Watch it live on 14-15 July 2019 or On Demand
This year, Hill's Pet Nutrition is proud to be supporting the Iqaluit Humane Society with our live-stream fundraising efforts.
The Iqaluit Humane Society is a dedicated and compassionate group of volunteers working every day to protect and enhance the quality of life of animals in Iqaluit and from many Nunavut communities. This is Nunavut's first and only animal shelter, providing shelter, care and finding forever homes for dogs and cats in this remote area of northern Canada.
Hill's will donate $1 for every live-stream attendee to the Iqaluit Humane Society to support their continued efforts to enrich the lives of domestic animals and people through re-homing services, medical care, education and advocacy for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the Territory of Nunavut.
Please join us on the live stream for some world-class continuing education and to raise funds for this very worthy cause!
Susan Little, DVM
Dr Stanley L. Marks, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM (internal medicine and oncology), DACVN
DipACVN, PhD, MVSc, BVSc
Dr. Megan Shepherd graduated from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2006, then practiced at an equine private practice in Maryland for two years. She found a calling in nutrition and research and returned to Virginia-Maryland to complete a PhD in Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences along with a comparative nutrition residency. Dr. Shepherd is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition and has been a faculty member as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Virginia-Maryland since 2012. As a faculty member Dr. Shepherd directs the comparative nutrition service and teaches nutrition to veterinary students. Her research interest is how to companion animal obesity management more practical to owners/caregivers.
Dr. Kelly Tappenden is Professor and Head of the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Tappenden’s research program focuses on intestinal failure, mechanisms of intestinal adaptation and patient malnutrition. For these contributions, she has received multiple awards, published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and delivered over 400 invited lectures. Dr. Tappenden served as the 33 rd President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition in 2008-09, Chair of the Nutrition, Metabolism and Obesity section of the American Gastroenterology Association Institute from 2009-13, and represents the American Society for Nutrition on the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Currently, she is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
Dr. Joe Bartges is Professor of Medicine and Nutrition at The University of Georgia. He is a Diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and in the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. He is a 1983 graduate of Marshall University and received his DVM from the University of Georgia in 1987. He completed an internship and residencies in medicine and nutrition in addition to a PhD and a post-doctoral position at the University of Minnesota. He has served on faculty at The University of Georgia, the University of Tennessee, and Cornell University and was internist at Cornell University Veterinary Specialists. His research interests include the role of nutrition in health and disease and urinary tract disorders. He has published and spoken extensively in these areas.
Dr. Jessica Vogelsang is a veterinarian and bestselling author from San Diego, California. Her award winning website pawcurious.com is one of the first veterinary-authored sites on the internet. She frequently lectures on communication in the digital age, narrative storytelling, and personal branding. She is a regular contributor to both industry and national publications and was a featured expert on NatGeo’s Animals Gone Wild. As founding Editorial Director, Dr. Vogelsang helped launch DrAndyRoark.com, a site with over 200,000 fans from the veterinary community. Her debut book, All Dogs Go To Kevin, was published in July 2015 to stellar reviews and is an Amazon bestseller. When she’s not sketching out her next book, Dr. Vogelsang investigates the role of communication in today’s veterinary environment, from telemedicine to crisis communications in the social media ecosphere.
John K. DiBaise, MD, FACG
Jason B Coe DVM, PhD
Dr. Curtis Huttenhower is a Professor in Biostatistics and Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Associate Member at the Broad Institute. He co-directs the Harvard Chan Center for the Microbiome in Public Health and the HSPH Microbiome Analysis Core. He participated extensively in the NIH Human Microbiome Project and co-leads the “HMP2” Center for characterizing the gut microbial ecosystem in IBD and the Human Microbiome Bioactives Resource. His lab focuses on methods for functional analysis of microbial communities in population health. This includes systems biology reconstructions integrating metagenomic, metatranscriptomic, and other microbial community ‘omics, the human microbiome in autoimmune disease such as IBD, and its potential as a biomarker and route for therapeutic intervention
Dr Caroline Mansfield graduated from Murdoch University, Perth and worked in mixed animal and small animal practice in Australia and the UK before completing a 3-year residency in small animal medicine at University College, Dublin. She developed an interest in gastroenterology during that time and has continued that clinical and research passion since her return to Australia in 2001. From 2001 until 2010 she was employed at Murdoch University as a clinical registrar and then lecturer/senior lecturer. She moved to the University of Melbourne in late 2010 and the Head of Small Animal Medicine and is currently Professor and Director of U-Vet Hospital. Her research group is involved in clinical research projects investigation mechanisms involved in canine inflammatory bowel disease, both the endocrine and exocrine pancreas and establishing the impact the gut microbiome has on health and disease in dogs. She is board certified in internal medicine, gaining a Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2001. Caroline is Past President of the Australian an New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists, a member of the Board of Examiners for the National Veterinary Examination (as part of the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council) and board member for VetCompass Australia, using big data to track breed-related health and disease.
Dr. Caitlin DeWilde is a practicing veterinarian and founder of The Social DVM, a consulting firm devoted to helping veterinary professionals manage and grow their social media, online reputation and marketing strategies. She has partnered with small and large animal veterinary practices, national industry groups, non-profit organizations, and individual veterinarians to create practical yet creative strategies to succeed online and in practice. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and a recipient of their Outstanding Young Alumni Award. She is also an alum of the AVMA’s Future Leaders Program. In her free time, she enjoys travel, photography, and of course, the many hilarious corgi and cat-related videos on social media.
