancer Palliation
Richard Evans	Tools for Practicing Evidence-based Medicine
Dorothy Brown	Outcome Measures: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Fracture Repair

W. Saunders	Clamp Rod Internal Fixation (CRIF)
Terri Zachos	Adult Stem Cells Potential for Clinical Application
Terri Zachos	An Update on the Use of Growth Factors in Orthopedic Surgery
Dominique Griffon	An Algorithm of Bone Grafting Techniques
Antonio Pozzi	An Introduction to Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPO)
Karl Kraus	String of Pearls (SOP) Fracture Fixation

Oncologic Surgery

Debra Kamstock	Surgical Margins: Pathologist's Perspective
Pat Gavin	Advanced Imaging for Cancer Patients: CT and MRI
Debra Kamstock	Cancer Diagnosis: Histopathology and Immunohistochemistry
Nicholas Bacon	Surgical Margins: Surgeon's Perspective

Special Session

Anesthesia - ACVA

Sandra Perkowski	Acupuncture in Veterinary Medicine: Views from a Scientific Standpoint
Khursheed Mama	Anesthetic Care - Good Medicicne, Good Business
Sandra Perkowski	Dexmedetomidine - a 'New' Sedative
Khursheed Mama	Isoflurane or Sevoflurane
Sandra Perkowski	Perioperative NSAID use: If, What, When, How?
Sandra Perkowski	Practical Anesthetic Protocols: Individualizing Anesthetic Management
Sandra Perkowski	Perioperative Pain Management in Samm Animal Practice - What is the latest?
Khursheed Mama	Management of Cancer Pain - Mechanisms and Treatment Options
Khursheed Mama	Perioperative Pain Management in Equine Practice - What works?
Khursheed Mama	Practical Anesthetic Protocols: Individualizing Anesthetic Management

Technician's Diploma Day: Drain and Wound Management

William Lindsay	Exotic Animal Wound Management
Kevin Benson	Surgery Specialty Academy
Bonnie Campbell	Maximizing Success of Reconstructive Flaps and Grafts
Dale Bjorling	Managing granulating wounds
Phil Zeltzman	Drain Products
Bonnie Campbell	No More Wet to Dry! Maximize Healing with Moist Wound Care
Phil Zeltzman	Drain Management
Dale Bjorling	Wound Healing Review

Saturday, October 25

Large Animal

Gastrointestinal Surgery

Alison Morton	The Effect of NSAIDs on the Colon
Anthony Pease	Ultrasonography of the Postoperative Colic
Andreas Klohnen	Ultrasonography of the Preoperative Colic
Louise Southwood	Can We Improve Intestinal Healing with Growth Factors?
James Moore	CE Lecture
Nathaniel White	Panel Discussion: My Approach to Cecal Impactions
James Moore
Peter Rakestraw	The Inflammatory Nature of Postoperative Ileus
David Freeman	The Nature of Postoperative Ileus
Diana Hassel	Preventing Complications in the Post-Operative Colic: What's New?
Andreas Klohnen	Panel Discussion: Surgical Management of Right Dorsal Colitis
Louise Southwood	Panel Discussion: Surgical Management of Right Dorsal Colitis
Norm Ducharme	Panel Discussion: Surgical Management of Right Dorsal Colitis
Diana Hassel	Panel discussion: My Approach to Cecal Impactions
Peter Rakestraw	Panel discussion: My Approach to Cecal Impactions
David Freeman	Does Jejunocecostomy Deserve its Bad Reputation?

Orthopedic Surgery

Yvonne Elce	The Utility of CT for Challenging Fractures
Jan Hawkins	Using a Sling with Orthopedic Patients
Mark Markel	Bone Grafts and Bone Substitutes; Clinical Applications
Scott McClure	Can Shockwave Therapy Stimulate Fracture Healing?
Mark Markel	Bone Grafts and Bone Substitutes; What's New
Mark Martinelli	Equine Arthroscopic Surgery Utilizing CO2 Insufflation
Elizabeth Santschi	Preventing Orthopedic Infections
Allison Stewart	Tendinitis; MRI versus ultrasonography
Chad Zubrod	Role of MRI in Orthopedic Infections
Dean Richardson	Is the LCP Changing Equine Fracture Repair?
Dean Hendrickson	Pain Management in the Orthopedic Patient

Small Animal

Abdominal Surgery

Eric Monnet	PSS- Celophane Banding an Easy Solution for Intra and Extrahepatic Shunts
Geraldine Hunt	Colonic Resection and Anastomosis
Lynetta Freeman	Surgery Meets Gastroenterology. Take Notes!
Eric Monnet	Minimally Invasive Benefits and Inconveniences
Gary Ellison	Dealing with Atresia Ani in Dogs and Cats

