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2026 Emergency & Critical Care Conference
A comprehensive one-day event featuring expert-led sessions and hands-on training designed to elevate your skills and knowledge in emergency and critical care.
Emergency & Critical Care Conference – Cardiology Conundrums
Calling all veterinarians and veterinary technicians! Join us on Saturday, December 5 for a comprehensive one-day event featuring expert-led sessions and hands-on training designed to elevate your skills and knowledge in emergency and critical care.
This year’s theme, “Cardiology Conundrums,” features separate veterinarian and technician tracks covering practical topics in emergency and critical care, including heart failure, life-threatening arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac POCUS, thromboembolic disease, vasopressor therapy, anesthesia and sedation in cardiac patients, and other common emergency conditions. The conference offers 7–8 hours of continuing education, with an optional lunch CE session and a limited-enrollment, hands-on POCUS Laboratory.
Agenda
Veterinarian Track – Lecture Hall A
- 7:00-8:00 a.m. – Breakfast & Registration
- 8:00-8:50 a.m. – Heart Failure in Dogs…and Cats, Darcy Adin, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
- 9:00-9:50 a.m. – When the Monitor Beeps: Recognizing Arrhythmias, Liza Koster, BVSc(Hons), MMedVet(Vet), DECVIM-CA, EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine and Cardiology
- 10:00-10:30 a.m. – Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:20 a.m. – The ER/GP Doctor’s Guide to Recognition and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension, Liza Koster, BVSc(Hons), MMedVet(Vet), DECVIM-CA, EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine and Cardiology
- 11:30-12:20 p.m. – Feline Arterial Thromboembolic Disease: Management and Updates, Jake Wolf, DVM, DACVECC
- 12:30-2:30 p.m. – Lunch
- 2:30-3:20 p.m. – When Fluids Don’t Work- An Overview of Vasopressors in Hemodynamic Instability, Sabrina Manley, DVM, DACVECC
- 3:30-4:20 p.m. – Tricks in Gastrointestinal Surgery: How to (try and) Avoid Failure, Josep Aisa, DVM, DECVS, Fellow in Surgical Oncology
- 4:30-5:20 p.m. – Clinically Relevant Gastrointestinal Presentations every ECC Clinician Should Know, Stuart Walton, BVsc, BScAgr, MANZCVS (SAIM), DACVIM (SAIM)
Technician Track – Lecture Hall B
- 7:00-8:00 a.m. – Breakfast & Registration
- 8:00-8:50 a.m. – Heart Failure in Dogs…and Cats, Karen Wiley, CVT, VTS (Cardiology)
- 9:00-9:50 a.m. – When the Monitor Beeps: Recognizing Arrhythmias, Karen Wiley, CVT, VTS (Cardiology)
- 10:00-10:30 a.m. – Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:20 a.m. – Feline Arterial Thromboembolic Disease- Management and Updates – Jake Wolf, DVM, DACVECC
- 11:30-12:20 p.m. – Emergency Management of Heartworm Disease in Dogs and Cats, Paola Dominquez-Lopez, CVT
- 12:30-2:30 p.m. – Lunch
- 2:30-3:20 p.m. – When Fluids Don’t Work: An Overview of Vasopressors in Hemodynamic Instability, Britny Chunn CVT, VTS (ECC)
- 3:30-4:20 p.m. – Anesthesia and sedation considerations for the Patient with Cardiac Disease, Billi Wilson, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia)
- 4:30-5:20 p.m. – A Pain in My ER: Practical Analgesia for the ECC Patient, Jennifer Sager, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia)
Optional Lunch CE – Lecture Hall A
- 1:00-1:50 p.m. – What We Thought We Knew about ECC, But Were Wrong, Adesola Odunayo, DVM, MS, DACVECC
Cardiology Workshop
- 3:30-5:30 p.m. – POCUS Laboratory: A two-hour interactive workshop focused on cardiac point of care ultrasound.
- Darcy Adin, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
- Samantha Scott, DVM
- Sabrina Manley, DVM, DACVECC
- Lauren Haire, DVM
- Karen Wiley, CVT, VTS (Cardiology)
Registration Fees
- Veterinarian Track: $150
- Veterinary Technician Track: $75
- Workshop Fee (Limit 20):
- Veterinarian: $100
- Veterinary Technician: $75
Cancellation Policy: Registration fees will be refunded upon request and received by 11/15/26. Refunds will not be made after that date, but substitutions are permitted. Registration closes November 25, 2026.
Sponsors
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact Dr. Odunayo at odunayoa@ufl.edu for more information.