Chief Executive – Dogs for Good
Zoe is a European Recognised Specialist in small animal medicine. She has worked in primary, charity and referral practices in the UK and as a clinical lecturer. In 2017 she was awarded a PhD from the University of Nottingham for a thesis which explored how vets and owners make decisions about osteoarthritis dogs. Since then, she has been a researcher at the Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine, University of Nottingham where her research interests range from the design and validity of quality of life tools to the role of Facebook in owner decision making.
David Glenwright is the Head of training & special projects at Birmingham-based digital agency JC Social Media. A trainer and a speaker with over 5 years experience in social media, David has worked closely with a range of clients including Citroen, Yodel, the University of Birmingham and Nandos. He is one of only 8 trainers in the UK accredited under Facebook’s “She Means Business” initiative; and was also a shortlisted finalist in the 2017 Birmingham Young Professional of the Year. In his spare time David mixes his love of social media with his love for craft ale as the national social media advisor for the Campaign For Real Ale, the largest consumer organisation in Europe.
Chris is a graduate of the University of Sydney and registered specialist in small animal surgery. He spent 8 years in general practice both in Australia and the UK, before returning to Sydney to complete his specialist surgical training. After completion of his residency, Chris remained at Sydney university as a PhD student and later senior lecturer in small animal surgery. He continues to follow his passion for teaching as a tutor for the Centre for Veterinary Education and through his involvement with the AO foundation, a not for profit organisation which aims to improve patient outcomes through worldwide education programs for practitioners and research.
Dr. Justine Lee is a board-certified veterinary specialist in both emergency critical care (DACVECC) and toxicology (DABT). Dr. Lee attended veterinary school at Cornell University and completed her internship at Angell (Boston, MA). She completed her fellowship and residency in emergency and critical care at University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was on faculty at University of Minnesota (2003-2008) and the head of an animal poison control center (2008-2013). She is the founder and CEO of VETgirl, a subscription-based podcast and webinar service offering RACE-approved, online veterinary continuing education.
Ronald Jan Corbee received his DVM degree from Utrecht University in December 2003. After several temporal positions in first line companion animal practice he was employed by Dierenkliniek ‘t Ossehoofd in Heerhugowaard, where he worked for 2 years as a veterinarian for companion animals. In December 2006 he opened his private practice, which he sold in 2016. He passed the board certifying exam in Veterinary Nutrition (Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition) in Zaragoza (Spain) in September 2011. He successfully defended his PhD (Nutrition and the skeletal health of dogs and cats) on the 28th of August 2014. In March 2013 he was awarded the University Teaching Qualification. At the moment he is employed as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University.
Jeroen van Dam, MSc. studied Molecular Biology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands after receiving an International Baccalaureate at the Lester B. Pearson UWC in Canada. After receiving his MSc. title he decided not to pursue an academic career and started working within the pharmaceutical world. Not long after he switched to the medical device business by first starting to work for, and later co-owning a development and production company for a disposable semen testing diagnostic device for both veterinarian and human applications. In 2013 this company was sold to a French company where he remained active as a manager for a year. Jeroen now leads the Dutch Veterinarian Cooperative and their E-commerce business 
MS, PhD, Diplomate American College of Animal Nutrition
Lecturer at the University of Kent, UK.
Joyce de Vos-Houben was born on April 18th 1983 in Sittard, The Netherlands. After finishing secondary school at the Trevianum in Sittard, she started in 2001 her study “Biological Health Sciences” at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. In 2004 she worked as a trainee at the department of Human Biology, at the University of Maastricht and she performed research on the effects of nutrition on cytokine expression in inflammatory bowel disease. In 2005 she graduated on the subject “Redox modulation of DNA repair”. From September 2005 until November 2009 she worked as a PhD student at the department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology at the University of Maastricht. The title of her thesis was “Chronic oxidative stress and telomere shortening”. Her research appeared in the local news and she gave a television and radio interview. Since May 2010 she works as a cardiogenetic counselor at the department of Clinical Genetics at Maastricht University Medical Centre+. She focuses on innovative cardiogenetic research and education, improving health- and patient care. In December 2017 she obtained her University Teaching Qualification. Her current position and ambition can be described as a bridge builder between scientific research and health care in practice. She loves to spend her free time with her husband Tim, daughters Sara and Iris and cats Tommy and Lana. She also loves to spend time with friends and she is currently training for the Holy Hill Obstacle run in Sittard. She can be contacted at joyce.de.vos@mumc.nl.
BVSc (Hons) MRCVS MA (Hons) FANZCVS DACVB DECAWBM FAVA
Dr. Parker received her DVM from Tufts University. She then completed a small animal internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City, followed by a small animal internal medicine residency at Iowa State University and a clinical nutrition residency at Tufts University. She is a diplomate of both the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. Dr. Parker’s primary areas of interest include to kidney disease, gastrointestinal disease, and vitamin D metabolism, as well as nutritional management of dogs and cats.
Nick Cave graduated from Massey University (NZ) in 1990 with a BVSc, and worked in general practice for 6 years until 1997, when he returned to Massey for a residency in small animal internal medicine, and attained membership in the Australasian College of Veterinary Scientists by examination, and graduated with a Masters in Veterinary Science in 2000. In 2004 he moved to the University of California, Davis, where he attained a PhD in nutrition and immunology. At the same time, he completed a residency in small animal clinical nutrition, and became a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Nutrition by examination in 2004. In late 2005, he returned to Massey University to lecture in small animal medicine and nutrition. He is a founding member of the WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee, and a founding board member for the Massey University Centre for Working Dogs. He has served on the editorial board for Veterinary Quarterly, has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, several textbook chapters, and is a frequent commentator in public media.