Wild West Veterinary Conference 2008

October 15
October 16
October 17
October 18
October 19

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Sessions	Instructor	Session Title

Front Office Staff Training Module 8:30 AM - 4:45 PM	Karyn Gavzer MBA, CVPM, DVM,Suzanne Hetts PhD, CAAB,Enid Traisman MSW,Margie Wood MS	Front Office Training Module

Laboratory 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Thomas Catanzaro DVM, MHA, FACHE	Building a Program-Based Budget for Your Practice

Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Animal Care Building Construction Requirements, Costs & Process
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Suzanne Hetts PhD, CAAB	Proactive Planning for the Delivery of Behavior Care
Pre Lab Lecture 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Randy Hutchison DVM,Eric Monnet DVM, PhD	Laparoscopy Pre-Lecture

Small Animal 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Joseph Bojrab DVM, MS, PhD	Surgery for the Stomach

The Changing Face of Veterinary Medicine 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Karen Faunt DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM,Karen Felsted CPA, MS, DVM, CVPM,Eleanor Green DVM, DACVIM, DABVP,Mary Beth Leininger DVM,Marguerite Pappaioanou DVM, MPVM, PhD	The Changing Face of Veterinary Medicine

Vet Tech Academy 8:30 AM - 9:00 PM	Thomas Catanzaro DVM, MHA, FACHE,Martin David DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVP,Suzanne Hetts PhD, CAAB	Veterinary Technician Academy - Core 1

Vet Tech Academy 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Joseph Bojrab DVM, MS, PhD,Gary Goldstein DVM, FAVD, DAVDC,Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Veterinary Technician Academy - Core 2

Vet Tech Academy 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM	Martin David DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVP,Robert Hamlin DVM, PhD, DACVIM,Steven Mensack VMD, DACVECC	Veterinary Technician Academy - Core 3
Vet Tech Academy 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM	Steven Mensack VMD, DACVECC,Enid Traisman MSW	Veterinary Technician Academy - Core 4

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Sessions	Instructor	Session Title

Chuck Wagon Breakfast 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Plumbing Systems

Chuck Wagon Lunch 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Mechanical Systems

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Patricia Kortekaas PT	Osteopathic Approach to Canine Musculoskeletal Dysfunctions

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Patricia Kortekaas PT	The Canine Diaphragm: A Complex Issue

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Patricia Kortekaas PT	Treatment of the Canine Lumbo-Pelvic Paradigm

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Patricia Kortekaas PT	Understanding the Biomechanics of the Canine Gait

Equine 1 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Daniel Burba DVM, Dip. ACVS	Basic principles of skin grafting in horses.

Equine 1 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Daniel Burba DVM, Dip. ACVS	Management of Degloving Injuries in Horses

Equine 1 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Daniel Burba DVM, Dip. ACVS	Management of Distal Limb Wounds in Horses

Equine 1 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Daniel Burba DVM, Dip. ACVS	Management of Hoof Injuries in Horses

Equine 2 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Virginia Reef DVM	Arthrosonography of the Front and Hind Limbs

Equine 2 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Virginia Reef DVM	Can You Hear the Heartbeat

Equine 2 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Virginia Reef DVM	Cardiovascular Abnormalities Associated with Poor Performance in Sport Horses

Equine 2 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Virginia Reef DVM	Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Dilemmas

Exotics 1 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Cathy Johnson-Delaney DVM, DABVP-Avian	Neoplasia in Ferrets

Exotics 1 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Cathy Johnson-Delaney DVM, DABVP-Avian	Respiratory Diseases in Small Mammals

Exotics 1 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Barbara Oglesbee DVM	Working Up the Pet Bird with Disorders of the Respiratory Tract Part I respiratory tract, Part I .

