What's New in September 2019!
In the September 2019 issue of the
ASVCP NewsBlast
you will find the
following content:
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- President's Message from Dr. Julie Webb
- 2019 ASVCP Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
- 2019 Educator Award Recipient
- 2019 Early Career Award Recipient
- ASVCP Election Results
- 2019 ACVP/ASVCP Program-at-a-Glance
- In Memoriam: Ted Valli
- 2019 Education Forum for Discussion
- 2019 ASVCP Current Topics Session
- Microscopic Art Corner
- 2019 Clinical Pathology Focused Sessions
- 2019 Veterinary Laboratory Professionals Program
- Upcoming Online Rounds & Sponsorship Opportunities
- ACVIM 2019 Forum Highlights
- Case Review Sets Available
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President's Message
Ah, Fall: the weather is quickly changing and the kids/vet students have gone/come back to school. Depending on your geographic location, household arrangement, and professional situation, those could be good things or bad things. Fall also consistently brings pathology conferences to the foreground.
The combined ESVCP/ECVP congress is right around the corner in Arnhem, The Netherlands, and the ACVP/ASVCP meeting will be held in November in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Very different locations but lots of great similarities: colleagues, mystery cases, scientific presentations, bone marrow workshops... please keep reading the
NewsBlast
and
visit the website
for more information!
If you cannot make it to one of the annual pathology meetings, we hope you can stay connected by attending Online Rounds, skimming our
Instagram
, reviewing mystery cases, checking out the quarterly Snapshot Digest, and/or diving deep into some
Vet Clin Path
articles
. Great contributions from dedicated colleagues abound!
Julie Webb
ASVCP President
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President
President-Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Past President
ACVP Council Representative
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October 2019
ACVP/ASVCP Early Bird Registration Deadline:
October 9
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2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Dr. Karen Young
The ASVCP Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 2004, recognizes members of the Society who have contributed to the advancement of the field of veterinary clinical pathology. A call for nominations for the award is put out to ASVCP members annually in the spring and the award is presented to recipients at the Annual Meeting. This year, the award is again given to one Society member who has contributed greatly to the advancement of veterinary clinical pathology, Dr. Karen Young.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Young!
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2019 Educator Award Recipient
Dr. Robert Darren Wood
The ASVCP Education Committee is pleased to announce Dr. Robert Darren Wood, from the University of Guelph, as the recipient of the 2019 ASVCP Educator Award.
Dr. Wood’s seventeen years of teaching at the Ontario Veterinary College have included the training and mentoring of veterinary, master's, and PhD students, as well as clinical pathology residents. His instruction has also included teaching pre-DVM students and a summer clinical pathology course to veterinarians from around the world with the goal of increasing their chance for North American licensure. Dr. Wood is noted to have a sincere desire to be an effective educator utilizing a student-centered interactive class environment, seeking out innovative technologies, and taking courses offered by Guelph to further his understanding of pedagogical methods. His efforts have been acknowledged with consistently high teaching evaluations and various teaching awards including the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Teacher of the Year Award. Dr. Wood is also an educational leader at OVC serving on its curriculum committee for the last eight years.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Darren Wood when he receives the award at the ASVCP Business Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, this November!
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2019 Early Career Award Recipient
Dr. Mary Leissinger
The ASVCP Early Career Award was first given in 2017. It honors ASVCP members in the early stages of their careers who show exceptional promise in the discipline of veterinary clinical pathology through efforts in research, diagnostic service, teaching, and/or service to the Society. The award is restricted to individuals in the first six years of their careers after completion of residency training or advanced degree completion.
This year’s award recipient is Dr. Mary Leissinger.
Dr. Leissinger attended veterinary school at Louisiana State University. Following completion of a rotating small animal internship at the University of Tennessee, she returned to LSU for a combined clinical pathology residency and Masters program. She finished her thesis on a neutrophil recruitment method for a murine model of bacterial pneumonia and obtained ACVP diplomate status in 2014, when she joined the faculty at the University of Florida.
At UF, Dr. Leissinger was heavily involved in diagnostics, professional student education, and resident training. She received the University of Florida’s Educator Award and Educational Development Certificate in 2017. She has published numerous case reports, been on grants, and helped prepare the laboratory for AAVLD accreditation. She also served on university-level committees for curricular review, academic advancement, and educational strategic planning. She serves the ASVCP through her involvement on the Education Committee.
Dr. Leissinger now works for IDEXX Bioanalytics.
Please join us in congratulating her on her achievements at the awards ceremony during the ASVCP Business Meeting in San Antonio.
