Symposium Schedule
Saturday, April 18
Event | Speaker | Start | End | CE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Presidents Welcome | Amanda Shelby, RVT, CVT, VTS (A&A) | 8:45am | 9:00am | 0 |
A Rational Approach to Determine ASA Status & Operative Risk Assessment | Andrea Looney, DACVAA | 9:00am | 10:00am | 1 |
Anesthesia & Analgesia for C-sections and Neonatal Resuscitation | Tasha Bartel, DACVAA | 10:00am | 11:00am | 0.5 |
Break | 11:00am | 11:05am | 0 | |
Panel Discussion: Anesthesia & Analgesia for C-sections and Neonatal Resuscitation | Tasha Bartel & Lechon Camp | 11:05am | 11:35am | 0.5 |
Lunch Break Lecture Sponsored by Midmark Simulating Success: In-Clinic Team Training for Safer Anesthesia | 11:35am | 12:15pm | 0.5 | |
Anesthesia & Analgesia in Small Animals with Urinary Obstructions | Reza Seddighi, DACVAA | 12:15pm | 1:15pm | 1 |
Communication as a Safety Tool: Closing Loops to Prevent Anesthesia Errors & Development and Introduction of a Veterinary Anesthesia Critical Events Checklist App | Crystall Adamek, VTS (A&A) (ECC) | 1:15pm | 2:15pm | 0.5 |
Break | 2:15pm | 2:20pm | 0 | |
Panel Discussion: Communication as a Safety Tool: Closing Loops to Prevent Anesthesia Errors & Development and Introduction of a Veterinary Anesthesia Critical Events Checklist App | Adamek/Love/Barr | 2:20pm | 2:50pm | 0.5 |
Break | 2:50pm | 2:55pm | 0 | |
Implementation and Outcomes of a Patient Safety Committee and Incident Reporting System within a Veterinary Teaching Hospital & Are there benefits to using a team-based approach to developing balanced anesthesia drug protocols in veterinary practice? | Gwendolyn A Wojewodka | 2:55pm | 3:55pm | 0.5 |
Break | 3:55pm | 4:00pm | 0 | |
Panel Discussion: Implementation and Outcomes of a Patient Safety Committee and Incident Reporting System within a Veterinary Teaching Hospital & Are there benefits to using a team-based approach to developing balanced anesthesia drug protocols in veterinary practice? | Gwen, & Darcy, Jessica Ward | 4:00pm | 4:30pm | 0.5 |
Sunday, April 19
Event | Speaker | Start | End | CE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yoga and Welcome Back | Michelle Albino | 8:30am | 9:00am | 0 |
Just a Dental? Aneshtetic Risk in Patients with Comorbidities | Lauren Duffee (DACVAA) | 9:00am | 10:00am | 1 |
Patient Care is a Team Sport Benefits of a Good Surgery-Anesthesia Relationship | Ella Pittman (DACVAA) | 10:00am | 11:00am | 0.5 |
Break | 11:00am | 11:05am | 0 | |
Panel Discussion: Patient Care is a Team Sport Benefits of a Good Surgery-Anesthesia Relationship | McMillian, Pittman, Rebecca Talbott (VTS) | 11:05am | 11:35am | 0.5 |
Lunch Break Lecture | 11:35am | 12:15pm | 0.5 | |
Failing to Prepare is Preparing To Fail | Claire Woolford (VTS AA) | 12:15pm | 1:15pm | 1 |
Anesthesia & Heart Disease: Beyond the "Heart-Safe" Protocol & Use of Sympathomimetic Drugs in Hypotension in Dogs & Cats | Travis Bruns (VTS AA) | 1:15pm | 2:15pm | 0.5 |
Break | 2:15pm | 2:20pm | 0 | |
Panel Discussion: Anesthesia & Heart Disease: Beyond the "Heart-Safe" Protocol & Use of Sympathomimetic Drugs in Hypotension in Dogs & Cats | Travis Bruns (VTS AA) & Ioannis Savvas & Gabriela Escalante (DACVAA) | 2:20pm | 2:50pm | 0.5 |
Break | 2:50pm | 2:55pm | 0 | |
Troubleshooting the Difficult Anesthesia Recovery | Katie Bennett (DACVAA) | 2:55pm | 3:55pm | 1 |
Closing Credits and Announcements | Amanda Shelby | 3:55pm | 4:00pm | 0 |
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Information Regarding CE credits and NAVAS Subscriptions
Up to 12 hours of RACE-approved CE credits are available for NAVAS subscribers who attend the sessions at the symposium on April 18 and April 19. For active subscribers who attended the symposium interactively (i.e., in real time), we will send the CE certificates the week after the symposium. To obtain Interactive CE credit, attendees must watch the live broadcast of the pre-recorded lectures at the scheduled time and attend the associated live Q&A Sessions. Although the lectures are pre-recorded, you will still receive CE credit as if it were a live event. These are interactive session certificates that are self-reported, so attendees are responsible for tracking which sessions they attended. All NAVAS subscribers will have access to on-demand CE credits for the 2021-2025 Symposium sessions for the foreseeable future. Subscribers will just have to answer 5 questions after watching the videos. We will send instructions to all NAVAS subscribers on Monday morning, following the symposium, on how to access the on-demand session. To ensure that you get your interactive CE certificate and have access to the on-demand sessions, you need to confirm that you registered for the symposium with the same email address as your NAVAS subscription. In addition, you need to make sure you have both the first and last name you want on your on-demand CE certificate entered into your NAVAS account. If you are not sure about either of these requirements, please email us at info@myNAVAS.org. IMPORTANT: We recognize that schedules can fluctuate, so we are allowing symposium attendees, or those who registered but couldn't attend the live sessions, to purchase subscriptions until 11:59 PM MDT on Sunday, April 27, 2026.