Exotics 1 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Barbara Oglesbee DVM	Working Up the Pet Bird with Disorders of the Respiratory Tract Part II respiratory tract, Part II

Food Animal 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Chris Chase DVM	Primary Immune Response to Vaccines

Food Animal 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Chris Chase DVM	The Neonatal Calf Immune Response and Overcoming the Maternal Antibody

Food Animal 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Chris Chase DVM	The Science of Passive Immunity: What is Necessary and Why

Food Animal 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Chris Chase DVM	When is the Right Time to Vaccinate the Cow

Laboratory 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Virginia Reef DVM	Equine Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Laboratory 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Everett Aronson DVM	Interactive Thoracic Radiology
Laboratory 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Randy Hutchison DVM,Eric Monnet DVM, PhD	Laparoscopic Ovariectomy

Laboratory 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Everett Aronson DVM	Lung Patterns

Laboratory 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Joseph Bojrab DVM, MS, PhD	Suturing for Veterinary Technicians/Students

Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Cathy Johnson-Delaney DVM, DABVP-Avian	Geriatric Care of Exotic Small Mammals
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Indoor Air Quality, Odor and Airborne Disease Control
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Edward Branam DVM	Protecting Your Assets: What Everyone Must Know to Mitigate Legal Liability Exposure

Practice Leadership 1 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Philip Seibert, Jr. CVT	Simple Solutions to OSHA Problems in the Practice - Part III

Practice Leadership 1 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Philip Seibert, Jr. CVT	Simple Solutions to OSHA Problems in the Practice Part I

Practice Leadership 1 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Philip Seibert, Jr. CVT	Simple Solutions to OSHA Problems in the Practice Part II

Practice Leadership 1 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Philip Seibert, Jr. CVT	Simple Solutions to OSHA Problems in the Practice Part IV

Practice Leadership 2 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Julie Singer,Susan Strattman CVPM	Human Resources - Managing the Practice's Greatest Asset

Practice Leadership 2 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Julie Singer,Susan Strattman CVPM	Law & Ethics - Walking a Fine Line

Practice Leadership 2 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Julie Singer,Susan Strattman CVPM	Marketing & Financial - Promoting the Business & Managing the Finances

Practice Leadership 2 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Julie Singer,Susan Strattman CVPM	Organization of Practice - Essential Business Systems

Practice Leadership 3 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Thomas Catanzaro DVM, MHA, FACHE	Care & Feeding of Practice Synergistic Leadership

Practice Leadership 3 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Thomas Catanzaro DVM, MHA, FACHE	Evolutionary Practice Cultures; Creating the Learning Organization

Practice Leadership 3 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Thomas Catanzaro DVM, MHA, FACHE	The Delicate Art of Team Development Enhanced Practice Healthcare Delivery

Practice Leadership 3 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Thomas Catanzaro DVM, MHA, FACHE	With Uncommon Leadership, Empowerment Skills Can Be Learned With Uncommon Leadership, Empowerment Skills Can Be Learned

Pre Lab Lecture 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Joseph Bojrab DVM, MS, PhD	Surgery Prep Lab

Pre Lab Lecture 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Stephanie Essman DVM, MS, DACVR	Ultrasound PreLab Beginning and Intermediate/Advanced

Small Animal 1 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Lisa Brownlee DVM, DAMS	Chronic Hepatopathies in Dogs

Small Animal 1 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Lisa Brownlee DVM, DAMS	Hypoadrenocorticism

Small Animal 1 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Lisa Brownlee DVM, DAMS	Parathyroid Diseases

Small Animal 1 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Lisa Brownlee DVM, DAMS	Rare Endocrinopathies

Small Animal 2 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	William Liska DVM, DACVS	Iditarod Sled Dog Race: A Veterinarian's Experience

Small Animal 2 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	William Liska DVM, DACVS	Management of Hip Problems in Dogs and Cats Part 1

Small Animal 2 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	William Liska DVM, DACVS	Management of Hip Problems in Dogs and Cats Part 2

Small Animal 2 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	William Liska DVM, DACVS	Management of Hip Problems in Dogs and Cats Part 3

Small Animal 3 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Andrea Oncken DVM, DACVECC	Cough, Hack, Gag, Wheeze: Evaluating the Respiratory Distress Patient