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ACVP Phase I Exam Application Deadline:
October 18, 2019
November 2019
ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting:
November 9-14
January 2020
ACVP Phase II Exam Application Deadline:
January 31, 2020
March 2020
ACVP Phase I Exam:
March 19 & 20
August 2020
ACVP Phase II Exam:
August 18-20
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October 2019
October 24-30
Providence, RI
October 17-19
Marriott Marquis,
Houston, Texas
November 2019
November 9-13
Marriott Rivercenter
San Antonio, Texas
November 14-17
Salt Lake City, UT
December 2019
December 7-10
Orlando, FL
January 2020
January 18-22
Orlando, FL
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2019 ASVCP Election Results
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The ASVCP is pleased to announce the results of the Executive Board elections. Congratulations to our new Executive Board Members!
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Dr. Robert Darren Wood
President-Elect
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Dr. Sarah Barrett
Treasurer-Elect
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Dr. Laura Cregar
Board Member
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2019 ACVP/ASVCP Preliminary Program
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Click here
to download ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting Preliminary Program for the upcoming Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas!
Photos courtesy of Pixabay.
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Victor Edwin Oswald Valli
December 20, 1931 - August 9, 2019
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"Dr. Victor Edwin Oswald Valli, known by most people as Ted Valli, died this past weekend in California. Ted was known, at least in name, by most clinical pathologists across the world and by many anatomic pathologists. Those who knew Ted personally were invariably inspired by his deep passion for veterinary pathology and impressed by his humour and never-ending inquisitiveness. Until a few years ago, Ted could reliably be found sitting in the front row of presentations at the Annual Meeting and to get up and ask at least one question."
-Dr. Dorothee Bienzle, August 15, 2019
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2019 ASVCP Education Forum for Discussion
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Submitted by Dr. Ashleigh Newman
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Please join us at the ASVCP Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, for the Education Forum for Discussion, hosted by the ASVCP Education Committee. The Committee is excited to announce that Dr. Bente Flatland, Associate Professor and Clinical Pathology Laboratory Director of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, will lead the forum, titled:
Practical QA and QC Training for Clinical Pathology Residents.
In this session, Dr. Flatland will first present suggested
learning objectives for clinical pathology resident QA/QC training, including methods to teach this material. This will be followed by an audience exchange of ideas and perspectives on the topic. All are welcome to attend including pathologists, residents, medical technologists, veterinary technicians, lab managers, and veterinary students. We hope we have a diverse audience in attendance to contribute to a lively discussion!
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2019 ASVCP Current Topics Session
& Update From the Program Committee
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Submitted by Dr. Tina Meichner
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This year, the theme of the 2019 ASVCP Current Topics/VLP Session is all about ‘Infectious Diseases’! Thanks to the members of our Program Committee, we have four outstanding speakers lined up:
- Dr. Jessie Monday (DVM, MS) from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL), Amarillo. She will present an overview of bovine anaplasmosis and other relevant bovine hemoparasites.
- Dr. Kelly Santangelo (DVM, PhD, DACVP) from Colorado State University. She will speak on diagnostic challenges and give an update on future diagnostic perspectives of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).
- Dr. Connie Gibas (PhD) from the Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center. Dr. Gibas will present an update on the identification of fungal diseases from the perspective of a human international clinical mycology reference laboratory.
- Dr. Julie Piccione (DVM, MS, DACVP) from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL). She will discuss her research on Tick-borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) and compare it to other canine Borrelia spp. infections including Lyme disease.
We hope many of you will join us on Sunday morning, November 10, in San Antonio, Texas, for this great session!
Also, ACVP will celebrate its 70
th
birthday at the Meeting. Look out for special events that will highlight some of our many pillars of pathology!
And, last, but not least, ASVCP and ACVP are very excited to announce a combined meeting with the International Society for Animal Clinical Pathology (ISACP) in 2020, in Chicago. Stay tuned for more information about the combined ACVP/ASVCP/ISACP 2020 meeting.
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2019 Clinical Pathology Focused Session
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Invited Speakers: Drs. Mary Nabity, Rachel Cianciolo, and David Eckersall
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The Clinical Pathology Scientific Sessions for the ACVP/ ASVCP Annual Meeting will take place in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday, November 10, 2019, from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, November 12, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
Drs. Mary Nabity, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, and Rachel Cianciolo, Associate Professor at The Ohio State University, will present a joint presentation on Sunday on renal disease from a clinical and anatomic pathology perspective in their presentation, “We’re Not Crazy!, Integration of Clinical Pathology and Tissue Analysis for Comprehensive Kidney Evaluation”. On Tuesday, Dr. David Eckersall, Professor at the University of Glasgow, will present “International Reference Preparations for Protein Biomarker Development for Species Specific Assays”.
