VSS CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
Click on each stream below to see the timetable and speaker topics, listed under each
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
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7:00 - 7:30 |
| Conference Registration |
7:30 - 8:30 |
| Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
MEDICINE - Ballroom A
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday |
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8:30 - 9:15 | Dr Luke Johnston | |
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Josh King | Demystifying your Blood Results - Are you seeing Red? |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Tessa Clark | |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Pet Angel |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr Chris Halman | Eat, Sleep, Breathe, Repeat: Aerodigestive Disorders in Dogs |
12:00 - 12:45 | Dr Luke Johnston | The power of poop: how to manage dysbiosis |
12:45 - 13:30 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: “Cytology Slam!” - Dr Mike Rozmanec QML |
13:30 - 14:15 | Dr Luke Johnston | Acute vs Chronic hepatopathies: working up and managing these cases in practice. |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Sophie Wyatt | Management of acute and chronic renal disease |
15:00 - 15:30 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Royal Canin |
15:30 - 16:15 | Dr Peter Barron | Gallbladder Mucocoeles |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Mike Rozmanec | |
17:30 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner |
Sunday |
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7:30 - 8:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast Plenary: Prof. Glen Coleman | Where to for the veterinary profession? |
9:00 - 9:45 | Dr Ann Thompson | Approach to the coughing patient |
9:45 - 10:30 | Dr Sophie Wyatt | Thrombocytopenia |
10:30 - 11:15 | Dr Gemma Spinoglio | Canine Chronic Hepatitis |
11:15 - 11:45 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Cenvet |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Peter Barron | Medicine "Round Table" - Diabetes |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Peter Barron | Medicine "Round Table" - Diabetes |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Ben Hooper | Triage and Stabilisation |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr Ivan Moses | Auto-transfusions |
15:30 - 16:00 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hal |
16:00 - 16:45 | Dr Peter Barron | Medicine Trivia Quiz |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday |
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8:30 - 9:15 | Dr Steph Colthurst | |
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Wendy Archipow | Cases in Wound Reconstruction |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Jamie Fu | |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Pet Angel |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr James King | Gall Bladder Mucoceles - surgical decision making and when to cut? |
12:00 - 12:45 | Dr Nick Cleland | |
12:45 - 13:30 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: “Cytology Slam!” - Dr Mike Rozmanec QML |
13:30 - 14:15 | Dr Peter Delisser | |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Abbie Tipler | Desexing Complications: Strategies for Resilience and Prevention |
15:00 - 15:30 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Royal Canin |
15:30 - 16:15 | Dr David Cook | The Veterinary Industry for treatment of companion animals - what is happening following Covid and where are we going? |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Gordon Corfield | Distal femoral osteotomy for treatment of Medial Patella Luxation |
17:30 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner |
Sunday |
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7:30 - 8:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast Plenary: Prof. Glen Coleman | Where to for the veterinary profession? |
9:00 - 9:45 | Dr Lincoln Chau | How to be lord of the ring(s) - some tips and tricks for perianal and perineal surgery |
9:45 - 10:30 | Dr Tania Banks | Principles of Oncology Surgery |
10:30 - 11:15 | Dr Helen Owen | Tips for getting the most out of your surgical biopsies |
11:15 - 11:45 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Cenvet |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Mitchell Graham | Anaesthetic management of the brachycephalic patient undergoing BOAS corrective surgery |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Gordon Corfield | Abdominal Surgery Tips & Tricks |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Tania Banks | Feline Megacolon |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr Daren Roa | Abdominal/intrapelvic soft tissue trauma |
15:30 - 16:00 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall |
16:00 - 16:45 | Dr Gordon Corfield | Pelvic and lumbosacral fracture assessment and clinical management |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday |
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8:30 - 9:15 | Dr Rachel Korman | Hypertension and Cat-Friendly Practice or how to use that blood pressure monitor |
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Rachel Korman | The hyperthyroid cat & our radiation unit |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Kristy Stone | Cali-fun: when good minerals get high. |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Pet Angel |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr Kristy Stone | Diagnosis of FIP |
12:00 - 12:45 | Dr Tessa Clark | Update on the use of Molnupiravir in cats with FIP |
12:45 - 13:30 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: “Cytology Slam!” - Dr Mike Rozmanec QML |
13:30 - 14:15 | Dr Alison Jukes | Chronic kidney disease part 1: Pathophysiology, diagnostic tests and staging |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Alison Jukes | Chronic kidney disease part 2: Treatment and management of comorbidities |
