Our Melbourne winter conference in 2016 will feature some of the best speakers available worldwide presenting the Valentine Charlton Conference on Feline Medicine. Our keynote speakers – Drs Susan Little and Andrea

Harvey, are the Editors of four of the five definitive feline texts available internationally, who will be ably supported

by some of the top internists in Australia covering

infectious diseases / immunology, cardiology, neurology

and mycobacterial diseases of cats.

The conference will provide four days of everything you

ever wanted to know about feline internal medicine, plus

a one day interactive Masterclass, full of detailed case

studies and controversies.

This Valentine Charlton Conference will have something

for everyone, with a host of new information as well

as the latest feline updates for everyone interested in

providing the best standards of feline care – from the

recent graduate to experienced vets in general practice,

as well as those in feline only practice.

VALENTINE CHARLTON FELINE CONFERENCE + MASTERCLASS

CONFERENCEMonday 20 – Thursday 23 June, 2016 8.30 – 5.00

FELINE MASTERCLASSFriday 24 June, 2016 8.00 – 5.00

VENUEIntercontinental Hotel Melbourne 495 Collins Street

Melbourne VIC

www.cve.edu.au/ conference/feline

SPEAKERSSusan Little DVM, DABVPCarolyn O’Brien BVSc MANZCVS (Small Animal Medicine, Feline Medicine)

Steve Holloway BVSc MVS PhD MACVSc DipACVIMRichard Woolley BVetMed DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology) MRCVSAndrea Harvey BVSc DSAM(Feline) DipECVIM-CA MRCVS MANZCVS (Assoc) Registered Specialist in Feline Medicine

Kath Briscoe BVSc (Hons I) MVetStud (Small Animal Clinical Studies) FANZVS (Feline Medicine)

24 CPDPOINTS

6 CPDPOINTS+

8.30 REGISTRATION

SESSION 1:

9.00 Update on recogni t ion of pain in cats

with Susan Little

10.00 Managing anorex ia in hospi ta l ized cats

with Susan Little

11.00 MORNING TEA

SESSION 2:

11.30 An update on fe l ine Mycobacter ia

with Carolyn O’Brien

12.30 Immune mediated condi t ions and scenar ios

in cats

with Steve Holloway

1.30 LUNCH

SESSION 3:

2.30 Fel ine in fect ious d iseases update – Part 1

with Steve Holloway

3.30 AFTERNOON TEA

SESSION 4:

4.00 Fel ine in fect ious d iseases update – Part 2

with Steve Holloway

5.00 END

8.30 REGISTRATION

SESSION 1:

9.00 Recogniz ing and t reat ing streptococcal

in fect ions in cats

with Susan Little

10.00 Hypera ldosteronism in cats: an emerging disease

with Susan Little

11.00 MORNING TEA

SESSION 2:

11.30 Fel ine Neurology with Carolyn O’Brien

12.30 Anaemia in cats

with Steve Holloway

1.30 LUNCH

SESSION 3:

2.30 Fel ine cardio logy update – Part 1

with Richard Woolley

3.30 AFTERNOON TEA

SESSION 4:

4.00 Fel ine cardio logy update – Part 2

with Richard Woolley

5.00 END

PROGRAM

MONDAY 20 JUNE TUESDAY 21 JUNE

DAY 1 DAY 2

8.30 REGISTRATION

SESSION 1:9.00 Interact ive Case Studies

with Susan Little

10.00 Interact ive Case Studies

with Kath Briscoe

11.00 MORNING TEA

SESSION 2: 11.30 Interact ive Case Studies

with Andrea Harvey

8.30 REGISTRATION

SESSION 1:

9.00 Update on neonata l resusci tat ion

with Susan Little

10.00 Fel ine reproduct ion – c l in ica l problems

with Susan Little

11.00 MORNING TEA

SESSION 2:

11.30 Cat f r iendly c l in ic – why do you need i t &

how do you do i t

with Andrea Harvey

12.30 Helping the st i f f and sore: fe l ine arthr i t is with Susan Little

1.30 LUNCH

SESSION 3:

2.30 Approach to vomit ing and diarrhoea

with Andrea Harvey

3.30 AFTERNOON TEA

SESSION 4:

4.00 Fel ine Id iopath ic cyst i t is : uro logica l , neurologica l or psychologica l?

with Andrea Harvey

5.00 END

8.30 REGISTRATION

SESSION 1:

9.00 Treat ing IBD in cats: what we th ink we know with Susan Little

10.00 Elevated l iver enzymes – now what? with Susan Little

11.00 MORNING TEA

SESSION 2:

11.30 Chal lenges in fe l ine pancreat i t is

with Andrea Harvey

12.30 Managing const ipat ion and megacolon in

cats – a new approach

with Susan Little

1.30 LUNCH

SESSION 3:

2.30 The pressure is on: invest igat ing fe l ine hypertension

with Andrea Harvey

3.30 AFTERNOON TEA

SESSION 4:

4.00 Managing fe l ine hyperthyro id ism – what’s

new

with Andrea Harvey

5.00 END

WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE THURSDAY 23 JUNE

FRIDAY 24 JUNE

DAY 3 DAY 4

FELINE MASTERCLASS 12.30 Round Table Sessionwith all speakers

1.30 LUNCH

SESSION 3: 2.30 Interact ive Case Studies

with Kath Briscoe

3.30 AFTERNOON TEA

SESSION 4: 4.00 Round Table Session

with all speakers

5.00 END

TUTORS

Susan LittleDVM, DABVP

Susan received her BSc from Dalhousie

University (Nova Scotia, Canada) and her DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph. She

has been in feline practice since 1990 and achieved board

certification in Feline Practice in 1997. She is part owner of two feline specialty practices in Ottawa, Canada. She is president of the American Association of Feline Practitioners

(AAFP) and is a feline medicine consultant for the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). She is a peer reviewer for the Canadian Veterinary Journal and the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery as well as the author of many journal articles.

