Veterinary Continuing Education (14 RACE-approved hours).
American speakers - In Belgium. Très bon!
In 2020 we're fortunate to have 2 amazing speakers
Matt Beal, DVM, Dipl ACVECC, Director of both Emergency and Critical Care and Director of Interventional Radiology at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Beal earned his DVM degree from MSU in 1996 and completed a rotating internship followed by a residency in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania from 1996-2000. Dr. Beal is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Beal returned to MSU in 2000 where he has worked to develop the Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Service into one of the premier programs in the country. Between 2006-2007, Dr. Beal was accepted into the Fellowship in Interventional Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. The IR Fellowship is the only training program of its kind in the world and Dr. Beal is one of only 3 veterinarians in the world with advanced training in this sub-specialty. Dr. Beal’s professional interests are focused on developing new IR techniques to replace standard surgical and medical treatments for veterinary patients. He has focused interests on vascular and gastrointestinal interventions especially as they apply to the critically-ill patient.
Kenneth Simpson, BVM&S, PhD, Dipl ACVIM, Dipl ECVIM-CA, Professor of Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University. Dr. Simpson graduated from Edinburgh in 1984 and was awarded a PhD in gastroenterology at the University of Leicester in 1988. He completed an internship at the University of Pennsylvania and a medicine residency at The Ohio State University. He has been a lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College and joined the faculty at Cornell University in 1995. Dr. Simpson is a recipient of the National Phi Zeta and Pfizer awards for research, the BSAVA Bourgelat Award for outstanding contributions to the field of small animal practice and the AVMF/AKC Career Achievement Award in Canine Research. He is past-president of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society.
Dr. Simpson's research interests are centered below the diaphragm, with a focus on inflammatory disease of the GI tract (including the pancreas and liver), host bacterial interactions in health and disease, and culture independent bacteriology.
