Our Second Annual Spring Symposium

On May 2, 2025, we hosted our second annual spring symposium at the Chauncey Hotel and Conference Center in Princeton, NJ continuing our theme from last year: Charting a Path to Success for You, Your Patients, and Your Practice.

The day-long continuing education event offered 6 hours of RACE-approved lectures by our board-certified veterinary specialists:

• • Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Anesthesia but Were Afraid to Ask by Andrea M. Caniglia, VMD, DACVAA
  • Intraoral Radiography in the Dog and Cat: Diagnosis and Interpretation by Ellen Scherer, DVM, DAVDC
  • Treating Crown Lesions: Understanding the Options by VDS’s very own Carlos A. Rice, DVM, DAVDC
  • Principles of Oral Surgery: Tips and Tricks You Can Use Tomorrow by Viacheslav Eroshin, DVM, DAVDC
  • Handling Dental Emergencies: Assessment and Treatment by Melanie Hunt, DVM, DAVDC
  • Maxillectomy and Mandibulectomy: Finding Balance between Clean Margins and Maintaining Function by John R. Lewis, VMD, DAVDC, FF-OMFS

New this year, we also offered 6 hours of lectures for veterinary technicians across a range of topics:

• • Anesthesia and Sedation of the Aggressive Patient by Katrina Schmidt, CVT, VTS-Anesthesia and Kim Flaherty, CVT
  • Proper Dental Cleaning, Charting, and Polishing Techniques by Debbie Woods, LVT, VTS-Dentistry
  • How to Perform a Complete Oral Examination and Identify Common Dental Pathology by Sarah Bronko, DVM
  • Blood Pressure Management in the Anesthetized Patient by Mel Jarrett, DVM, DACVAA
  • Dental Radiography: Positioning and Technique by Meghan Keefe, DVM
  • How to Care for Your Dental Instruments and Equipment by Becca Feuer, VMD

We are grateful for our sponsors:

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Thank you to all of the veterinarians and veterinary technicians who attended. We appreciate their participation, support, and enthusiasm for our event and know that their attendance will enhance the overall experience for their patients and clients.

We look forward to seeing everyone for an even bigger and better symposium in 2026!