Veterinary Professional Track

Time: Title: Speaker:
7:30AM - 8:00AM Check In, Breakfast, and Welcoming Remarks
8:00AM - 8:50AM Keynote: The Sarah F. Hawes' Memorial Feline Health Keynote Lecture Duncan Lascelles, BSc, BVSc, PhD
8:50AM - 9:00AM Break
9:00AM - 9:50AM Pain: A Deep Dive into Pain in Cats Duncan Lascelles, BSc, BVSc, PhD
9:50AM - 10:00AM Break
10:00AM - 10:50AM Feline Idiopathic Cystitis (FIC) - Alternative Modalities to Help Cats Urinate with Less Stress and Pain
Sponsored by: Zomedica
Kara Burns MS, MEd, LVT, VTS (Nutrition)
10:50AM - 11:00AM Break
11:00AM - 11:50AM Urinary Tract Pain in Cats Frankie Easley, DVM, DACVIM
11:50AM - 12:30PM Lunch
12:30PM - 1:20PM Behavioral Signs of OA Pain in Cats
Sponsored by: Zoetis
Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB
1:20PM - 1:30PM Break
1:30PM - 2:20PM Sleeping All Day or Too Painful to Move? Treatment of OA Pain in Cats
Sponsored by: Zoetis
Tammy Grubb, DVM, PhD, DACVAA
2:20PM - 2:30PM Break
2:30PM - 3:20PM Where Did THAT Come From? Underrecognized Sources of Feline Pain Tammy Grubb, DVM, PhD, DACVAA
3:20PM - 3:30PM Break
3:30PM - 4:20PM Painful Cats in the ER Alex Lynch, BVSc(Hons) DACVECC MRCVS
4:20PM - 6:000PM Reception

Saturday, April 13:

Veterinary Professional Track

Time: Title: Speaker:
8:00AM- 8:40AM Breakfast
8:40AM - 9:30AM Cat Friendly Interactions and Handling for Hospitalized Cats
Sponsored by: AAFP
Wendy Simpson, DVM
9:30AM - 9:40AM Break
9:40AM - 10:30AM Dental Pain Lenin Villamizar Martinez, DVM, MS, PhD
10:30AM - 10:40AM Break
10:40AM - 11:30AM Use of Radiation Therapy for Pain Management in Cats Tracy Gieger DVM, DACVIM, DACVR
11:30AM - 11:40AM Break
11:40AM - 12:30PM Talking About Pain with Cat Parents Steve Dale, CABC
Closing Remarks

Cat fanciers, Cat owners, Cat lovers

Time: Title: Speaker:
7:30AM - 8:00AM Check In, Breakfast, and Welcoming Remarks
8:00AM - 8:50AM Keynote: The Sarah F. Hawes' Memorial Feline Health Keynote Lecture (Live Stream) Duncan Lascelles, BSc, BVSc, PhD
9:00AM - 9:10AM Break
9:10AM - 10:00AM Chronic Pain and Behavior Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB
10:00AM - 10:10AM Break
10:10AM - 11:00AM Adapting the Environment to Manage Pain Wendy Simpson, DVM
11:00AM - 11:10AM Break
11:10AM - 12:00PM Panel Discussion Tammy Grubb, Margaret Gruen, Duncan Lascelles
12:00PM - 1:00PM Lunch
1:00PM - 1:50PM Cats as Magicians Steve Dale, CABC
1:50PM - 2:00PM Break
2:00PM - 2:50PM Feline Idiopathic Cystitis (FIC) - Helping Cats Pee with Less Stress and Pain
Sponsored by:Zomedica
Kara Burns MS, MEd, LVT, VTS (Nutrition)
2:50PM - 3:00PM Break
3:00PM - 3:50PM Lower Urinary Tract Pain Frankie Easley, DVM, DACVIM
3:50PM - 4:00PM Break
4:00PM - 4:20PM EveryCat Continues to Support Every Cat EveryCat Health Foundation
4:20PM - 6:00PM Reception

Sunday, April 14: