Colorado Animal Specialty & Emergency (CASE)

8:00 AM Registration opens

8:30 AM Breakfast

8:45 AM Opening Remarks

Innovation Track - Updates in Diagnostics/Therapies

9:00 AM Are SGLT2 Inhibitors the Future of Feline Diabetes - Dr. Morgan Brown DACVIM

9:30 AM Hot Cat Summer: New Research in Feline Hyperthyroidism - Dr. Morgan Brown DACVIM

10:00 AM Stelfonta for Mast Cell Tumors: The Good, the Ugly, and the Bad - Dr. Brittany Wittenberns DACVIM (MO)

10:30 AM Coffee Break

10:45 AM Sedation Strategies for Cats with Murmurs - Dr. Colleen Hickey DACVAA

11:15 AM Updates in Osteoarthritis: What Hurts and What Doesn't - Dr. James Gaynor DACVAA, DAIPM

11:45 AM Morning Panel Discussion

Empower Track - Emergency/Critical Care Focus

9:00 AM A...CUTE...Approach to Acute Toxin Ingestion - Dr. Chap Pratt DACVECC

9:30 AM DECONtamination in the GP! - Dr. Katie Sotos DACVECC

10:00 AM RECOVER 2024 - Dr. Katie Sotos DACVECC

10:30 AM Coffee Break

10:45 AM New Kidney Markers in Dogs and Cats: Urine Cystatin B and FGF-23 - Drs. Dan Gordon DACVECC and Chap Pratt DACVECC

11:15 AM Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnostic Work-up and Interventions - Drs. Dan Gordon DACVECC and Chap Pratt DACVECC

11:45 AM Morning Panel Discussion

12:15 PM Lunch

Innovation Track - Veterinarian Focus

1:15 PM Introduction to Radiation Therapy: Cancer Therapy and Beyond - Dr. Clarissa Freemyer DACVR (RO)

1:45 PM Updates in AGASACA - Drs. Annie Galloway DACVIM (MO), Lyndsay Kubicek DACVR (RO) and Cassandra Prpich DACVS/Surgical Oncology Fellow

2:15 PM Updates and AGASACA Management Part 2 - Drs. Annie Galloway DACVIM (MO), Lyndsay Kubicek DACVR (RO) and Cassandra Prpich DACVS/Surgical Oncology Fellow

2:45 PM Snack Break

3:15 PM State of the Art: Extracorporeal Therapies - Drs. Dan Gordon DACVECC and Chap Pratt DACVECC

3:45 PM Interventional Treatments for Urinary Obstruction: Debulking, Stenting, Balloon Dilation - Dr. Karina Creighton DACVECC

4:15 PM Interventional Treatments for Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts - Dr. Kyle Martin DACVS

4:45 PM DVM Panel Discussion

Empower Track – Technician Focus

1:15 PM Importance of Premedications - Jenna Sanders RVT

1:45 PM Obtaining a Complete Medical History - Heather Sobkowiak RVT

2:15 PM Neurologic Examination for Veterinarian Technicians - Heather Sobkowiak RVT

2:45 PM Snack Break

3:15 PM Importance of Vital Signs for All Animals - Amber Pruitt RVT

3:45 PM Understanding the Importance of Diagnostics - Amber Pruitt RVT

4:15 PM Blood Smears for Veterinary Technicians - Rachel Brady LVT

4:45 PM Technician Panel Discussion

5:00 PM Social Hour and Closing Remarks