8th Annual Small Animal Medicine Conference on Cardiology

January 29, 2000

College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
Continuing Education Programs

 

• Date and Time
  Saturday, January 29, 2000
  8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

• Location
  Frick Auditorium
  College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800 Denison Avenue,
  Manhattan, KS
  Frick Auditorium is located in Mosier Hall. Enter at the Small Animal Entrance. Signs will be posted to direct you to registration, which will be on the second floor. 

• Continuing Education Contact Hours for Veterinarians
  6.5 Clock Hours 

• Objectives
  This conference will provide the practitioner with a comprehensive review and update on the diagnosis and management of some of the most common heart diseases of dogs and cats. From common place to cutting edge, Dr. Miller will provide valuable insight to guide the practitioner in their approach to acquired cardiovascular disease in dogs and cats.
   

• Schedule
  7:15 am Registration

8:00 am Welcome
Ralph C. Richardson, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Ken Harkin, SCAAHA Faculty Advisor
Frances Piñero, SCAAHA President

8:15 am Feline Heartworm Disease: Does it Exist?
We will discuss what is known and what is not about this controversial disease.

9:15 am Refreshment Break

9:30 am Feline Cardiomyopathy: Thick Hearts and Clots
This presentation will cover diagnosis and management including aortic thromboembolism

10:30 am Refreshment Break

10:45 am Systemic Hypertension: Diagnosis and Therapy
This presentation will emphasize the disease in cats.

11:45 am Lunch (on your own)

1:00 pm Valvular Heart Disease: The Essentials
This discussion will emphasize the essential aspects of diagnosis and management of valvular disease.

2:00 pm Refreshment Break

2:15 pm Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Now We’re Talkin’ Big Dogs
Diagnosis and management of DCM including treatment of common arrhythmias seen in this disease.

3:15 pm Refreshment Break

3:30 pm Fulminant and Refractory Heart Failure
This session will address the management of "end-stage" CHF

4:15 pm What’s New with the KSU Internal Medicine Section
-- Dr. Ken Harkin

4:30 pm Evaluation and Adjourn

• Speakers
  Matthew W. Miller, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM
  Dr. Miller received his DVM in 1984 (Summa Cum Laude) from The Ohio State University. He completed an internship in medicine and surgery at the West Los Angeles Veterinary Medical Group and a residency in internal medicine/cardiology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Miller became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) in 1988. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University. He is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), College of Medicine, Baylor University.

Kenneth Harkin, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM
Dr. Harkin in an assistant professor of small animal internal medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Kansas State University. He received his DVM from Iowa State University and completed a residency in internal medicine at Michigan State University. He was in a private referral practice for three years before joining the faculty at Kansas State University in 1997.

• Student Chapter of the American Animal Hospital Association
  The Student Chapter of the American Animal Hospital Association (SCAAHA) at KSU promotes quality veterinary care, animal wellness, and positive human-animal interactions. SCAAHA’s Pets and People provides animal education programs for elementary schools and animal visitation programs for retirement communities.

Dr. Kenneth Harkin, DVM is the faculty advisor for the Student Chapter of AAHA and an Assistant Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at KSU.

Student Chapter of AAHA Officers:
President ........ Frances Piñero
Vice President ........ Mike Finn
Secretary/Treasurer ........ Mollie Lusk
Pets and People ........ Sherry Ahlgrim
Pets and People ........ Carrie Glassier