This meeting has reached its maximum registration of 20 attendees, but we have a waitlist for those interested. If you’d like to join the waitlist, please email Kristin Walker, AAEP Membership & Event Services Coordinator, at kwalker@aaep.org.
Amp up your ability to diagnose and treat ocular diseases and traumas of the eye at the AAEP’s OphthoXP, the first offering in the new wet labs-focused learning series AAEP Experiential—or XP.
The event is limited to only 20 participants and features a participant-to-instructor ratio of just 4:1 to energize learning and ensure plenty of individual engagement with the expert panel of instructors. OphthoXP will be held April 10–12 in Lexington, Ky., at Spy Coast Farm.
Wet labs utilizing live animals and cadaver heads will provide hands-on training in the procedures and treatments necessary to address equine ophthalmologic conditions.
Learning Opportunities Will Include:
- Perform a complete ophthalmic examination, including nerve blocks and use of illuminated magnification, slit lamp biomicroscopy, direct/indirect ophthalmoscopy
- Refine diagnostic procedures, including orbital blocks, ophthalmic ultrasound examination and placement of subpalpebral lavage systems
- Perform orbital and eyelid surgeries, including laceration repairs, tarsorrhaphy and enucleations
- Examine and discuss actual equine ophthalmologic cases on live animals
Lectures and wet labs will be led by a who’s who of board-certified veterinary ophthalmologists:
Dennis Brooks, DVM, PhD, DACVO – Peterson Smith Equine Hospital, University of Florida (Emeritus)
Brian Gilger, DVM, MS, DAVCO - North Carolina State University
Renata Ramos, DVM, MS, DACVO – Virginia Tech University
Michala de Linde Henriksen, DVM, PhD, DACVO - Colorado State University
Nikki Scherrer, DVM, DACVO - University of Pennsylvania
Erica Tolar, DVM, DACVO - Bluegrass Veterinary Vision
In addition, social events will facilitate further discussions with instructors and fellow attendees, creating opportunities to forge enduring professional relationships.
If you’re ready to accelerate your ophthalmic skills and offer a higher level of service to patients and clients, take advantage of this exceptional, small-group learning opportunity!
CE hours offered: 16
Registration is on a first-come basis.
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