Feline Surgery

Allyson Berent	Ureteral Stents in the Cat
Heidi Hottinger	Revisiting the PU
Jolle Kirpensteijn	Feline Portosystemic Shunts
Eric Monnet	Megacolon Surgery Update
Jolle Kirpensteijn	Laparoscopy in Cats

Hip and Shoulder Surgery

James Cook	What Does Arthroscopic Pathology of the Shoulder Really Mean?
Donald Hulse	Biceps or Supraspinatu Injurys- How Do You Distinguish?
William Liska	Managing THR Complications
William Liska	Micro THR for Small Dogs and Cats
Michael Kowaleski	Cemented or Cementless: Decision-making in Hip Replacement
Ian Holsworth	TPO - Advances in Presurgical Assessment and Surgical Technique

Knee Surgery

Ross Palmer	Cruciate Deficiency and Extreme Tibial Plateau Angles
Antonio Pozzi	More on Medial Meniscal Pathology
William Liska	Total Knee Replacement
Michael Conzemius	Using OATS for Cartilage Lesions
Dominique Griffon	Limb Conformation in Dogs with Patellar Luxation
Ross Palmer	CT and Stereolithography - Tools for Corrective Osteotomies
Ross Palmer	Corrective Femoral Osteotomy - What We Do and Do Not Know.
Vicki Wilke	Genetic Basis of CCLR
Dominique Griffon	Tibial Osteotomies and Predisposition to CCL Disease
Brian Beale	Partial CrCL Tears - What Are My Treatment Options and Expected Outcome?
Brian Beale	TPLO in Small Dogs - Expected Outcome and Complications

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Philipp Mayhew	Expanding Indications for Laproscopy
Lynetta Freeman	Notes: Natural Orifice Surgery
Clarence Rawlings
Eric Monnet	Thoracoscopy in Small Animal Surgery
Janet Kovak	Indications for Conversion of Laproscopy to Laparotomy

Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery

John Lewis	Interactive Case
John Lewis	Mandibulectomy Techniques
Alexander Reiter	Maxillectommy Techniques
John Lewis	Work-up of Patients with Oral Neoplasia
Alexander Reiter	Interactive Case
Alexander Reiter	Oral Tumors in Dogs and Cats

Orthopedic Oncology

Sarah Boston	Skull Resection and Orbitectomy
Alon Kramer	Hemipelvectomy: Technique Overview, Variations and Descriptions
James Farese	Limb-sparing Surgery: Stereotactic Radiation
Sarah Boston	Limb-sparing Surgery: Intraoperative Extracorporeal Radiation
Bernard Seguin	Limb-sparing Surgery: Ulnar Rollover
Nicole Ehrhart	Limb-sparing Surgery: Bone Transport Osteogenesis
Julius Liptak	Limb-sparing Surgery: Endoprosthesis
William Dernell	Limb-sparing Surgery: Cortical Allograft

Wounds/Reconstruction

Geraldine Hunt	Skin Fold Advancement Flaps- Clinical Case Examples
Bryden Stanley	Reconstructive Disasters- What Should Have Been Done!
Geraldine Hunt	The Awkward Wound
Bryden Stanley	Approach to the "Non-Healing" Wound
Bonnie Campbell	History of Wound Care and Evolution of Dressings
Otto Lanz	Mechanicals Adjuncts to Wound Healing

Special Session

Emergency & Critical Care - VECCS

Lisa Powell	Causes of Respiratory Failure
Lisa Powell	Mechanical Ventilation: The Basics
Lisa Powell	Human Serum Albumin
Benjamin Brainard	Anesthesia and Analgesia for the Patient with Increased ICP
Benjamin Brainard	Hypercoagulable States and the Surgical Patient Testing and Treating the Hypercoagulable
Benjamin Brainard	Anesthesia for Ventilated Patient
Lisa Powell	Ventilator - Associated Pneumonia

Large Exotic Animal Surgery

Dean Hendrickson	Laparoscopic Vasectomy in Free Ranging Bull Elephants
Jeff Zuba	Anesthesia for Elephant Laparoscopy
G. Lynn Richardson	Large Exotic Surgery at the Wild Animal Park
Joseph Foerner	Elephant Castration
William Lindsay	Working with Circus Elephants
Rebecca Lin	Fracture Fixation in Polar Bears

Veterinary Technician Program

Pedro Rivera	Veterinary Massage and Rehab Therapy
Rebeccah Vaughan	Cardiac Cycle and ECG refresher
Pedro Rivera	Acupressure and Herbology - What Vet Techs Should Know
Rebeccah Vaughan	Recognizing Cardiac Arrythmias
Khursheed Mama	Pain Management for Specific Surgeries
Paul Manley	THR - A Fad or the Real Deal?
Pedro Rivera	Veterinary Massage and Rehab Therapy
Pedro Rivera	Acupressure and Herbology - What Vet Techs Should Know