April 20-21, 2020

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Keep Your Urinary Patients A Step Ahead

DAY 1: 20 April 2020

The Time Listed Below Is For Eastern Daylight Time Zone

  • Veterinary medicine in a COVID-19 era
    Time: 6:55 - 7:55 EDT

    Speaker: J Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM
    Ontario Veterinary College (Canada)

  • Welcome and Introduction
    Time: 8:00 - 8:10 EDT

    Speaker: Marina Debernardi, DVM, PhD
    Hill’s Pet Nutrition (USA)

  • AM: LUTS - Urolithiasis
  • KEYNOTE: Nutritional Management of Uroliths in Humans
    Time: 8:15 - 8:45 EDT

    Speaker: Kelly Tappenden, PhD, RD
    University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)

  • Common Pitfalls in Diagnostics and Management of Urolithiasis in Dogs and Cats
    Time: 8:50 - 9:20 EDT

    Speaker: Jody Lulich, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
    University of Minnesota (USA)

  • Genetics of Calcium Oxalate Formation in Dogs
    Time: 9:30 - 10:00 EDT

    Speaker: Eva Furrow, VMD, PhD, DACVIM
    University of Minnesota (USA)

  • Break     Time: 10:00 - 10:30 EDT
  • How Hill's is Helping You Win in the Management of LUTD
    Time: 10:35 - 11:05 EDT

    Speaker: Jennifer MacLeay, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
    Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. (USA)

  • No More Stones! Top Tips for Feline Uroliths
    Time: 11:15 - 11:45 EDT

    Speaker: Susan Little, DVM, DABVP (Feline)
    Bytown Cat Hospital & Merivale Cat Hospital (Canada)

  • PANEL DISCUSSION
    Time: 11:50 - 12:20 EDT

    Speaker: All AM speakers

  • Guided meditation
    Time: 12:25 - 12:35 EDT

    Speaker: Shelly Tygielski
    YURU™ Mindfulness + Meditation (USA)

  • Break     Time: 12:35 - 13:30 EDT
  • PM: Professional Leadership
  • Leading Innovation in a Dynamic World
    Time: 13:30 - 14:05 EDT

    Speaker: Patricia Verduin, MBA, PhD
    Colgate-Palmolive (USA)

  • How to be a Leader in Storytelling?
    Time: 14:10 - 14:40 EDT

    Speaker: Jessica Vogelsang, DVM, CVJ
    Director, Pawcurious Media (USA)

  • How I Learned to be a Leader in Communication
    Time: 14:50 - 15:25 EDT

    Speaker: Elizabeth Green, MBA
    CEO/Founder Brief Media (USA)

  • Break     Time: 15:25 - 15:55 EDT
  • How to be a leader in veterinary medicine?
    Time: 15:55 - 16:30 EDT

    Speaker: Janet Donlin, DVM
    CEO AVMA (USA)

DAY 2: 21 April 2020

The Time Listed Below Is For Eastern Daylight Time Zone

  • Veterinary medicine in a COVID-19 era
    Time: 7:55 - 9:00 EDT

    Speaker: J Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM
    Ontario Veterinary College (Canada)

  • AM: LUTS - stress
  • Social Cause
    Time: 9:00 - 9:15 EDT

    Speaker: Jolle Kirpensteijn, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DECVS
    Hill’s Pet Nutrition (USA)

  • KEYNOTE: Therapeutic Management of Bladder Pain Syndrome in Humans
    Time: 9:15 - 9:45 EDT

    Speaker: Nissrine Nakib, MD
    University of Minnesota (USA)

  • FIC: Update on Epidemiology, Risk Factors & Pathogenesis
    Time: 9:50 - 10:20 EDT

    Speaker: Jodi Westropp, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
    UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (USA)

  • Evidence-based Management of FIC
    Time: 10:30 - 11:00 EDT

    Speaker: S. Dru Forrester, DVM, MS, DACVIM
    Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. (USA)

  • Break     Time: 11:00 - 11:30 EDT
  • Nutritional Management of FIC
    Time: 11:30 - 12:05 EDT

    Speaker: Ronald Corbee, DVM, PhD, DECVCN
    Utrecht University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (The Netherlands)

  • PANEL DISCUSSION
    Time: 12:10 - 12:45 EDT

    Speaker: All AM speakers

  • Guided meditation
    Time: 12:45 - 12:55 EDT

    Speaker: Shelly Tygielski
    YURU™ Mindfulness + Meditation (USA)

  • Break     Time: 12:55 - 14:00 EDT
  • PM: Professional Wellness
  • Staying Positive in a Stressful Environment
    Time: 14:00 - 14:35 EDT

    Speaker: Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC)
    Purdue University (USA)

  • Connecting to the Meaning of Your Work
    Time: 14:40 - 15:10 EDT

    Speaker: Jane Shaw, DVM, PhD
    Colorado State University (USA)

  • The Science Behind Mindfulness & How to Incorporate it Into Your Life (and Practice)
    Time: 15:25 - 16:00 EDT

    Speaker: Shelly Tygielski
    YURU™ Mindfulness + Meditation (USA)

  • PANEL DISCUSSION
    Time: 16:00 - 16:40 EDT

    Speaker: All PM speakers

  • Break     Time: 16:50 - 17:00 EDT
  • Mindfulness – interactive session
    Time: 17:00 - 18:00 EDT

    Speaker: Shelly Tygielski
    YURU™ Mindfulness + Meditation (USA)

Each lecture has been approved by the AAVSB RACE for 0.5 hrs of CE credits.

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