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

Technician Speakers

Andy Roark

DVM, MS

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Saturday, March 1

  • The Essential Guide to Enjoying Vet Medicine: Discovering & Rediscovering Joy

  • Leadership Practices for Building a Fantastic Practice Culture

  • Top Communication Tips for Creating a Great Team

  • Jedi Mind Trick-How to Get Vets to Do What You Want Them to Do

Dr. Andy Roark is a practicing veterinarian, international speaker, author, and media personality. He is the founder of the Uncharted Veterinary Conference and DrAndyRoark.com. He has been an award-winning columnist for DVM360 and the magazine Today’s Veterinary Business. His social media, website, podcast and YouTube show reach millions of people every month.

Dr. Roark has received the NAVC Practice Management Speaker of the Year Award three times, the WVC Practice Management Educator of the Year Award, the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Veterinarian of the Year Award from the South Carolina Association of Veterinarians. His greatest achievement however involves marrying a bad-ass scientist and raising 2 kind and wonderful daughters.

Alyssa Stair

LVMT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia)

Saturday, March 1

  • Capnography for the Veterinary Anesthetist

  • Hypotension: The Cause and Effect

Alyssa is a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anesthesia and Analgesia at The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. She graduated from The University of Tennessee at Martin in 2013, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Animal Science, with a focus in Veterinary Health Technology. Her passions include anything dachshund related, anesthetizing critical cases, teaching anesthesia to clinical year students, promoting continuing education for veterinary technicians, and networking with other colleagues and companies to learn about advances in veterinary medicine to help further extend her current knowledge and skills.

Christine Rutter

DVM, DACVECC

 

Saturday, March 1

  • Managing Bulldogs: Very Demure, Very Mindful

Dr. Christine Rutter is originally from Biloxi, Mississippi and received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Mississippi State University. She was a general practitioner in South Florida before pursuing an ECC internship in Louisville, Kentucky.  She completed an ECC residency at Tufts University and worked in private specialty practice for six years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  She is currently a clinical associate professor at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.  She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care and a member of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.

Christine Rutter

DVM, DACVECC

 

Sunday, March 2

  • Heatstroke: Keep Cool When Things Get Hot

  • Blood Transfusions: What, When and How

Dr. Christine Rutter is originally from Biloxi, Mississippi and received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Mississippi State University. She was a general practitioner in South Florida before pursuing an ECC internship in Louisville, Kentucky.  She completed an ECC residency at Tufts University and worked in private specialty practice for six years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  She is currently a clinical associate professor at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.  She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care and a member of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.

Stephanie Fowler

MLAS, BVT, RLATg

 

Sunday, March 2

  • Canine Bone Marrow Transplant Part 1

  • Canine Bone Marrow Transplant Part 2

Stephanie has been a part of the veterinary field over 20 years.  She has a Master’s in Laboratory Animal Science, Bachelor’s in Veterinary Technology and a certification of a registered Laboratory Animal Technologist.  She has employment experience in mixed animal practices, internal medicine, research, teaching and now in a bone marrow transplant center.

Becky Howell

BS, LVT

Saturday, March 2

  • Adjunct Therapies for Wounds: Hyperbarics, Lasers

  • Wound Management: Bandages and Healing

Becky Howell has worked in Veterinary Medicine since 1997. She graduated from the University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture in 2001 with a BS in Ag Science with a pre-vet focus.  Becky has worked for GP practices, mixed practice (Equine and Small Animal), ER Specialty, necropsy at University of Kentucky Livestock Disease and Diagnostic Lab, adjunct instructor at Chattanooga State Community College and nurse trainer at VCSG. Becky is also wife and mother of 3 boys.

 

Jamie Rauscher

LVT

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Sunday, March 3

  • Title Protection

  • Wages, Compensation & Retention

  • Making Leaders Successful: Growing Your Team to be the Leaders They Can Be

Jamie Rauscher is a Licensed Veterinary Technician at a 24/7 GP/ER practice in Atlanta, GA. She has been with this practice for over 20 years and is both part owner and medical manager. Currently Jamie is the President of the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVT A) and the Vice President of the Georgia Veterinary Technician and Assistant Association (GVTAA). Her interests include anesthesia, pain management, emergency and critical care, and hospice and palliative care. She currently holds certification in RECOVER, Fear Free Elite, Cat Friendly Veterinary Professional, Human Animal Bond, and Hospice and Palliative Care. Additionally, she is currently pursuing her VTS in Emergency and Critical Care and CVBL certification. In her free time, Ms. Rauscher can be found relaxing with her husband and son and their furry family members: a golden retriever and four cats.

Craig Reinemeyer

DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology)

Sunday, February 12

  • What Really Happens in Animal Research

Dr. Reinemeyer is a native of Ohio and graduated cum laude from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1976. After 5 years in mixed animal practice in Kent, Ohio, he returned to OSU to pursue PhD studies on the epidemiology of parasitic nematodes of horses. Dr. Reinemeyer joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine in 1984 and taught veterinary parasitology there for 14 years. Dr. Reinemeyer left academia in 1998 to found East Tennessee Clinical Research, a privately-held contract research organization that conducts pharmaceutical development studies for commercial sponsors. Dr. Reinemeyer is a member of numerous professional organizations and served as the President of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists from 2003 to 2004.

Carrie Thistle

CVT, VTS (ECC)

Sunday, February 20

  • Toxicology for the Veterinary Technician

Carrie has spent the better part of the last 16 years working in emergency and critical care.  She received her CVT in 2010, followed by her VTS (ECC) in 2015.  She is a proud member of the Academy of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Technicians and Nurses and currently sits on their application committee.  Her professional interests include critical care nursing, exotics and wildlife medicine, and technician training.  Carrie is currently working as the Emergency Services Patient Care Manager at Nashville Veterinary Specialists.

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