In addition to these speakers, we have 16 wonderful platform presentations presenting original research on a variety of topics including renal disease, test validation, and new testing modalities for hematology and cytology. We have a large cohort of Young Investigator Award competitors this year with their presentations spread over both sessions on Sunday and Tuesday. Finally, there are 20 excellent posters this year to peruse in the poster hall between sessions.
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2019 Veterinary Laboratory Professionals Program
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Submitted by Nicole Rosen
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The Veterinary Laboratory Professional (VLP) session in San Antonio, Texas, will focus on infectious disease, hematology cytograms and point-of-care testing (POCT). In addition to the lineup of infectious disease speakers the ASVCP Program Committee has scheduled, the VLP is thrilled to have five additional speakers scheduled to speak on the topics of hematology cytograms and POCT. Additionally, Dr. John Christian, DVM, PhD, Purdue University, will present a wellness talk titled, “Managing Conflict: Me First!”
Hematology Cytograms & POCT speakers:
- Dr. Dennis DeNicola, DVM, PhD, IDEXX Laboratory, Inc. Dr. DeNicola will present a review of the IDEXX ProCyte (PDx) Cytograms.
- David Odneal, MT (ASCP), Siemens-Healthineers. He will present a review of the Siemens Advia Multispecies Cytograms.
- Dr. Bente Flatland, DVM, MS, University of Tennessee. Dr. Flatland will present, “Implementing a POCT Quality Assessment Program in an Academic Veterinary Medical Center: Challenges and Lessons Learned.”
- Dr. Aimee Brooks, DVM, MS, Purdue University. Dr. Brooks will present, “A Tale of Four Glucose Measurements: Comparison of Three POCT Glucometers to a Reference Standard.”
- Kim Futrell, MT (ASCP), MSHI, Orchard Software Corporation. She will present, “Laboratory Professionals as Stewards for Quality POCT.”
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Thank You to Our Current Online Rounds Sponsors!
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ACVIM 2019 Forum Highlights
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Submitted by Laura Snyder
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The 2019 ASVCP specialty sessions at the ACVIM Forum in Phoenix, Arizona, were presented by Drs. Pete Christopherson, Melinda Camus, Brett Stone, and Randolph Baral. The Society’s participation in the ACVIM Forum is an excellent opportunity for networking with our colleagues in internal medicine and to showcase the remarkable work being done in our specialty.
Pete Christopherson (Auburn University) gave two outstanding talks on disorders of coagulation. In his first session, he focused on the clinicopathologic findings and molecular basis for canine inherited bleeding disorders. In his second session, he spoke on congenital macrothrombocytopenias, focusing particularly on genetic testing and the expanding list of breeds in which this condition has been identified.
With her extensive experience on the QALS Committee, Melinda Camus (University of Georgia) presented a critically informative session on quality assurance/quality control for point-of-care instruments. Brett Stone (QML Vetnostics) presented an outstanding lecture on disease prevalence, focusing particularly on the often overlooked concepts of positive and negative predictive values.
Randolph Baral (Paddington Cat Hospital) gave two excellent talks on biological variation. His first talk focused on maximizing interpretation of clinical pathology findings. His second talk highlighted the work of the website
vetbiologicalvariation.org
. This website, which houses a multi-species database and study guidelines, has been established by a cross-disciplinary committee of veterinary clinical pathologists, internists, and epidemiologists.
These presentations are an excellent opportunity for ASVCP members to showcase the new and exciting work they are doing. If you are interested in participating next year, please contact Erica Behling-Kelly, the organizer for the 2020 ACVIM Specialty Session in Baltimore, Maryland!
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Case Review Sets Available for Order and Ready to Ship
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The
2019 ASVCP Case Review Sets are now available to order
. Sets will be sold on the same priority basis as in previous years. Twenty (20) sets are reserved for purchase by the presenters of the 2019 cases.
(NOTE: slide sets are not provided gratis for the presenters.)
Additional "Institutional Sets" are reserved for purchase by schools or colleges of veterinary medicine that grant a DVM or equivalent degree.
(NOTE: Institutional Sets must be purchased by an ASVCP member at the institution.)
Slide sets will be sold to ASVCP members in sequential order starting with the earliest submission dates on the applications. Case Review Sets can be sent via UPS or FedEx. This additional shipping fee, once calculated, will be applied to the total cost. Payments for orders not filled will be refunded. To order a Case Review set, please click the button below.
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