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Ultrasound for Specialists

Viticus Center, Las Vegas, NV

Course Overview

This course is designed with specialists in mind. Through the use of demo lectures and customizable hands-on ultrasound wet labs, attendees will have the opportunity to personalize the labs to address their specific learning needs and further enhance their proficiency in abdominal ultrasound. The labs are designed to maximize the scanning time in small group environments, guided by Diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Radiology. Instructors will be available to help guide attendee learning and individualize what participants are working on based on what they would like to accomplish in the labs.

Is this course right for you?

  • This offering is suitable for specialists and specialists-in-training who are seeking to enhance and refine their proficiency in their ultrasound skills.
  • This course consists of several hands-on ultrasound training sessions that are flexible, customizable, and designed to match participant experience levels and meet individual goals and needs.
  • The coursework and practical skills offered can help you acquire more proficiency in developing your ultrasound skills.

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

  1. Create and maintain the optimal image on your ultrasound machine in dogs and cats
  2. Understand probe selection
  3. Recognize normal and abnormal appearance of the liver and spleen, including utilization of the intercostal windows and interrogating the biliary system
  4. Recognize normal and abnormal appearance of the kidneys and bladder
  5. Recognize normal and abnormal appearance of the GI tract and pancreas
  6. Recognize normal and abnormal appearance of the adrenal glands and abdominal lymph nodes
  7. Understand and perform ultrasound guided aspirate techniques

Agenda

Registration

Registration will open January 9, 2025.

Location

 

The Viticus Center
2425 E. Oquendo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89120 
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Rebranded from the Oquendo Center, The Viticus Center provides meeting and lab space devoted to practical, clinical, and hands-on learning for the veterinary community. The Oquendo Center is conveniently located about one mile from the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport and about 2 miles from the host conference hotel. 

For more information about the Viticus Group and the Viticus Center, please click here.

 

Course Information

  • Date: March 31-April 2, 2025
  • Start Time: 8:00 am PT
  • End Time: 5:00 pm PT
  • Location: Viticus Center, Las Vegas, NV
  • Audience: ACVIM and ECVIM-CA Diplomates and Candidates
  • Specialty: All specialties
  • Type: Lecture and Wet lab
  • CE Hours: 24

  

Premier Sponsor

MedVet

Lab Partner

  

RACE Application Status:

This program will be submitted (but not yet approved) for 24 hours of live, seminar/lecture, and lab medical continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize AAVSB RACE-approval.

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

  

Speakers

 

Kate Sippel

DVM, DACVR

COURSE LEADER

Kate Sippel, DVM, DACVR
Clinical Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Imaging University of Florida

Dr. Kate Sippel earned her bachelor’s degree in biology at Colorado College in Colorado Springs and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Illinois in Urbana.  She completed her residency in diagnostic imaging at Michigan State University.  Dr. Sippel works with private practices, universities, and in telemedicine. She also works for IDEXX and has lectured nationally and internationally on numerous imaging topics. Dr. Sippel is an avid horseback rider competing in Jumper events across the country. 

Anthony Pease

DVM, MS, DACVR

Anthony Pease, DVM, MS, DACVR
Chief Veterinary Medical Officer, Viticus Group, Las Vegas, NV

Dr. Anthony Pease graduated from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. After completing an equine internship at the Marion DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Virginia and a small animal internship at Affiliated Veterinary Specialists in Florida, he pursued a diagnostic imaging residency at Cornell University. Dr. Pease became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Radiology (ACVR) and served as an assistant professor at North Carolina State University. Later, he held a tenured Associate Professor position at Michigan State University.
With a wealth of experience, Dr. Pease has served as the President of ACVR and currently holds the position of Director of Continuing Education for the ACVR. Additionally, he is presently the Chief Veterinary Medical Officer for the Viticus Group (formerly known as WVC). Dr. Pease is actively involved in education, delivering extensive lectures on diagnostic imaging in both small and large animals. He also supervises hands-on laboratories focusing on small animal and equine imaging.

 

Elodie Huguet

DVM, DACVR

Elodie Huguet, DVM, DACVR
Clinical Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Imaging University of Florida

Elodie grew up in France before moving to South Carolina in 2001. She obtained her veterinary degree at the University of Georgia and pursued her radiology interest with a one-year internship at Virginia Equine Imaging in Middleburg, VA.  She then completed a small animal rotating internship at BluePearl Veterinary Partners in Louisville, KY followed by a radiology internship at Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas in North Carolina. Following the completion of her radiology internship, Elodie accepted a radiology residency at Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas and then joined the UF diagnostic imaging team in 2019 to complete her residency. Elodie is now a clinical assistant professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Florida and works part-time for IDEXX teleradiology. 

 

Tingwei Ou

DVM, MS, DACVR (Diagnostic Imaging)

Tingwei Ou, DVM, MS, DACVR (Diagnostic Imaging)

Dr. Ou graduated from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 2017. After a small animal rotating internship at VCA Northwest Veterinary Specialists near Portland, Oregon, he completed a diagnostic imaging residency at The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center in 2021.

Shannon Holmes

DVM, MSc, DACVR

Shannon Holmes, DVM, MSc, DACVR

Dr. Shannon Holmes attended veterinary school at Ontario Veterinary College, completed a rotating internship at Michigan Veterinary Specialists, and her diagnostic imaging residency at Washington State University.  She previously worked as an Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.  She lives in Florida with her chihuahuas.  However, being originally from Canada, she enjoys the summer weather up north. 

Reynsen Shigemoto

DVM, MS, DACVR

Reynsen Shigemoto, DVM, MS, DACVR

Dr. Reynsen Shigemoto received his veterinary degree from Colorado State University in 2007. After graduating, Dr. Shigemoto completed an internship with VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital. His next two years were spent as the medical director at Animal Imaging Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Shigemoto went on to a radiology residency at the University of Florida, which he completed in 2013, and subsequently became board certified in Radiology with the American College of Veterinary Radiology. ​Dr. Shigemoto has always had veterinary medicine in his heart. He decided on his career path in high school, chose radiology as his specialty before he entered vet school and worked as a veterinary technician during college.

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