Small Animal 3 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Andrea Oncken DVM, DACVECC	Take a Deep Breath....Diagnostic Options for the Patient in Respiratory Distress

Small Animal 3 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Andrea Oncken DVM, DACVECC	What To Do When the Cat Turns Blue: Treatment Strategies for the Feline Respiratory Distress Patient

Small Animal 3 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Andrea Oncken DVM, DACVECC	What To Do When the Dog Turns Blue: Treatment Strategies for the Canine Respiratory Distress Patient

Small Animal 4 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Paul Barrett Dip ACVO	Corneal Ulceration Equine Ophthalmology

Small Animal 4 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Paul Barrett Dip ACVO	Diseases of the Lens and Current Advances in Cataract Surgery

Small Animal 4 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Paul Barrett Dip ACVO	Introduction to Ophthalmology

Small Animal 4 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Paul Barrett Dip ACVO	There is Always Junk in My Dog s Eyes- Lacrimal Diseases in the Dog
Small Animal 5 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Amy Randall DVM	Dermatologic Clinical Pearls

Small Animal 5 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Amy Randall DVM	Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus sp.

Small Animal 5 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Amy Randall DVM	Pseudomonas Otitis Externa and Media

Small Animal 5 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Amy Randall DVM	Vasculopathies

Small Animal 6 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Otto Lanz DVM	Axial Pattern Flaps in Dogs/Axial Pattern Flaps in Cats

Small Animal 6 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Otto Lanz DVM	Complications Associated with Reconstructive Surgery

Small Animal 6 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Otto Lanz DVM	Extremity and Facial Reconstructive

Small Animal 6 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Otto Lanz DVM	Vacuum Assisted Closure in Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Technician 3 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Analgesic Update

Veterinary Technician 3 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Balanced Anesthesia
Veterinary Technician 3 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Gary Goldstein DVM, FAVD, DAVDC	Marketing Veterinary Dentistry in Your Practice

Veterinary Technician 3 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Peri-operative Pain Management

Veterinary Technician 3 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Respiratory Monitoring and Management
Veterinary Technician 3 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Sharon Patton MS, PhD	What Are You Missing? Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Fecal Examinations

Wellness & Human-Animal Bond 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Steve Dale	Brain Dead Fat Cats: Why We Must Enrich Our Cats' Lives

Wellness & Human-Animal Bond 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Steve Dale	Dogs Weren't Bred to Be Couch Potatoes: Why We Must Enrich our Dogs' Life

Wellness & Human-Animal Bond 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Karen Koks BVSc	HAB is really a diagnostic quest

Wellness & Human-Animal Bond 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Karen Koks BVSc	Staff based delivery programs

Friday, October 17, 2008
Sessions	Instructor	Session Title

Chuck Wagon Breakfast 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Johnny Slaughter DVM	Brother in the Bush - by Johnny Slaughter DVM

Chuck Wagon Breakfast 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Electrical Systems, Lighting and Fire Protection

Chuck Wagon Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Animal Care Construction: Less Bark and Bite for your Buck
Chuck Wagon Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Cathy Johnson-Delaney DVM, DABVP-Avian	Feeding the Insectivorous Pet
Chuck Wagon Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Edward Branam DVM	Topical Issues in Veterinary Liability Exposure and Control

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Mona Boudreaux DVM	Tips to Create a Complementary Veterinary Practice and Make it Profitable

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Mona Boudreaux DVM	Traditional Chinese Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Gastrointestinal Disorders

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Mona Boudreaux DVM	Traditional Chinese Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Neuromuscular Disorders

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Mona Boudreaux DVM	Traditional Chinese Medical Perspectives to Common Western Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals: energetics, interactions and substitutions.

Equine 1 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Thomas Johnson DVM	Diagnosis and Treatment of Periodontal and Tooth Diseases in Horses

Equine 1 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Thomas Johnson DVM	Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Common Equine Dental Malocclusions

Equine 1 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Thomas Johnson DVM	Successful Incorporation of Equine Dentistry in Your Practice

Equine 1 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Thomas Johnson DVM	What Do Clients Expect Providing Equine Dentistry to Today's Horse Owner
Equine 2 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Sally Vivrette DVM	Management of Medical-Based Emergencies in the Field Part 1

Equine 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Sally Vivrette DVM	Management of Medical-Based Emergencies in the Field Part 2

Equine 2 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Sally Vivrette DVM	Optimizing Health and Survival of Neonatal Foals in the Field Part 1

Equine 2 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Sally Vivrette DVM	Optimizing Health and Survival of Neonatal Foals in the Field Part 2

Exotics 1 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Cathy Johnson-Delaney DVM, DABVP-Avian	Cardiology of Small Mammals

Exotics 1 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	E. Scott Weber III DVM, MSc	Casting: Imaging Techniques Used in Fish Patients

Exotics 1 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Terry Crowder BS Pharm, R.Ph. MBA, Ph.D	Compounding for Exotic Animals - Special Considerations for Special Animals

Exotics 1 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Johnny Slaughter DVM	Digital Photography for Profit and Protection

Exotics 1 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Cathy Johnson-Delaney DVM, DABVP-Avian	Practical Non-human Primate Medicine and Dentistry

Exotics 1 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	E. Scott Weber III DVM, MSc	Tying Flies: Fish Medicine 101

Exotics 2 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Barbara Oglesbee DVM	Liver Disease in Pet Birds

Exotics 2 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Barbara Oglesbee DVM	Working Up the Pet Bird with Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract gastrointestinal tract

Food Animal 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	George Barrington DVM	Biosecurity in Alpaca Operations & Recent Diseases of Interest

Food Animal 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	George Barrington DVM	Contemporary Thoughts on Coliform Mastitis

Food Animal 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	George Barrington DVM	Goats: Passive Transfer of Immunity and Infectious Causes of Abortion

Food Animal 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	George Barrington DVM	Johne's Disease - A Review and Current Thoughts

Laboratory 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Joseph Bojrab DVM, MS, PhD	Abdominal Surgery Lab

Laboratory 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Patricia Kortekaas PT	Osteopathic Physical Therapy/Manual Techniques

Laboratory 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Dan Lavach DVM	Small Animal Ophtho Surgery

Laboratory 1:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Stephanie Essman DVM, MS, DACVR	Small Animal Ultrasound - Intermediate/Advanced

Laboratory 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Stephanie Essman DVM, MS, DACVR	Ultrasound - Small Animal - Beginning

Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Thomas Johnson DVM	Case Presentations
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Green Building Engineering for Animal Care Facilities
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Suzanne Hetts PhD, CAAB	Learn to See What Your Patients Are Telling You
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	E. Scott Weber III DVM, MSc	Life In a Fish Bowl: The Job of an Aquarium Veterinarian and Coming Out of Your Shell: Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Enid Traisman MSW	Memorializing and Art Therapy: Valuable for Self, Clients and Staff
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Bonnie Lutz Esq.	Status of Non-Economic Damages in Veterinary Malpractice/ Other Veterinary Malpractice Issues
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Thomas Catanzaro DVM, MHA, FACHE	The Practice Success Prescription: Team-Based Healthcare Delivery

Practice Leadership 1 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Philip Seibert, Jr. CVT	Keeping Controlled Drugs Under Control

Practice Leadership 1 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Philip Seibert, Jr. CVT	Painless Medical Records

Practice Leadership 1 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Philip Seibert, Jr. CVT	Rules for Operating a Veterinarian Pharmacy Part I

Practice Leadership 1 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Philip Seibert, Jr. CVT	Rules for Operating a Veterinarian Pharmacy Part II

Practice Leadership 2 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Julie Singer,Susan Strattman CVPM	Communication, Accountability and Leadership for Owners and Managers

Practice Leadership 2 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Julie Singer,Susan Strattman CVPM	How to Build Effective Teams in Real Time

Practice Leadership 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Julie Singer,Susan Strattman CVPM	How to Put Practice's Whole Brain to Work

