Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty (AVES)
Lunch & Learns
We offer over 14 certified continuing education lectures across various departments, including Surgery, Emergency, Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Oncology, and Neurology. If you have any suggestions for additional topics or would like to learn more about scheduling your Lunch & Learn, please contact our Referral Relationship Manager, Christina Bingham. We would be happy to customize a lecture or round table discussion to review cases for your team.
Surgery & Orthopedics
Mass Removal Techniques
Jeremy Fleming DVM, DACVS-SA | Surgery & Orthopedics
Dr. Flemming will review common cutaneous and subcutaneous masses in dogs and cats with particular emphasis on surgical excision strategies and recommendations. Attendees are expected to learn how to appropriately diagnose masses, select preoperative staging diagnostics, discuss preoperative surgical planning options, and learn surgical strategies for mass removal and wound closure.
Small Animal Laparoscopy (Total Laparoscopic Gastropexy)
Dr. Strelchik will review the complications of laparoscopic surgery, contraindications, and conversion to open approaches, as well as the current research on laparoscopic gastropexy.
Hepatic Vascular Anomalies
Dr. Fleming will review intrahepatic and extrahepatic shunts in small animals. Learn about perioperative management, available surgical procedures, prognosis, and outcome expectations. This course will help you to prepare pet owners for potential surgical procedures and manage cases post-operatively.
Top 3 Pelvic Limb Orthopedic Surgeries for the General Practitioner
Dr. Kalis will share radiographic and intra-operative images demonstrating proper techniques for routine patella luxation corrective osteotomies, FHNO, and extracapsular lateral suture stifle stabilization procedures. Learn about simple and accurate techniques for the most predictive and successful clinical outcomes.
GDV and Gastropexy
Dr. Kalis will review the treatment and prevention of gastric dilatation and volvulus while focusing on preventative gastropexy techniques. Minimally invasive techniques will also be discussed, including laparoscopic-assisted and total laparoscopic gastropexy techniques.
Emergency & Critical Care
Respiratory Emergencies
Amaris Franco DVM, DACVECC | Critical Care
Dr. Franco will review respiratory emergencies, focusing on the lower airways. The lecture will discuss common causes, diagnostic modalities, management tips, new treatment options, and conclude with case examples.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Amaris Franco DVM, DACVECC | Critical Care
Dr. Franco will lecture on cardiopulmonary resuscitation based on RECOVER initiative guidelines. The lecture will cover basic and advanced life support.
Triage and CPR
Milla Stasko, LVT
This lecture is intended to provide tips for patient personnel on the triage process, guidance on critical thinking skills, and review the guidelines of current veterinary CPR practices.
IV Fluid Therapy in Hospitalized Patients
Milla Stasko, LVT
This presentation is intended to give guidance on the safe administration of fluid therapy to hospitalized patients. Following the new 2024 AHAA protocols on fluid therapy, this presentation highlights the guidelines and explains the reasoning behind using IV fluids as a therapeutic method.
Oncology
Chemotherapy Side Effects and Safety
Timothy Stein, DVM, PhD, DACVIM | Oncology
Dr. Stein will be presenting a lecture on commonly encountered side effects of chemotherapy in veterinary medicine and how these side effects may be managed via outpatient or inpatient basis. He will provide information regarding chemotherapy safety in the workplace, and attendees will have a better understanding and awareness of how to handle chemotherapy, chemotherapy waste and patients that have received chemotherapy.
Neurology
The Neurologic Examination
Tracy Sutton, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology)
The neurological examination will be reviewed in two parts. The first part will focus on a demonstration of how to perform an examination with a volunteer dog.The second part will focus on the integration of findings on the neurologic examination to formulate neurolocalization.
One Neurologist’s Approach to the Seizure Patient
Tracy Sutton, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology)
This lecture will provide a step-wise overview of the initial management of a potential seizure patient, including the initial consultation, antiepileptic medication options and decision-making strategies to develop a foundation from which the veterinarian can build their management approach.
Anesthesiology
Review of the Small Animal Anesthesia Machine and Monitoring Equipment
An hour-long lecture providing an overview of the small animal anesthesia machine, rebreathing circuits, non-rebreathing circuits, and important monitoring equipment for the anesthetized small animal patient. How monitoring equipment works and normal physiologic parameters will be discussed. Briefly, treatment of abnormal parameters will be included. An open discussion and Q & A will follow the lecture for attendee evaluation.
Managing Hypotension in Anesthetized Patients
A one-hour lecture providing an overview of common causes of hypotension during general anesthesia, physiologic consequences of hypotension, and methods for treating hypotension. Major emphasis is placed on identifying the underlying cause of hypotension and the approach to selecting the best and most appropriate treatment intervention. Blood pressure supportive medications and mechanisms of action will be discussed. An open discussion and Q & A will follow the lecture for attendee evaluation.
Pediatric and Geriatric Anesthesia in Canine and Feline Patients
An hour-long lecture providing an overview of special anesthetic considerations for pediatric and geriatric dogs and cats. Major emphasis is placed on highlighting the physiological differences between these life stages and adult patients. Anesthetic protocols and complication interventions will be discussed. An open discussion and Q & A will follow the lecture for attendee evaluation.
Anesthesia pharmacology: select topics and updates
An hour lecture providing an overview of select topics in small animal anesthesia pharmacology, including metabolic scaling and the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of select sedatives, induction agents, vasopressors, and other related drugs. Emphasis is placed on relating drug information directly to clinical practice. New anesthetic drugs will be discussed, in addition to relevant updates for some medications. An open discussion and Q & A will follow the lecture for attendee evaluation.
