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Small Animal I / Small Animal II / Small Animal III / Large Animal / Practice Management / Technician

Small Animal III Speakers

Mandy Wallace

DVM, MS, DACVS-SA

Friday, February 27

  • Soft Tissue Surgery

  • Soft Tissue Surgery

  • Soft Tissue Surgery

  • Soft Tissue Surgery

Bio Coming Soon!

Brigetta Hughes

DVM, MAM, DACPV

 

Friday, February 27

  • Poultry Bootcamp 101- Regulations and Reportable

  • Crossing the Road to Poultry Veterinary Care-Clinical Cases

  • Poultry Small Flock Poultry Analgesia, Anesthesia and Surgery

Dr. Brigetta Hughes received her DVM from the University of Tennessee and Masters in Avian Medicine from PDRC at the University of Georgia. She has 15 years of commercial poultry field experience in addition to private practice and teaching experience. The past 10 years she has busy in diagnostic lab work seeing many poultry cases every day. She is currently the director of the Mitchem Sparks Diagnostic Lab in Boaz, AL. She also serves as an affiliated Professor for the Department of Pathobiology at Auburn University, is among the avian experts on VIN, and is the chair for the Small Flock Committee of the American Association of Avian Pathologists.

TBD

Saturday, February 28

  • TBD

  • TBD

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Aida Vientós-Plotts

DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

Saturday, February 28

  • Internal Medicine/Respiratory

  • Internal Medicine/Respiratory

  • Internal Medicine/Respiratory

  • Internal Medicine/Respiratory

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Nicole Szafranski

DVM, PhD

Sunday, February 28

  • Parasitology

Bio Coming Soon!

Kate Barnes

DVM, MS, DACVS-SA

Sunday, March 1

  • Managing Pelvic Fractures

  • Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease in Small Dogs

  • Knee Problems-What to Do When It’s Not a Cruciate Tear

  • Fracture Management-A Cased Based Discussion

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Monica Tarantino

DVM

Sunday, March 3

  • Introduction to Senior Dog Care Programs

Dr. Tarantino is a small animal veterinarian with a focus on senior and geriatric pets. She has practiced canine and feline medicine for the past nine years where she worked in general practice and emergency medicine and ultimately as Chief of Staff at a 5 doctor practice in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Tarantino is also co-founder of the Senior and Geriatric Dog Veterinary Society and has a podcast called Senior Dog Revolution which focuses on helping pet parents with older dogs. In addition to her work on behalf of senior dogs, Dr. Tarantino has also co-authored two books, the New Vet Jumpstart Guide General Practice and Emergency Medicine Edition which focus on helping new veterinarians succeed in clinical practice.

Molly Brinkmann

DVM

Sunday, March 3

  • Bridging the Gap: How to Communicate More Effectively With Senior Dog Parents

Dr. Brinkmann attended the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine and graduated in 2015.  She completed an equine internship in Colorado where she continued to practice mixed animal medicine for two years.  After moving back to her home state of TN Dr. Brinkmann has practiced primarily in general small animal practice in the Nashville area over the last several years.  She now practices in Franklin, TN at Beauchamp Animal Hospital.  “Dr. Molly” has a growing following on social media which she uses to educate pet owners and provide insight into our world veterinary medicine.  Dr. Brinkmann believes strongly that educated pet owners make the best pet owners and we as veterinary professionals are responsible for much of that education because if we do not educate them the internet will.

Bruce Dell

DPh

Sponsored by

Sunday, February 20

  • The Role of Compounding in Contemporary Veterinary Practice

A pharmacist with more than 40 years of experience, Bruce Dell has practiced in many environments, including a 26 year military career (retiring from the United States Air Force), where he was the Chief Pharmacist at nine duty stations and served as the Pharmacy Consultant for three major commands.  A pharmacy graduate from Ferris State College in Michigan, he also holds a Masters Degree in Health Care Sciences from Central Michigan University.  Throughout his career, he has been an adjunct/associate professor at six pharmacy schools, a pharmacy residency program director and has been licensed in nine states.  As Director of Research, Development and Innovation with Covetrus, he oversees formula evolution and professional training.  He has given more than 400 educational lectures highlighting legislative issues and new veterinary therapeutics available through pharmacy compounding.

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