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DNA Deep Dive: Incorporating Genetics into Veterinary Cardiology to Enhance Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment

Live, Virtual and On Demand

Course Overview

Through interactive lectures and panel discussions, this course will provide an in-depth look at the most common inherited heart diseases and how our patient’s genetic architecture impacts their response to medical therapies. As our knowledge of veterinary genetics continues to expand, understanding how to incorporate genetic testing and counseling into veterinary cardiology case evaluations and therapeutic management grows more important. Our speakers will address mitral valve degeneration, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, drug resistance, and the interface between each of these topics and canine and feline genetics. The content will focus on a current understanding of genetic etiology of disease and the practical application of this knowledge in the clinic. 

By the end of the course, attendees will be able to:

  1. Be able to describe the role of genetic testing in veterinary cardiology practice.
  2. Interpret genetic test results and recall the relevant literature that informs disease prognosis and management.
  3. Identify the role of pharmacogenetics and how knowledge of pharmacogenetics can impact case management.
  4.  Understand the variety of mechanisms by which experts in the field are utilizing genetics in practicing veterinary cardiology.

Agenda

Registration

Registration will open on February 26, 2025.

Course Information

  • Date: April 28, 2025
  • Start Time: 8:00 am MT
  • End Time: 5:15 pm MT
  • Location: Live, Virtual On Demand
  • Audience: ACVIM Diplomates and Candidates, European affiliate Diplomates and Candidates, ACT Diplomates and Candidates
  • Specialty: Cardiology
  • Type: Live, Virtual On Demand
  • CE Hours: 7.5

  

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RACE Application Status:

This program will be submitted (but not yet approved) for 7.5 hours of live, seminar/lecture continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE-approval.

For additional questions, please contact us at Learning@ACVIM.org.

 

  

Speakers

Joshua Stern

DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology)

Course Leader
Joshua Stern, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, North Carolina State University

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Luis Dos Santos

DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology)

Luis Dos Santos, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Purdue University

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Ryan Fries

DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology), DECVIM-CA (Cardiology)

Ryan Fries, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology), DECVIM-CA (Cardiology)
Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Fries is an Associate Professor of Cardiology at the University of Illinois.  He received his DVM from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and completed a small animal medicine and surgery internship at The Ohio State University. He completed his cardiology residency at Texas A&M University and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) in 2012. Dr. Fries' research interests are focused on advanced cardiac imaging, interventional procedures, feline cardiac disease, cardiac biomarkers, and clinical trials.

Melanie Hezzell

MA, VetMB, PhD, CertVDI, CertVC, FHEA, FRCVS, DACVIM (Cardiology)

Melanie Hezzell MA, VetMB, PhD, CertVDI, CertVC, FHEA, FRCVS, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Professor of Veterinary Cardiology, University of Bristol, UK

Dr. Hezzell is a University of Cambridge graduate. While working in primary care practice, she gained the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificates in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and Veterinary Cardiology. Following a rotating small animal internship at the Royal Veterinary College, she undertook a PhD on the epidemiology of canine myxomatous mitral valve disease at the same institution. After completing a cardiology residency at the University of Pennsylvania, she joined the University of Bristol, where she is currently Professor of Veterinary Cardiology.

Steven Rosenthal

DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)

Steven Rosenthal DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Co-Chief Medical Officer, CVCA Cardiac Care for Pets

Dr. Rosenthal received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. He completed a cardiology residency at the Animal Medical Center in New York, after which he was a staff cardiologist and then became one of the founding partners of CVCA Cardiac Care for Pets. Dr Rosenthal recently served as the President of the Cardiology Specialty of the ACVIM, and in the past as chairman of the cardiology examination, forum, and residency training committees. 

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