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Friday, October 9, 2026
6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
Run for Fun

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
ACVS Recent Diplomates' Breakfast and Focus Group (invitation only)

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
ACVS Past Presidents' Advisory Committee Meeting (invitation only)

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Program Directors Collaboration Meeting

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker Ready and Hospitality Room

7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Registration and Information

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Pre-Session Coffee

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Large Animal Keynote Lecture: Evolution of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care: Colic and Beyond
Speaker: Louise Southwood, BVSc, PhD, DACVS, DACVECC (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Megan J. McCracken, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal) (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri
Large AnimalKeynote

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Small Animal Keynote Lecture: Renal Transplantation in Companion Animals: What We Have Learned and the Challenges We Face
Speaker: Lillian R. Aronson, VMD, DACVS – University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: David E. Holt, BVSc, DACVS – University of Pennsylvania
Small AnimalKeynote

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Science of Surgical Performance
Seminar Chair: Bronwyn Fullagar
Contemporary Topics

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Emergent Soft Tissue Surgery in Practice
Seminar Chair: Cassie N. Lux, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) – University of Tennessee
Primary Care

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Orthopedics, Joint Replacement, Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Speaker: Sandra Engelmeyer, BS, RVT, VTS (Surgery) (she/her/hers) – Spry Companions
Technicians

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibit Hall

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Complimentary Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Working Group: Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome
Working Group Moderator: Kathleen M. Ham, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
Small Animal

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Working Group: Diagnosis and Treatment of the Equine Cervical Spine
Working Group Moderator: Travis M. Tull, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal) – Ocala Equine Hospital
Large Animal

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Working Group: Equine Emergency Care
Working Group Moderator: Megan J. McCracken, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal) (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri
Large Animal

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Working Group: SA Elbow Dysplasia
Working Group Moderator: Ian G. Holsworth, BVSc, MANZCVS, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Founding Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Orthopedics) (he/him/his) – VetSurg
Small Animal

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Working Group: Zoo/Exotic
Working Group Moderator: Elizabeth A. Swanson, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) (she/her/hers) – Mississippi State University
Small Animal

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Surgery Residents' Awards Ceremony

1:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Failure in Surgical Oncology
Seminar Chair: Owen T. Skinner, BVSc, DECVS, DACVS (Small Animal), MRCVS, <br>ACVS Fellow, Surgical Oncology – University of Missouri
Small Animal

1:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Vascular Surgery: Fundamentals and Selected Topics
Seminar Chair: Matthew Field
Small Animal

1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Current Advances in Large Animal Analgesia
Seminar Chair: Jarrod Troy, DACVS-LA – Iowa State University
Collaborative Health

1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Equine Upper Airway Surgery: Fundamentals and Frontiers
Seminar Chair: Michelle Tucker, DVM, PhD, DACVS-LA – Purdue University
Large Animal

1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Gastrointestinal Surgery in Periparturient Mares and Foals: Techniques and Critical Care
Seminar Chair: Megan Burke, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal), DACVECC-LA (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
Large Animal

1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Juvenile Orthopedic Disease and Trauma
Seminar Chair: Anna Massie, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) – University of Pennsylvania
Small Animal

1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Shaping Surgeon Culture: Belonging in the OR
Seminar Chair: Mandi J. Lopez, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS – Louisiana State University
Contemporary Topics

1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Surgical Interventions for Equine Tendon and Ligament Disorders
Seminar Chair: Sushmitha S. Durgam, BVSc, MS, PhD, DACVS (Large Animal) – The Ohio State University
Large Animal

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Interventional Radiology: Advanced Vascular Options for Benign and Malignant Disease
Seminar Chair: William TN Culp, VMD, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Founding Fellow, Surgical Oncology, ACVS Founding Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Small Animal Soft Tissue) – University of California, Davis
Small Animal

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
MIS: Orthopedics Advances Through Fellowship Training
Seminar Chair: Mathew Johnson
Small Animal

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Surgery Summit Happy Hour