Schedule


2024 Summer Conference

Schedule

Ashore Resort & Beach Club - Ocean City, MD

June 20-22, 2024


Schedule of Events


Thursday, June 20

7:00 am - 3:30 pm

Registration Desk Open

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am - 10:50 am

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Nutritional Management of Gastrointestinal Conditions
  • Nutritional Management of Food Allergies
  • Nutritional Management of Urinary Conditions

Equine Education Sessions

  • Skull and Jaw Fracture Management
  • Wound Management / Skin Grafts
  • Reproductive Surgery - Laproscopy

10:50 am - 11:10 am

Break

11:10 am - 12:00 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Paws and Progress: Standards and Novel Approaches to Lymphoma Treatment for Canine and Feline Large Cell Lymphoma

Equine Education Sessions

  • What's New in Equine Rehabilitation

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch with Exhibitors

1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Bladder Battles: Unveiling the Latest in Canine Transitional Cell Carcinoma Care
  • Caring Compassionately: Preventing and Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects in Dogs and Cats

Equine Education Sessions

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Proximal Suspensory Ligament Desmitis

3:30 pm - 5:00pm

Welcome Reception

Friday, June 21

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am - 11:00 am

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Should We Prescribe Antibiotics? An Update on the Treatment of Canine Pyoderma
  • Evidence-based Update in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cat Hypersensitivities
  • Cutaneous Manifestation of Internal Diseases
  • Oncology Tips for the Primary Care Veterinarian
  • Mast Cell Tumor: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations
  • Novel Diagnostic and Treatment Options in Veterinary Oncology

Equine Education Sessions

  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options for Equine Back Pain - Imaging 
  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options for Equine Back Pain - Treatment
  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options for Equine Back Pain - Rehab

Technician/Practice Management Education Sessions

  • Title Protection? New Legislation in Maryland
  • Be the Local Hero! Local Anesthesia Pro Tips
  • Effects of the Human Animal Bond on the Veterinary Professional

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Break with Exhibitors

11:30 am - 12:20 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • HPAI Preparedness and Response 2022-2024 Lessons Learned

Equine Education Sessions

  • Neuro Emergencies

Technician Education Sessions

  • Review of Cardiac Therapies for Veterinary Technicians and Cardiac Medications

12:20 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch with Exhibitors / General Membership Meeting, Legislative Update & Officer Installation

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Head Trauma
  • Animal Health Certification for International Travel and Export

Equine Education Sessions

  • Neuro Emergencies

Technician Education Sessions

  • Syncope

2:50 pm - 3:10 pm

Break with Exhibitors

3:10 pm - 4:00 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Vestibular Disease
  • The Importance of Veterinarians in Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Lessons Learned from COVID and HPAI

Equine Education Sessions

  • Common Neuro Diseases

Technician Education Sessions

  • Anesthesia and Cardiac Disease

4:00 pm

Dinner on Your Own / Free Time

Saturday, June 22

7:00 am - 3:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am - 11:00 am

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Recovery CRI
  • Oxygen Therapies
  • Evaluation and Stabilization of Respiratory Emergencies for Referral
  • Updates on PIMO and CHF
  • DCM
  • Cardiac Diseases in Cats

Equine Education Sessions

  • Equine Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy
  • The Recumbent Horse
  • Muscular Diseases

Technician Education Sessions

  • Pain Protocols and How They Impact Anesthesia
  • Induction Agents and How they Impact Gas Anesthesia
  • Monitoring Monitors: You're Seeing the Past. How to Prep for the Future.

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Break

11:30 am - 12:20 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Feline Gingivitis/Somatitis
  • Utilization of Owner Tracking Devices in Veterinary Practices

Equine Education Sessions

  • When to Refer Colic - U/S Assessment

Technician/Practice Management Education Sessions

  • The 3 S's of Hiring - Savvy, Smart, and Secure

12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

Lunch

1:20 pm - 3:00 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Difficult Extractions
  • Tooth Resorption
  • Genetic Testing in General Practice

Equine Education Sessions

  • Colic Surgery
  • Septic Synovial Structures

Technician/Practice Management Education Sessions

  • De-escalation and Verbal Communication Part I & II
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