2025 Summer Conference 

Schedule

June 22-24, 2025

Turf Valley Resort & Conference Center

Ellicott City, MD


Schedule of Events


Sunday, June 22

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

  • Radiation Treatment Options for Animals with Neurological Disease: A Case-Based Presentation
  • What's got ya down? A discussion about intervertebral disc disease from localization and diagnosis to treatment and prognosis

Equine Education Sessions

  • Enhancing Mental Health Support and Service Utilization Among Veterinary Professionals: Continuing the Conversation 
  • Testing and Regulation of Racing and Performance Horses
  • Veterinary Equine Dentistry for the Veterinary Practitioner (Part 1) & (Part 2)

10:50 am - 11:10 am

Break

11:10 am - 12:00 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • A Patient Specific Approach to Osteoarthritis Management

Equine Education Sessions

  • Condylar Fractures, Slab Fractures: Early Detection, Stabilization for Transport and Intervention

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch with Exhibitors

1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • My Patient Has a Front Limb Lameness Now What: Orthopedic Soft Tissue Injuries of the Shoulder
  • Tips and Tricks to a Cruciate Tear Diagnosis and a Surgeons Thoughts on Stifle Braces

Equine Education Sessions

  • Concepts and Techniques of Utilizing CT and Minimally Invasive Osteosynthesis in Equine Orthopedic Repair
  • Meniscal Injury in Sport Horses: Diagnostics and Long-term Outcomes

3:30 pm - 5:00pm

Welcome Reception

Monday, June 23

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

  • Radiology for Technicians
  • Surgical Extraction Tips and Tricks
  • Oral Tumors or Not in Cats
  • Not Just an Old Dog Disease: Changing Mindsets on Canine Osteoarthritis
  • Intra-articular Optios for OA Management in Dogs: 2025 Edition
  • Nutracuticals for Joint Health/Mobility: What’s the Evidence? 2025 Edition

Public Health & Policy

  • NVAP modules

Technician/Practice Management Education Sessions

  • Fear Fights Anesthesia
  • Top 5 Dental Skills Veterinarians Look For in Techs
  • Psychological Safety

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Break with Exhibitors

11:30 am - 12:20 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Canine Cutaneous Autoimmune Diseases: Part 1
  • Emergency Medicine: Ferrets

Public Health & Policy

  • A Landscape of the Veterinary Profession

Technician Education Sessions

  • Sick, Shocked, and Septic: Recognize, Respond, Recover

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

  • Canine Cutaneous Autoimmune Diseases: Part 2
  • Emergency Medicine: Hedgehogs, Sugar gliders, Rodents

Public Health & Policy

  • Tips and Tricks for Health Certificates and Submitting through VEHCS

Technician Education Sessions

  • 20 Ways to Save a Life: Kirby’s Rule in Action

2:50 pm - 3:10 pm

Break with Exhibitors

3:10 pm - 4:00 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Feline Cutaneous Autoimmune Diseases
  • Emergency Medicine: Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Chinchillas

Technician Education Sessions

  • The Utilization Gap: Why It’s Costing You Your Team

4:00 pm

Dinner on Your Own / Free Time

Tuesday, June 24

7:00 am - 3:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am - 10:45 am

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome: Nares & Soft Palate Surgery
  • Brachycephalic Patients: Beyond Airway Surgery
  • Cystotomy & Urethrostomy: Technique & Troubleshooting
  • Canine Sports Medicine
  • Photobiomodulation
  • Regenerative Medicine

Equine Education Sessions

  • Importance of synovial health
  • Prevention of osteoarthritis

Technician Education Sessions

  • The Double Edged Sword of Workplace Communication within VetMed
  • Managing Stress; Controlling the Controllables
  • Leveraging Your Vet Med Superpowers To Navigate Rudeness In The Workplace

10:45 am - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am - 11:50 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Bottoms up! A Fun Dive into Rectal Administration of Medications in the ER setting
  • Strategic Financial Planning

Equine Education Sessions

  • Diagnosis and Management of Lower Airway Disease

Technician/Practice Management Education Sessions

  • Canine and Feline Acupuncture

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Small Animal Education Sessions

  • Staying alive or another one bites the dust?!
  • The Sick Urinary Obstructed Cat
  • Student Loan Management 101

Equine Education Sessions

  • Endocrine disease

Technician/Practice Management Education Sessions

  • Urinary obstructions, bandages/splints/wounds
  • Catheters and tubes