Schedule for the VIRTUAL 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
Each day will start at 8:00 am Pacific / 11:00 am Eastern. End time is approximate. Sessions will be run in order presented below.
Posted: 10/6/2021
Wednesday, October 20th
Start time: 8:00 AM Pacific / 11:00 AM Eastern
Welcome; Nate Nelson, DVM, DACVR – President
Getting Past The Shame Of Our Mistakes; Michelle Gaspar, DVM, MA, LCPC
Wellbeing: Identifying and Responding to Individual and Workplace Needs; Stephanie Johnson, MSW
CANCELLED: Stick A Fork In Me, I’m Done: Preventing and Dealing With Burnout; Michelle Gaspar, DVM, MA, LCPC
Clinician Wellbeing Initiative: Intern & Resident Wellbeing; Makenzie Peterson, MSc
The Art of Saying ‘No’; Makenzie Peterson, MSc
Mental Health Awareness, Suicide Risk and Prevention: How Can We Help?; Stephanie Johnson, MSW
End: 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern
Technicians
Ultrasound and the Amazing Technician!; Heidi Mast, CVT
Emergency Computed Tomography of Veterinary Patients with Acute Trauma; Elodie Huguet, B.S., DVM, Radiology Resident UF
Equine MRI: Through the Eyes of Technician; Dana Duncan, RVT, VTS(DI)
Nuclear Medicine Applications in Veterinary Medicine; Dorothy Sharp, B.S., LVMT, VTS(DI)
Basic Emergency Abdominal Ultrasonography with an emphasis on AFAST; Elizabeth Huyhn, DVM, MS, DACVR
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Emergency Patients; Scarlette Donovan, MFA, RVT, VTS(Anesthesia, ECC, DI)
Thursday, October 21st
Start: 8:00 am Pacific/ 11:00 am Eastern
Conference Keynote: The Use of Imaging in Forensic Medicine; Ernest Rogers, DVM, PhD
Diversity Keynote: Positioning for Advocacy; Latonia Craig, EdD
ZEWDIS Keynote: New Frontiers in Veterinary Imaging; M. Scott Echols, DVM, Dipl ABVP
LADIS Keynote: Animal Farm….in Grayscale: Clinical Perspectives on Imaging Farm Animal; Samantha Morello, DVM
Equine Diagnostic Imaging – Business Meeting
End: 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern
Radiation Oncology
8:00 am Pacific / 11:00 am Eastern
VRTOG Meeting Moderator: Nick Rancilio, DVM, DACVR- RO
RO Welcome Michelle Turek, DVM, DACVR-RO
RO Keynote: Abdominopelvic Radiation: Current challenges and Future Opportunities; Ted Hong, MD
RO SOTA: External Beam Radiation in Horses: Not an Unbeatable Challenge; Alena Soukup, MVD, DACVR-RO
Magnetic resonance imaging in the oncology patient; Philippa Johnson, BVSc, CertVDI, DipECVDI, MSc, MRCVS
12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern
RO Business Meeting Michelle Keyerleber, President
End: 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern
Friday, October 22nd
Start: 8:00 am Pacific/ 11:00 am Eastern
Artificial Intelligence Panel:
- Introduction of ACVR AI committee to members; moderator, Kate Alexander, DVM, DACVR
- AI 101: Methods and application in medical imaging; panelist, Adrien-Maxence Hespel, DVM, DACVR
- Radiation Oncology and AI: State of the Art and Implications for Veterinary Medicine; panelist, Parminder Basran, PhD
- Evaluating AI products and upcoming VRU Supplemental on AI; panelist, Ryan Appleby, DVM, DACVR
- Financial implications of AI in veterinary radiology; panelist, Seth Wallack, DVM, DACVR
- Ethical implications of AI in veterinary radiology; panelist, Eli Cohen, DVM, DACVR
CT MRI Keynote: CT MRI Keynote: Combating Metal artifact and Fat Suppression Techniques, Ulrich Rassner, MD
Ultrasound Keynote: Hey Doc, Can You Scan this Snake While You’re Here? A Zoo Radiologist Helps You Conquer Your Fears of Exotic Small Animal Ultrasound; Marina Ivančić, DVM, DACVR
Collagen Imaging Ultra Class; Sarah Pownder, DVM, DACVR
ACVR History; William Blevins, DVM, DACVR
Introduction to New Diplomates
ACVR Business Meeting
End: 1:30 pm Pacific / 4:30 pm Eastern
Saturday, October 23rd
Start: 8:00 am Pacific/ 11:00 am Eastern
Music of the Universe: Gravitational Waves; Gabriela Gonzalez, M.Sc, PhD
NOMV: Anxious in America: Anxiety management from a neurobiological perspective; Taylor Miller, DVM, MS
Image Interpretation Session; Host, Alex Le Roux, DVM, MS, DECVDI, DACVR
Nuclear Medicine Keynote: Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine: New Therapies for the 21st and 22nd Centuries; Philip F Cohen, MD, FRCP(C), ABN
End: 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern
