VITA: Main Tracks
At Texas A&M, we are breathing new life into veterinary continuing education (CE). VITA will give you the opportunity to learn new and innovative skills that you can take back to your clinic on Monday morning. Through interactive lectures, wet-labs, small group discussions, and social opportunities, our goal is to help you discover knowledge and tools that will continue your growth as a veterinarian. We hope you’ll join us for this annual conference full of reimagined CE opportunities! (Note: Scheduled sessions and activities are subject to change or cancellation.)
Friday, May 17, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center
Outstanding Alumni & Rising Star Awards Celebration
Saturday, May 18, 2024
7:00 – 7:50 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Morning Sessions
VENI XXXX
Small Animal Track
8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Feline Infectious Peritonitis:
The Original Coronavirus
Dr. Cara Martin ’19
9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Uncovering Urolithiasis:
Leaving No Stone Unturned
Dr. Cara Martin ’19
10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Small Animal
Surgery
Dr. Jessica Smith ’19
11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Small Animal
Surgery
Dr. Jessica Smith ’19
VENI XXXX
Large Animal Track
8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Utility of various diagnostic
imaging modalities
in large animals
Dr. Sydney Gibson
9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Benefits of a multimodality
approach to diagnostic
imaging in large animals
& case review
Dr. Sydney Gibson
10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Sperm analysis and
semen processing
for the subfertile stallion
Dr. Camilo Hernández-Avilés
11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Transvaginal oocyte aspiration
(TVA) and Intracytoplasmic
Sperm Injection (ICSI) in mares:
why, when, how,
and what to expect?
Dr. Camilo Hernández-Avilés
VENI XXXX
Special Sessions Track
8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Is It Getting Hot in Here?
Blazing Hot Topics
in Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Lori Teller
9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Preparing Yourself & Your
Practice for the Unthinkable:
Disaster Preparedness
for the Veterinarian
Dr. Deb Zoran
10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Exotics &
Zoological Medicine
Dr. Taylor Yaw ’14
11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Exotics &
Zoological Medicine
Dr. Taylor Yaw ’14
Other Morning Opportunities
Emergency & Critical Care
VICI XXXX
8:00 – 9:50 a.m.
10:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch & Learn:
Topic TBD
Afternoon Sessions
VENI XXXX
Small Animal Track
1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
A Practical Guide to Diagnosing
& Treating Ophthalmic Disease:
Case Reviews, Part 1
Dr. Jamie Herrmann ’14
2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
A Practical Guide to Diagnosing
& Treating Ophthalmic Disease:
Case Reviews, Part 2
Dr. Jamie Herrmann ’14
VENI XXXX
Large Animal Track
1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
Calves 101:
The Good
Dr. Anne Jablinski ’19
2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
Calves 101:
The Bad & The Ugly
Dr. Anne Jablinski ’19
VENI XXXX
Special Sessions Track
1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
Acupuncture
Dr. Patricia Baley ’99
2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
Acupuncture
Dr. Patricia Baley ’99
3:10 – 5:00 p.m.
Veterinary Opioids
(Meets TBVME
Requirements)
Dr. Carly Patterson
& Dr. Amy Savarino
Other Afternoon Opportunities
1:00 – 4:50 p.m.
VICI XXXX
Emergency & Critical Care
RECOVER Veterinary CPR Advanced Life Support
Groups 1 & 2
3:10 – 6:00 p.m.
VENI Welcome Desk
VMBS Tours
Family tours of the VMBS campus led by student ambassadors.
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Big Shots Golf (at Travis Bryan Midtown Park)
VITA + VMBS Alumni Celebration
Celebrating the classes of 1999, 2014, and 2019. Learn more and RSVP…
Learn more about Big Shots Golf (Bryan, TX)…
Sunday, May 19, 2024
7:20 – 7:50 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast Session:
Topic TBD
Morning Sessions
VENI XXXX
Small Animal Track
8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Surgical Dental
Extractions
& Mucoperiosteal
Flap Design, Part 1
Dr. Todd McCoy ’99
9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Surgical Dental
Extractions
& Mucoperiosteal
Flap Design, Part 2
Dr. Todd McCoy ’99
10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Updates on Basic
Toxicology &
Decontamination
Dr. Lance Wheeler ’19
11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Updates on Common
Household Intoxicants
Dr. Lance Wheeler ’19
VENI XXXX
Large Animal Track
8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Providing Pain Management
to Food Animals,
Part 1
Dr. Mike Kleinhenz
9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Providing Pain Management
to Food Animals,
Part 2
Dr. Mike Kleinhenz
10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Periparturient Ewe
& Doe Management
Dr. Isabelle Louge
11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lamb & Kid
Management
Dr. Isabelle Louge
VENI XXXX
Special Sessions Track
8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Imaging Diagnosis
of Canine Abdominal
Organ Torsions
Dr. Christine Gremillion
9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Radiographic Findings
& Clinical Features of
Canine Colonic Torsion:
Not Always What
You’d Expect!
Dr. Christine Gremillion
10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Topic
TBD
Dr. Katie Kleinhenz
11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Topic
TBD
Dr. Katie Kleinhenz
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch & Learn:
Topic TBD
Afternoon Sessions
VENI XXXX
Small Animal Track
1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
Small Animal
Internal Medicine
Dr. Andrew Bugbee
2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
Small Animal
Internal Medicine
Dr. Andrew Bugbee
3:10 – 4:00 p.m.
A Review on
Common Ectoparasites
Dr. Christina Gentry
4:10 – 5:00 p.m.
Thermal & Solar
Cutaneous Disorders
Dr. Christina Gentry
VENI XXXX
Large Animal Track
1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
Neonatal foals:
Field assessment & triage
Dr. Becky Legere
2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
Colic & GI
disease in foals
Dr. Becky Legere
3:10 – 4:00 p.m.
Equine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Jared Janke
4:10 – 5:00 p.m.
Equine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Jared Janke
REGISTRATION OPEN!
If you’re looking for an opportunity to spend some time in Aggieland with old friends while you experience cutting-edge veterinary continuing education in May 2024, then VITA is the conference for you!