Dentistry, Cardiology, and Anesthesia, OH My!  The Road to Safe Patient Care

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Breakfast and Lunch Provided

8:15-9:00 AM          Registration and Check in

 9:00-9:10 AM          Welcome and Introduction of Speakers 

9:10-10:00 AM        Brook Niemiec, DVM, DEVDC, DAVDC, FAVD

Oral Pathology 

10:00-10:10 AM     Break 

10:10-11:00 AM     TJ Morrison, DVM, DACVIM

                                    Assessing the Cardiac Patient (Part 1) 

11:00-11:10 AM     Break 

11:10-12 Noon        TJ Morrison, DVM, DACVIM

                                                            Assessing the Cardiac Patient (Part 2) 

12:00-12:40 PM      Lunch 

12:40-1:30 PM        Robert Furman, DVM, DAVDC, DEVDC

                                    Periodontal Disease 

1:30-1:40 PM          Break 

1:40-2:30 PM          Erin McNally, DVM, ACVAA

Assessing the Geriatric Patient: Anesthesia and Coexisting Disease 

2:30-2:40 PM          Break 

2:40-3:30 PM          Brook Niemiec, DVM, DEVDC, DAVDC, FAVD

Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment 

3:30 PM                    Closing Remarks

6 hours of CA Statutorily Approved CE

Masks are Required 

Limited to 100 registrants

Lectures:

Periodontal disease and treatment: Periodontal disease and treatment.  Verdell disease is the number one problem and spinal pets and has numerous significant consequences.. Come learn the latest in pathogenesis diagnostic options and treatment modalities

Oral Pathology: Oral pathology: This lecture will cover the most common oral pathologies, their  pathogenesis diagnosis and treatment.  Topics include fractured teeth maloclusions retained deciduous teeth tooth resorption and stomatitis.

Speaker: Dr. Brook Niemiec DVM, DEVDC, DAVDC, FAVD

Periodontal Disease

Speaker: Dr. Robert Furman, DVM, DADVC, DEVDC

Cardiology: 

Assessing the Cardiac Patient Pt.1 & Pt.2

Speaker: TJ Morrison DACVIM (Cardiology)

Anesthesia:

Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients Objectives:  To describe physiologic alterations in geriatric patients, to describe the altered response to drugs that can occur in geriatric patients and to develop an anesthetic protocol appropriate for a geriatric patient.

Anesthesia and Comorbidities: Hepatobiliary and Renal Systems Objectives: To review physiology and pathophysiology of the hepatobiliary and renal systems, to describe the altered response to drugs that can occur in patients with hepatic and renal disease and to develop an anesthetic protocol appropriate for patients with hepatobiliary or renal disease.

Speaker: Erin McNally, DVM, DACVA

Featuring:

Dr. Brook Niemiec, DVM, DAVDC, DEVCD, FAVD

Dr. Niemiec is a 1994 graduate of the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Niemiec is a Board Certified Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry at both the American and European Veterinary Dental Colleges. In addition, he is a Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry. He is one of fewer than 10 veterinarians worldwide to hold all three of these certificates.

In addition, he is the Past President of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry as well as the AVD representative to the World Small Animal Association. He is also the chair of the WSAVA dental guidelines committee which developed minimal standards for dentistry worldwide.  Based on all these accomplishments, he is recognized as one of the leading authorities in veterinary dentistry.

In addition to his advanced dental training, Dr. Niemiec received extensive post-graduate training in the field of anesthesia, which helps to ensure the safety of pets in our care.

As an advocate for improved understanding, prevention and treatment of disease, Dr. Niemiec lectures extensively at local, national, and international meetings. He is also the creator and director of the San Diego Veterinary Dental Training Center (now the Center of Excellence).

In order to assist other veterinarians in providing optimal dental care, Dr. Niemiec founded the premier veterinary dental telemedicine website: vetdentalrad.com. This service provides dental x-ray interpretation and also offers instructional videos and educational posters.

Dr. Niemiec has authored or edited a dozen veterinary dental educational products. These include the definitive textbooks on veterinary periodontology (gum disease), endodontics (fractured and dead teeth), restoratives, extractions, orthodontics (braces), emergency dentistry and a color handbook on diagnosing oral disease. Dr. Niemiec has also authored numerous chapters in internal medicine textbooks as well as other dental books.

