North American Veterinary Anesthesia Society Virtual Spring Symposium
May 3 & 4, 2025

In cooperation with
AVCAA and AVTAA

6:15 AM - 6:30 AM - President's Welcome

6:30 AM - 7:30 AM - Launching Your Veterinary Anesthesiology Practice : A Guide to Success

Speaker: Dr. Duffy Jones, DVM

7:40 AM - 8:40 AM - Patient Safety Science and Psychological Safety in Veterinary Medicine

Speaker: Dr. Rochelle Low, DVM, MHL, MaS

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM - Utility of Preanesthetic Diagnosis + Panel Discussion

Speaker: Dr. Tasha Bartel, BScH, BVM&S, MRCVS, DACVAA

9:50 AM - 10:30 PM - Break

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - The Anesthesia Machine: Overview & Safety Checks + Panel Discussion

Speaker: Jen Burke, RVT, VTS (A&A)

11:40 AM - 12:40 PM - Common Anesthesia Equipment Issues + Panel Discussion

Speaker: Mandi Gerigk, BAS, CVT

12:50 PM - 1:50 PM - Understanding Capnography + Panel Discussion

Speaker: Sharon Klinger, RVT, VTS (A&A, EVN)

1:50 PM - 2:00 PM - Closing Remarks

Sunday, May 4

6:30 AM - 7:30 AM - Pain in Farmed Animals : Understanding the Barriers to Mitigation and Improving Welfare

Speaker: Dr. Abigale Zoltick, DVM

7:40 AM - 8:40 AM - Equine Pain Management + Panel Discussion

Speaker: Dr. Rachel Reed, DVM, DACVAA

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM - Panel Discussion #8

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM - Brief Overview of Anesthesia for Blunt Trauma Patient + Panel Discussion

Speaker: Dr. PenTing (Ben) Liao, DVM, MVM, DVSc, DACVAA, DACVECC

9:50 AM - 10:30 AM - Break

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM -

AAHA Fluid Guidelines Review

Speaker: Erin Spencer M.Ed., CVT, VTS (ECC) (15 minutes)

RECOVER Guidelines Review

Speaker: Stephanie Foster, B.Sc, RVT, VTS (ECC) (15 minutes)

ACVAA Monitoring Guidelines Review

Speaker: Dr. Lydia Love, DVM, DACVAA (15 minutes)

11:40 AM - 12:40 PM - Paper Review (3 x 10 minutes) & Discussion (1 hour total)

Speaker: Darci Palmer, LVT, VTS (A&A)

12:50 PM - 1:50 PM - Anesthesia Quackery

Speaker: Dr. Flavio Freitag, DVM, MSc. DVSc., DACVAA

1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Closing Remarks