Practice Leadership 2 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Julie Singer,Susan Strattman CVPM	How to Use Operational Innovations to Transform Your Practice
Practice Leadership 3 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Madan Khare' DVM, MS, PhD	18 Sins and 8 Diseases of a Practice Manager

Practice Leadership 3 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Madan Khare' DVM, MS, PhD	75 Ways to Get Burn Notice from Board or Court

Practice Leadership 3 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Madan Khare' DVM, MS, PhD	Employees Come First, Otherwise Learn 35 Ways to Lose Them

Practice Leadership 3 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Madan Khare' DVM, MS, PhD	One-Click Medical Record Plus 31 Medical/Dental Forms Arsenal

Pre Lab Lecture 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Johnny Slaughter DVM	Photography Pre Lab
Pre Lab Lecture 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Fred Pike DVM	Small Animal Ortho Lab

Small Animal 1 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Paul Gibbons DVM	ABVP Certification Workshop

Small Animal 1 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Rick LeCouteur BVSc, PhD	Canine and Feline Spinal Cord Diseases

Small Animal 1 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Rick LeCouteur BVSc, PhD	How to Approach Brain Disease in Small Animals

Small Animal 1 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Rick LeCouteur BVSc, PhD	Neuromuscular Disorders of Dogs and Cats

Small Animal 1 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Rick LeCouteur BVSc, PhD	Update on Seizure Management in Cats and Dogs.

Small Animal 2 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Wendy Baltzer DVM, PhD, DACUS	Joint Disease in Cats: Not Just Degenerative Joint Disease

Small Animal 2 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Wendy Baltzer DVM, PhD, DACUS	Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal and Neurologic Disorders with Rehabilitation Part 1

Small Animal 2 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Wendy Baltzer DVM, PhD, DACUS	Rehabilitation in Small Animals Part 2: Modalities that Don't Require a Treadmill

Small Animal 2 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Wendy Baltzer DVM, PhD, DACUS	Therapeutic Lasers in Small Animals

Small Animal 3 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Anesthetizing the High-Risk Patient

Small Animal 3 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Blood Pressure Monitoring & Management

Small Animal 3 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Peri-operative Pain Management

Small Animal 3 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Heidi Shafford DVM, PhD, DACVA	Respiratory Monitoring & Management
Small Animal 4 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Barbara Kitchell DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM	Hemangiosarcoma - New Horizons

Small Animal 4 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Barbara Kitchell DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM	Histiocytic Diseases - An Emerging Issue

Small Animal 4 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Barbara Kitchell DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM	New Drugs in Oncology

Small Animal 4 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Barbara Kitchell DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM	News in Osteosarcoma

Small Animal 5 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Claudia Kirk DVM, PhD	Nutraceuticals in Private Practice

Small Animal 5 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Claudia Kirk DVM, PhD	Nutrition and Heart Disease in Dogs

Small Animal 5 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Claudia Kirk DVM, PhD	Pharmaceutical Management of Obesity

Small Animal 5 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Claudia Kirk DVM, PhD	Strategies for Home Made Diets in Dogs and Cats

Small Animal 6 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Catherine Mullin VMD, MS	Canine Distemper Virus (CDV)

Small Animal 6 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Catherine Mullin VMD, MS	Happy Cats - How can you optimize your feline housing

Small Animal 6 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Catherine Mullin VMD, MS	Outbreak What is causing it and how can your pathologist help

Small Animal 6 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Catherine Mullin VMD, MS	Theres a fungus among us

Veterinary Technician 1 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Gary Goldstein DVM, FAVD, DAVDC	Common Canine Oral Pathology Part 1

Veterinary Technician 1 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Gary Goldstein DVM, FAVD, DAVDC	Common Canine Oral Pathology Part 2

Veterinary Technician 1 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Amy Randall DVM	Conducting a Food Trial

Veterinary Technician 1 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Amy Randall DVM	History Taking and Client Communication Skills for Allergic Patients

Veterinary Technician 2 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Andrea Oncken DVM, DACVECC	Keeping Cool Under Fire: Triage, Diagnostics and Treatment of the Respiratory Distress Patient