Dr. Niemiec has had the pleasure of providing high-quality dental care for the pets of Southern California since 1995, performing over 50,000 dental procedures. Although Dr. Niemiec is skilled in all aspects of veterinary dentistry, his special interests include endodontic therapy (root canals), periodontal therapy and surgery, dental radiology, and implant dentistry.

In his spare time, Dr. Niemiec is an enthusiastic outdoorsman who enjoys hiking, fishing, skiing, and camping. He also enjoys time on the beach with his Labrador Retriever, Sage.

Dr. Erin McNally, DVM, DACVA 

Dr. McNally graduated veterinary school from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. After a rotating internship in emergency medicine and critical care in Massachusetts she returned to UF to do a residency in anesthesia and pain management. She completed her specialty training and became boarded in anesthesia and pain management in 2009. From there she moved to the Caribbean island of St. Kitts where she lived for three and a half years and taught anesthesia at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. Upon her return to the United States, she moved to Hawaii where she practiced emergency medicine and anesthesia at the Veterinary Emergency and Referral Center of Hawaii for 7 years.

She returned to the mainland in 2020 to work as the anesthesiologist at an animal imaging facility in the San Francisco Bay area but soon realized that she preferred a slightly warmer climate. She migrated to southern California to work as the anesthesiologist for Veterinary Dental Specialties, where she has been since October 2021. She works primarily out of the San Diego and Irvine offices, but she does travel to the other offices for direct monitoring cases as needed and creates the anesthesia protocols for all of the patients after studying their medical records.

Dr. McNally enjoys surfing, hiking and spending time with family. She has one furry daughter, a corgi named Nai’a and recently welcomed a human daughter into the family.

Dr. Robert Furman, DVM, DADVC, DEVDC

Dr. Robert Furman graduated from the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine, Scotland, in 2008.  He is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and a Board Certified Veterinary Dentist of the American and European Veterinary Dental Colleges.  Dr. Furman has worked with Dr. Niemiec for over two decades.  He has lectured extensively on dentistry throughout the world as well as authored several articles and chapters.  Although Dr. Furman performs procedures from all aspects of dentistry, his professional interests include maxillofacial surgery, restoratives, and orthodontics.  Dr. Furman has also worked on bears, lions, tigers, sea otters, sea lions, monkeys, baboons, skunks, wolves, cougars, leopards, bobcats, meerkats, prairie dogs, and gorillas.  Dr. Furman primarily

works at our Irvine, Ontario, and Santa Barbara practices.

In his free time, Dr. Furman enjoys restoring classic cars, cycling, hiking, and traveling. He loves spending time with his family- wife, Yenlie, a local veterinary neurologist, Labradors Trevor and Penny, cats Jasmine and Theodore, and his favorite Frenchie Taliah.

T.J. Morrison, DVM, DACVIM

Doctor T.J. Morrison, Founder of Coast to Coast Cardiology, is honored to provide cardiology specialty care to all animals on behalf of their human companions and referring veterinarians. The team effort, which includes the clients, their family veterinarian, fellow veterinary specialists, and Doctor Morrison, allows for the best possible cardiac care for our beloved animals. Doctor Morrison has practiced Veterinary Cardiology on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Caribbean Coasts.

Doctor Morrison received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Boston College and his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. Doctor Morrison completed his residency in Veterinary Cardiology at Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine. His intense training during this time focused on advanced diagnostic interpretation of electrophysiology, echocardiography, and especially minimally-invasive interventional procedures, commonly performing patent ductus arteriosus occlusions, balloon valvuloplasties and pacemaker implantation and interrogations. He obtained Diplomate status in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, specializing in Cardiology.

Doctor Morrison continued his practice of Veterinary Cardiology in Denver, Colorado, followed by a move to Southern California where he founded Coast to Coast Cardiology, practicing cardiology out of a variety of state-of-the-art veterinary referral hospitals. In 2013, he was appointed locum Veterinary Cardiology Clinician at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital, overseeing the Cardiology Department, instructing and teaching cardiology residents and veterinary students.

His other interests include running, having successfully completed the 2012 Boston Marathon, back-country telemark skiing, having camped throughout Colorado’s 10th Mountain Division Hut system, and learning to surf and fly.

FREE for SCVMA Members who register before 9/7/2022

$50.00 for non-members prior to 9/7/2022

$150.00 for members and non-members who register after 9/7/2022 (space permitting)

There is a $50.00 late cancellation/no-show fee for those who cancel after 9/13/2022 or fail to attend the event

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