15:00 - 15:30 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Royal Canin |
15:30 - 16:15 | Dr Abbie Tipler | Medial Patella Luxation in Cats: Unraveling Feline Specifics |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Alison Jukes | |
17:30 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner |
Sunday | ||
7:30 - 8:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast Plenary: Prof. Glen Coleman | Where to for the veterinary profession? |
9:00 - 9:45 | Nat Hunt | |
9:45 - 10:30 | Dr Keiran Maddern | Understanding feline chronic pain |
10:30 - 11:15 | Dr Rachel Korman | Nursing common health problems in senior cats |
11:15 - 11:45 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Cenvet |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Kristy Stone | Stop stressing about FLUTD: diets to manage lower urinary tract disease in the cat. |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Chris Lam | The Butterfly Effect: Systemic Disease And Their Effect On The Heart |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Alison Jukes | |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr Nick Cleland | Busted Plumbing - urinary tract trauma |
15:30 - 16:00 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall |
16:00 - 16:45 | Dr Ivan Moses | Fighting FATE: prevention and management of feline thromboembolic disease |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday |
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8:30 - 9:15 | Anita Parkin | Difficult Intubations |
9:15 - 10:00 | Natalie Hunt | |
10:00 - 10:45 | Natalie Hunt | |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Pet Angel |
11:15 - 12:00 | Kim Weir | |
12:00 - 12:45 | Rachel Bowerman | Anaesthetic complications and how to resolve them |
12:45 - 13:30 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: “Cytology Slam!” - Dr Mike Rozmanec QML |
13:30 - 14:15 | Dr Vicki Liddle & Ashlee Daley | Ophthalmology Nursing |
14:15 - 15:00 | Kim Weir | |
15:00 - 15:30 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Royal Canin |
15:30 - 16:15 | Dr Hannah Davies | |
16:15 - 17:00 | Natalie Hunt | |
17:30 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks |
18:30 - 23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner |
Sunday | ||
7:30 - 8:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast Plenary: Prof. Glen Coleman | Where to for the veterinary profession? |
9:00 - 9:45 | Anita Parkin & Briska D'Souza | Interactive Workshop: Anaesthetic Escape Room - Part 1 |
9:45 - 10:30 | Anita Parkin & Briska D'Souza | Interactive Workshop: Anaesthetic Escape Room - Part 2 |
10:30 - 11:15 | Anita Parkin & Briska D'Souza | Interactive Workshop: Anaesthetic Escape Room - Part 3 |
11:15 - 11:45 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Cenvet |
11:45 - 12:30 | Anita Parkin | Advanced Anaesthetic monitoring |
12:30 - 13:15 | Briska D'Souza | When in doubt, clean it out - A guide to Surgical Asepsis |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt |
14:00 - 14:45 | Dr Kisa Baldwin | Managing the complicated tick patient |
14:45 - 15:30 | Dr Emma Davy | Nursing the gastrointestinal patient |
15:30 - 16:00 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall |
16:00 - 16:45 | Tori Brown | Relief at last: pain relief in the small animal veterinary patient |
Time | Speaker | Topic |
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Saturday |
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8:30 - 9:15 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | Malocclusion assessment and management: an interactive case-based presentation |
9:15 - 10:00 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | Dental radiology: The normal radiograph and basics of interpretation |
10:00 - 10:45 | Dr Raelene Wouda | |
10:45 - 11:15 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Pet Angel |
11:15 - 12:00 | Dr Chris Lam | |
12:00 - 12:45 | Dr Brad Gavaghan | |
12:45 - 13:30 | Break | Lunch in Exhibition Hall Poster Session: “Cytology Slam!” - Dr Mike Rozmanec QML |
13:30 - 14:15 | Dr Fiona Meyers | |
14:15 - 15:00 | Dr Raelene Wouda | Updated concepts in Oncology: Apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma |
15:00 - 15:30 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Royal Canin |
15:30 - 16:15 | Dr Vicki Liddle | Under Pressure part 1: Updates on the genetics of primary glaucoma and medical management |
16:15 - 17:00 | Dr Johana Premont | Under Pressure part 2: Surgical options for treatment of glaucoma |
17:30 - 18:30 | Break | Pre-Conference Dinner Drinks |
| 18:30-23:30 | Break | Conference Dinner |
Sunday | ||
7:30 - 8:00 | Break | Breakfast in Exhibition Hall |
8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast Plenary: Prof. Glen Coleman | Where to for the veterinary profession? |
9:00 - 9:45 | Dr Tom Donnelly-Newton | Seeing is Believing: Practical Tips for General Practice Veterinary Ophthalmology |
9:45 - 10:30 | Dr Tom Donnelly-Newton | Clearing the Fog: Unveiling Corneal Ulcers - A Case-Based Approach |
10:30 - 11:15 | Dr Sarah Richardson | No stain uptake, now what? Diagnosis of non-ulcerative corneal disease |
11:15 - 11:45 | Break | Morning Tea in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Cenvet |
11:45 - 12:30 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | Dental radiology interpretation: an interactive case-based presentation Part 1 |
12:30 - 13:15 | Dr Aaron Forsayeth & Dr Bec Tucker | Dental radiology interpretation: an interactive case-based presentation Part 2 |
13:15 - 14:00 | Break | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall Poster Session: Knight Benedikt |
14:00-14:45 | Dr Cat Chan | How to approach a dog with a gastrointestinal mass |
14:45-15:30 | Dr Evie Knight | Otitis externa - diagnosis and management |
15:30-16:00 | Break | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Hall |
16:00-16:45 | Dr Evie Knight | MRSP - when do I need to panic?! |