Veterinary Technician 2 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Andrea Oncken DVM, DACVECC	Keeping the Critically Ill Patient Pain Free, Comfortable, and Alive Is this Really Possible

Veterinary Technician 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Andrea Oncken DVM, DACVECC	Stabilizing Your Own Heart Rate and Blood Pressure During a CPR

Veterinary Technician 2 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Andrea Oncken DVM, DACVECC	Untangling the Tubes and Wires; Instrumentation of the Critically Ill Patient

Veterinary Technician 3 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Craig Ruaux PhD MACVSc	Inflammatory Bowel Disease: What Is It and What Do Our Patients and Clients Experience

Veterinary Technician 3 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Craig Ruaux PhD MACVSc	Managing the canine and feline pancreatitis case

Veterinary Technician 3 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Patricia Kortekaas PT	Physical Applications in the Vet Tech Workplace

Veterinary Technician 3 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Patricia Kortekaas PT	Understanding the Biomechanics of the Canine Spine, Cranium and Gait

Wellness & Human-Animal Bond 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Steve Dale	Cats Are the Rodney Dangerfield of Pets

Wellness & Human-Animal Bond 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Linda Lehman-Murphy	Compassion Fatigue - The Last Straw

Wellness & Human-Animal Bond 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Linda Lehman-Murphy	Good Grief - Creating an Enriching Culture of Companioning

Wellness & Human-Animal Bond 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Steve Dale	Why Cats Don't Go Visit the Vet: How to Market Your Practice for Cats

Saturday, October 18, 2008
Sessions	Instructor	Session Title

Chuck Wagon Breakfast 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Noise Control

Chuck Wagon Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Bonnie Lutz Esq.	Alteration of Medical Records in the Computer Age / Other Issues Related to Veterinary Medical Board Investigations
Chuck Wagon Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Scott Learned MS, MBA, PE	Design Forum
Chuck Wagon Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Paul Gibbons DVM	Problem-Solving in Reptile Practice

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Lynelle Graham DVM, MS,CVA, DACVA	Everything You Need to Know about Yunnan Baiyao: a simple and effective herbal therapeutic

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Mona Boudreaux DVM	Traditional Chinese Medical Food Therapy and Common Applications in Daily Practice: Part II

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Mona Boudreaux DVM	Traditional Chinese Medical Food Therapy and Common Applications in Daily Practice : Part I

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Lynelle Graham DVM, MS,CVA, DACVA	Traditional Chinese Medical Therapies for Bleeding Disorders

Equine 1 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Jerry Black DVM	Diagnosis and Treatment of Hind Limb Lameness in the Western Stock Horse

Equine 1 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Jerry Black DVM	Distal Limb Lameness Associated with Chronic Heel Pain, Navicular Syndrome and Foot Imbalance

Equine 1 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Jerry Black DVM	Management of Equine Joint Disease and Lameness

Equine 1 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Jerry Black DVM	Purchase Examination of the Western Performance Horse
Equine 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Juan Samper DVM, Dip ACT	Diagnosis and Therapy of the Subfertile Mare

Equine 2 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Juan Samper DVM, Dip ACT	New Methods for Artificial Insemination

Equine 2 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Juan Samper DVM, Dip ACT	Uses and Abuses of Hormones and Broodmare Practice

Equine 2 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Juan Samper DVM, Dip ACT	Using the Ultrasound to Maximize Reproductive Efficiency

Exotics 1 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Paul Gibbons DVM	A Clinician's Guide to Reptile Husbandry

Exotics 1 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Paul Gibbons DVM	Evaluating the Clinical Attributes of Reptiles

Exotics 1 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	E. Scott Weber III DVM, MSc	Getting Hooked: Anesthesia, Surgery and Endoscopy in Fish Patients

Exotics 1 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	E. Scott Weber III DVM, MSc	Trolling: Necropsy, Parasitology, and Common infectious/Non-infectious ailments in Fish Medicine

Food Animal 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Dale Moore DVM	Calves on Drugs

