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Free CE: Update on the 10th Annual Chesapeake Veterinary Referral Center Spring Meeting
The 10th Annual CVRC Spring Conference is being held March 22 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, Maryland. The FREE event, which provides 6 hours of Maryland-approved CE and includes lunch, is sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition, Antech, CyberKnife and Nutramax.
The agenda:
- Update on Veterinary Oncology - Janet Peterson, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM - Specialty of Oncology
- Immune-mediated Disease of the Eye - Jennifer Hyman, VMD, Diplomate ACVO
- No Scalpels Allowed! Using CyberKnife Radiosurgery to Treat Commonly Diagnosed Tumors - Siobhan Haney, VMD, MS, DACVR (RO), MBA
- Lunch
- Diagnosis and Treatment: Options to Offer Your Clients When You Suspect a Brain Tumor - Jay McDonnell, DVM MS Diplomate ACVIM - Specialty of Neurology
- Forelimb Lameness in the Adult Dog - Joseph Postrodney, DVM, Diplomate ACVS
- Anesthetic Considerations for Patients with Cardiac Disease or Signs - Rick Cober, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM - Specialty of Cardiology
Reserve your place as the conference is likely going to sell out! Email [email protected].
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Introducing CyberKnife and
Siobhan Haney, VMD, MS, DACVR (RO), MBA
Dr. Siobhan Haney, a board-certified radiation oncologist, will be speaking at the CVRC Spring Conference on using CyberKnife radiosurgery to treat commonly diagnosed tumors. Dr. Haney practices at the Veterinary CyberKnife Cancer Center in Malvern, PA, one of only a handful of veterinary radiation oncology practices in the US to offer stereotactic radiosurgery.
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Exclusion of a Brain Lesion: Is Intravenous Contrast Administration Required after Normal Pre-contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
Article Review by Kevin C. Stevens, ARRT, RT (R)(MR)
The article reviewed was written by E.J. Ives, N. Rousset, N. Heliczer, M.E. Herrtage, and A.E. Vanhaesebrouck, and published in J Vet Intern Med 2014, 28:522-528.
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A patient is readied for an MRI.
Photo: Red Leash Pet Photography
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This study was done to evaluate the necessity of contrast administration for MRI exams in which
no obvious intracranial lesion is identified on
pre-contrast imaging. Or to put it more simply:
How often do we really see something after giving contrast that we didn't see before? This is absolutely a valid question and one that has been studied multiple times in regards to human imaging. However, this is one of the first studies
to approach the question exclusively in the veterinary field.
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It all started with a crooked tail.
"Rudy was born 10 years ago December, the month that I retired," says Kathy Corry. "My sister was the breeder, and because he was born with a crooked tail, she gave him to me. One of 12, he was named after one of Santa's reindeer: Rudolph, because he was the different one!"
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Photo by Red Leash Pet Photograph
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If you're going to be at CVC in Washington DC, be sure to stop by the VNoC/VIoC booth. For details about the event,
visit the CVC website.
Mention that you saw this notice in our e-newsletter to receive a free gift!
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Local Events & CE Opportunities
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Mar. 11: The Practitioner's Guide to Resistant Skin Infections - Randall C. Thomas, DVM, Diplomate ACVD
All AACVMA meetings are held at Yellowfin Steak and Fish House, 2840 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, MD. 6:30pm Happy Hour. 7pm meeting. 2014-2015 annual dues can be paid at any meeting; checks can be made out to the AACVMA for $35.
March 22: The 10th Annual CVRC Spring Conference
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort, 100 Heron Blvd. at Route 50, Cambridge, MD.
Mar. 5: Internal Medicine -
Thomas Graves, DVM, PhD, DACVIM: Midwestern University
April 2: ER/Critical Care - Amy Butler, DVM, MS, DACVECC: Clarks Summit, PA
All meetings are held at The Elks Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd. (Rte. 50), Fairfax, VA. Each seminar provides a maximum of 6 hours of continuing education credits: 3 hours in the morning session and 3 hours in the afternoon session.
April 22:
Modern Maturity Center, Dover, DE
Mar. 19: Soft Tissue Surgery - Michael Pavletic, DVM, DACVS, Director, Surgical Services, Angell Animal Medical Center
April 16: Clinical Pharmacology - Dawn Boothe, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVCP, Director of the Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
All GBVMA meetings are held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore North - Pikesville located just inside the Baltimore Beltway (695) at exit 20 S., Resiterstown Rd., on the right-hand side. Each seminar provides a maximum of 6 hours of continuing education credits: 3 hours in the morning session and 3 hours in the afternoon session.
MARYLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
May 14: Mid-Atlantic States Veterinary Clinic
Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD June 20-24: MVMA Summer Conference Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, Ocean City, MD |
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