Virginia Academy of Small Animal Medicine

most economical way to receive your continuing education requirements

 

What's New:

March 11, 2013

Shenandoah Valley Veterinary Conference

The Exhibitors List for the conference has been updated!  Speaker Notes are coming soon...

Online Registraion for the Conference is now available, or click here to download the 2013 Registration Form.

The Shenandoah Valley Veterinary Conference is our next conference, on March 21 - 24, 2013, at the Holiday Inn Golf and Conference Center, a full service hotel located at 152 Fairway Lane, in historic Staunton, Virginia, in the heart of the scenic Shenandoah Valley.Elanco is sponsoring a Lunch & Learn on Friday & Saturday! The Tentative Schedule is now posted!

Exhibitor Contract for the Shenandoah Valley Veterinary Conference


1st Flight Veterinary Conference

Online Registraion for the Conference is now available, or click here to download the 2013 Registration Form.

The 1st Flight Veterinary Conference is on May 9 - 12, 2013, at the Hilton Garden Inn Outer Banks/Kitty Hawk, located right on the beautiful coast of the Atlantic Ocean.  The Tentative Schedule is now posted!

Exhibitor Contract for the 1st Flight Veterinary Conference


Sun N Fun Veterinary Conference

Online Registraion for the Conference is now available soon, but click here to download the 2013 Registration Form. We're organizing our new conference in 2013, the Sun N Fun Veterinary Conference at the Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, June 12 - 16, 2013.  This conference is being hosted by the North Carolina Companion Animal Academy.  Speakers, Topics, and Details are now available.  We've also organized 2 family activities you can sign up for!

  • Family Night at the Ballpark (includes Myrtle Beach Pelicans game and dinner)
  • Beachside Bash on 6/15/2013 (Includes dinner & entertainment)

Exhibitor Contract for the Sun N Fun Veterinary Conference


Speakers and topics continue to be added to the website, with the latest additions on Shenandoah Valley Veterinary Conference, NCCAA, and VASAM

The applications, brochures and day meetings have been posted for the North Carolina Companion Animal Academy and the Virginia Academy of Small Animal Medicine.

NCCAA: 2013 Application | 2013 Brochure

VASAM: 2013 Application | 2013 Brochure


Exhibitor Contracts are now available for all the conferences!


MANY, MANY Photos in our Photo Gallery

We've added a BUNCH of photos from the 2012 Colonial Veterinary Conference and Colonial Williamsburg, thanks to Cindy Drury!  Go to our Photo Gallery and select # 5, 6, 7, and 8


We Proudly Support Our Troops

Thanks to Our Annual Sponsors

Idexx Laboratories

Idexx Laboratories

Companion Laser Therapy

Companion Laser Therapy

BWCi Animal Hospital Management System

BWCi Animal Hospital Management System

Our sponsors help to make our conferences the most educational and enjoyable veterinary conferences you can attend.

NCCAA

North Carolina Companion Animal Academy

The NCAA Day Meetings Schedule for 2013 is now posted, and the 2013 Membership Form is now available for download.  The Brochure for NCCAA is also available. Please check back often to see what's new!  Click here to see the Day Meetings Schedule and to download the Membership Form.


VASAM

Virginia Academy of Small Animal Medicine

The VASAM Day Meetings Schedule for 2013 is now posted, and the 2013 Membership Form is now available  The Brochure for VASAM is also available.  Please check back often to see what's new!  Click here to see the Day Meetings Schedule and to download the Membership Form.

 

Virginia Academy of Small Animal Medicine

Virginia Academy of Small Animal Medicine

What We Are About

The Academy’s goal is to provide convenient, high quality, yet affordable veterinary continuing education in a pleasant setting ... with five one day sessions, two at the Wyndham Richmond Airport (soon to be 4-Points by Sheraton), Richmond, VA, two at a NEW LOCATION, Holiday Inn Valley View, Roanoke, VA and one at Holiday Inn Golf and Conference Center, Staunton, VA plus two weekend conferences at a low registration fee, Shenandoah Valley Veterinary Conference, Staunton, VA and Colonial Veterinary Conference, Williamsburg VA. The cost of annual membership is only $275 ($335 after May 2, 2013) for veterinarians and $150 ($175 after May 2, 2013) for technician/support staff, with multi member prorated discounts for each.

This entitles each member to attend all the one day meetings at no charge and the two weekend conferences at a fee of $100 each. If you are unable to attend the one day meetings, notes will be available at www.vetmeetings.com. Proceedings books available at cost only at weekend conferences.

Each of the one-day meetings held the first Thursday of March, May, September, October and November and carries six hours of Continuing Education and the weekend meeting conferences carry 20 hours of continuing education credits.

2013 Virginia Academy of Small Animal Medicine Letter

 

2013 Membership Application Form

NOTE - VASAM Members have the opportunity to attend the 1st Flight Veterinary Conference in Kitty Hawk North Carolina May 9 - 12, 2013 at half price.

Click Here to download the 2013 VASAM Brochure

2013 Virginia Academy of Small Animal Medicine Meetings

One Day Schedules for VASAM

Date Speaker Name Topic Location
CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW from Winter Storm.  It will be rescheduled, please check back soon!

March 7, 2013
9am-4pm
Edward A. Fallin DVM, M.S., Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine) Internal Medicine
Veterinary Referrals:  The good, the bad and the ugly

How do I diagnose and treat copper associated hepatitis?

How do I diagnose and treat biliary mucocele?

Tall man letters and SALAD:  Risk management for Sound Alike Look Alike Drugs
New Location
Holiday Inn Valley View
Roanoke, VA
May 2, 2013
9am-4pm
Dunbar Gram, DVM Dermatology
"Otitis Extrema:" How to treat and how to avoid
Terrorist Fleas:  What you need to know
Immunodermatology for Practioners:  The immune system function is suprisingly similar to a veterinary practice
Case Conumdrums: Interactive
Wyndham Richmond Airport
4700 S Laburnum Avenue
Richmond, VA  23231
804-226-4300
September 5, 2013
9am-4pm
Paul Camilio Dentistry - Dental Wars Holiday Inn Golf & Conference Center
152 Fairway Lane
Staunton, VA  24402
540-248-6020
October 3, 2013
9am-4pm
Brian Gilger, DVM Ophthalmology
Clinical case studies in ophthalmology - cornea, uveitis, cataract, retina, and blindness
New Location
Holiday Inn Valley View
Roanoke, VA
November 7, 2013
9am-4pm
Elisa Mazaferro, DVM Emergency and Critical Care: Cases You Hate To See Come Through The Door Made Easy Wyndham Richmond Airport
4700 S Laburnum Avenue
Richmond, VA  23231
804-226-4300

Weekend Conferences for VASAM

Shenandoah Valley Veterinary Conference

Shenandoah Valley

Veterinary Conference

March 21 - 24, 2013

"In the heart of the Shenandoah Valley at the Holiday Inn, Staunton, Virgina"
Colonial Veterinary Conference

Colonial Veterinary

 Conference

December 4 - 8, 2013

"In Historic Williamsburg, Virginia during the Grand Illumination"

Click Here to download the 2013 VASAM Brochure

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Current Course Descriptions

Dental Wars by Paul Camilio

Dental Wars by Paul Camilio

Click Here to Download the Dental Wars Presentation PDF.


"Emergency and Critical Care: Cases You Hate To See Come Through The Door Made Easy"

By Elisa Mazzaferro, DVM 

Emergency Approach to The Patient in Respiratory Distress: Is It Heart or Is It Lung?

Fluid Therapy Made SImple

Emergency and Critical Care Procedures To Save Your Patient's Lives

Doc, What Did He Get Into? Emergency Approach to Toxins

Triage STAT! Emergency Approach to the Traumatized Patient

Pre- and Post-op Care of the GDV Patient

Management of Hypoadrenocorticism and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Metabolic DIsasters? Not Really!

Treatment of Hyperthermia and Heat-Induced Illness

Safe Anesthesia for the Healthy and Not-So-Healthy Patient: From Sedation, Induction, Hypotension and Recovery

Reproductive Emergencies

That Gasping cat: Emergency Approach to Feline Lower Airway Disease

The Latest in CPR: Be Ready When It Matters!


 

 

 
 
 

 

 

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