Food Animal 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Dale Moore DVM	Cows Leaving the Dairy Farm: It's Not a Vacation

Food Animal 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Dale Moore DVM	Current Topics in Calf Health: A Critical Appraisal of the Literature

Food Animal 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Dale Moore DVM	Monitoring the Process in Neonatal Calf-Rearing

Laboratory 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Gregory Hanson RVT, VTS (Anesthesia)	Anesthesia Case Presentations - What Would You Do

Laboratory 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Johnny Slaughter DVM	Beginning Photography Lab
Laboratory 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Craig Cornell RVT,Gregory Hanson RVT, VTS (Anesthesia)	CPR Lab

Laboratory 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Craig Cornell RVT	ECG Interpretation

Laboratory 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Juan Samper DVM, Dip ACT	Hysteroscopy and Deep Horn Insemination Techniques

Laboratory 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Johnny Slaughter DVM	Intermediate/Advanced Photography Lab

Laboratory 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Fred Pike DVM	Small Animal Ortho Lab - Stifle, Patella

Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Barret Bulmer DVM	An Update on Cardiomyopathic Disease in Dogs and Cats
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Enid Traisman MSW	Euthanasia, Aftercare and Memorializing
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Susan Little DVM	Management of cats with urethral obstruction
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Terry Crowder BS Pharm, R.Ph. MBA, Ph.D	Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus MRSA - Superbug
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Jacqui Neilson DVM	Pawsitive Prevention of Behavioral Problems
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Jerry Black DVM	Selected Lameness Case Presentations
Late Show 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Ken Firestein MLS	Web-Based Information Mining and Dissemination Tools

Practice Leadership 2 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Debbie Hill CVPM	Creating Job Descriptions & Training Options

Practice Leadership 2 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Debbie Hill CVPM	Managerial Accounting - We Have An Accountant So Why Do I Need to Know This

Practice Leadership 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Debbie Hill CVPM	Marketing Basics For Veterinary Practices

Practice Leadership 2 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Debbie Hill CVPM	Why Do I Need an Employee Manual & Policies

Practice Leadership 2 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Jeff Thoren DVM, ACC	World CafE: Building a Financially Healthy Practice

Practice Leadership 2 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Jeff Thoren DVM, ACC	World CafE: Creating a More Collaborative Workplace

Practice Leadership 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Jeff Thoren DVM, ACC	World CafE: Discovering a Sustainable Leadership Model for Your Business

Practice Leadership 2 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Jeff Thoren DVM, ACC	World CafE: Entitlement vs. Accountability - Strategies to Develop Personal Responsibility

Practice Leadership 3 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Karl Salzsieder DVM, JD	How Do I Manage My Practice to Generate Practice Cash

Practice Leadership 3 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Karl Salzsieder DVM, JD	How to Increase Practice Value 100,000 in 2 Years

Practice Leadership 3 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Karl Salzsieder DVM, JD	How to Make a Win-Win Practice Sale

Practice Leadership 3 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Karl Salzsieder DVM, JD	Practice Succession Planning (How Do I Sell or Find a Buyer )

Small Animal 1 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Craig Ruaux PhD MACVSc	Chronic Enteropathies in the Dog

Small Animal 1 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Craig Ruaux PhD MACVSc	Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatitis in the Era of PLI (Canine and Feline)

Small Animal 1 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Craig Ruaux PhD MACVSc	Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: As Always Cats are not Dogs

Small Animal 1 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Craig Ruaux PhD MACVSc	The Chronically Vomiting Cat

Small Animal 2 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Susan Little DVM	Feline Herpesvirus and Calicivirus Infections: What s New

Small Animal 2 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Susan Little DVM	Feline Hypertension: Why You Should Measure Blood Pressure

Small Animal 2 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Susan Little DVM	Idiopathic Cystitis in Cats: Diagnosis and Management

Small Animal 2 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Susan Little DVM	The Importance of Feline Oral Health

Small Animal 3 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Kevin Stepaniuk DVM, FAVD, DAVDC