This 5-hour course will provide an overview of neuropathology, with a particular focus on spinal cord diseases. A general review of normal spinal cord histopathology will precede discussion of large and small animal spinal pathologies. Content includes didactic presentations and live-captured Q&A with Drs. Elena Alina Demeter and Andrew Miller.
ACVIM / ECVIM-CA / ECVN candidates: $180.00
ACVIM / ECVIM-CA / ECVN Diplomates, ESVN members: $225.00
Non-members: $325.00
Registration fee includes 5 hours of pre-recorded content and 1 hour of the recorded Q&A with the presenters.
(ACVIM Diplomates and candidates; previous ACVIM event attendees)
(No previous ACVIM Forum or ACE course attendance)
This program has be approved for 5 hours of Anytime, Non-Interactive-distance medical continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE-approval.
For additional questions, please contact us at Learning@ACVIM.org.
COURSE LEADER
Sheila Carrera-Justiz, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology)
Clinical Associate Professor & Service Chief, Neurology
University of Florida
Dr. Sheila Carrera-Justiz completed her DVM at the University of Florida in 2005, followed by a rotating small animal internship at the University of Missouri and a neurology specialty internship at the Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego. She then completed a residency in Neurology at Tufts University and attained board certification in 2010. She obtained the Neurosurgery Certificate of Training from the ACVIM in 2013. She spent a few years in private practice before returning to academia. Her professional interests lie in novel neurosurgical approaches, advanced imaging techniques and clinical teaching.
Elena Alina Demeter, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic)
Assistant Clinical Professor of Anatomic Pathology
Cornell University