Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery: Laryngeal paralysis: Diagnosis and Current Treatment Options
Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery: Laryngeal paralysis: Diagnosis and Current Treatment Options
Beschreibung:
Surgical management of disease offers small animal veterinarians a unique opportunity for decisive and effective treatment of their patients.
Laryngeal paralysis: Diagnosis and Current Treatment Options
Not all dogs with laryngeal paralysis are candidates for laryngeal tie-back surgery. New concepts on the etiology and complicating features of laryngeal paralysis will be presented. All options for treatment of this common form of airway obstruction will be discussed.
Zielgruppe:
For general practitioners
Seminarziel:
These webinars provide practitioners with a comprehensive look at state-of-the-art operative procedures for various soft tissue disorders in dogs and cats.
Referenten:
Dr. Stephen Birchard
DVM I MS I Diplomate ACVS
since 2010
Dr. Birchard retired from The Ohio State University and is now a surgical consultant, author and speaker at continuing education conferences
2008
Excellence in Teaching Award
2006
John Lyman Jr. Award for Clinical Teaching Excellence
1994
Omega Tau Sigma Fraternity National Gamma Award for distinguished service to the veterinary profession
1988-1994
Head of Small Animal Surgery at Ohio State
1985
While at Ohio State, he received the Norden Distinguished Teacher Award
1984
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
1983
Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine faculty
2 years
Associate Staff Surgeon at the Animal Medical Center in New York City
1981
completed a small animal surgical residency program and Master’s Degree at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine
2 years
associate veterinarian in a small animal practice in New Jersey
1976
attended veterinary school at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Birchard’s clinical specialty is small animal soft tissue surgery. He has written numerous book chapters and articles for refereed journals. He is the chief editor of the Saunders Manual of Small Animal Practice, co-edited by Dr. Robert Sherding, and writes an educational blog for veterinarians, “Veterinary Key Points,” at drstephenbirchard.blogspot.com. He recently published a book: “Their Tails Kept Wagging: Pets Show Us How Hope, Forgiveness, and Love Prevail,” a collection of moving stories about patients of Dr. Birchard who survived critical illness.