She is the editor and co-author of ‘The Cat – Clinical Medicine and Management’ (Elsevier, 2012) and the editor of ‘August’s Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine, Volume 7 (Elsevier, 2015).

Carolyn O’BrienBVSc, MANZCVS (Small Animal Medicine, Feline Medicine)

Carolyn O’Brien is a Registered Specialist in Feline Medicine. She

graduated from the University of

Melbourne (1994) and worked in private practice both in

Melbourne and the UK for the first five years of her veterinary career. Carolyn completed a residency in Small Animal

Medicine at the University of Sydney in 2003 and concurrently

obtained a Masters in Veterinary Clinical Studies in the epidemiology and treatment of cryptococcosis in cats and

dogs. After her residency she stayed on at the University

of Sydney as a Senior Registrar. Carolyn moved back to

Melbourne in 2004 to prepare for the Fellowship of the

Australian College of Veterinary Scientists examinations in Feline Medicine. Having successfully gained her fellowship

qualification, she commenced referral practice in Melbourne, from the Veterinary Referral Hospital in Hallam and then from the University of Melbourne, as well as becoming a partner in

a private feline-only clinic in Prahran. She is currently in the

final stages of her PhD project, is a senior tutor for the Feline Medicine Distance Education course and has a busy family life with two children. Carolyn is interested in all aspects of feline

medicine, but particularly in infectious diseases and clinical

microbiology. She also has a strong interest in the theoretical

underpinnings of effective adult learning and professional development.

Steve HollowayBVSc, MVS, PhD, MACVSc, DipACVIMSteven graduated from the University

of Sydney in 1983. He then worked for

two years in private practice in Sydney

followed by a medical internship at the

University of Melbourne after which he was awarded an MVS and obtained membership of the ACVSc (Feline Medicine). Steven then undertook an internal medicine residency at

the University of Florida followed by two years as a clinical

instructor. In 1990 he became a diplomate of the ACVIM (SAM). He worked in an internal medicine referral practice

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1992 and then returned to

Australia in 1994. He was awarded a PhD from the University

of Melbourne in 1998. Steven has lectured in Veterinary Virology at the University of Sydney in 1998 and was a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of Small Animal Medicine

at the University of Melbourne in 1999-2009. He is currently

a registered specialist in small animal medicine and works at

Advanced Vetcare in Melbourne. His interests include clinical and genetic aspects of disease and the interaction between

infectious diseases and the host immune response.

Richard Woolley BVetMed, DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology), MRCVS

Richard graduated from the Royal

Veterinary College London in 2002 and also passed the North American

Veterinary Licensing Examination in the same year. After graduation he completed a one-year rotating internship

in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of

Edinburgh. Following this he remained at Edinburgh University completing a three-year cardiopulmonary residency including

one year working in the small animal internal medicine

department, passing the first part of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Companion Animals diploma in 2006. Richard remained at the University of Edinburgh after completing his residency where he was employed as a

veterinary cardiologist. He has also completed externships in

the veterinary cardiology departments at Cornell and Florida

Universities. In 2007 Richard came to Australia and has been

working in Melbourne since then. That year he also passed the second part of his diploma and subsequently registered as a

Veterinary Cardiology Specialist in Australia. Richard currently owns and operates CardioRespiratory Pet Referrals, the only

specialist veterinary cardiologist in Victoria.

Andrea Harvey BVSc, DSAM (Feline), DipECVIM-CA, MRCVS, MANZCVS (Assoc)

Dr Andrea Harvey graduated from

University of Bristol Veterinary School, UK in 2000, and after a couple of

years in small animal practice, returned to Bristol Vet School to undertake a 3 year residency in feline medicine, funded

by the Feline Advisory Bureau (now International Cat Care).

She then remained at Bristol Vet School as FAB Lecturer in Feline Medicine until 2011 after which she moved to Sydney

where she runs the feline medicine service at Small Animal

Specialist Hospital. Andrea is also the International Society of

Feline Medicine (ISFM) Australasian Representative, bringing

various initiatives such as the ISFM ‘Cat Friendly Clinic’

scheme to Australia, and helping to develop the international

profile of the feline chapter of ANZCVS. Andrea has lectured widely internationally and contributed to numerous textbooks,

including being co-editor of the BSAVA Manual of Feline Practice. Andrea has wide interests in all aspects of feline

medicine, and is passionate about both providing the best care

for her patients, and helping to support other veterinarians to

do the same.

Kath Briscoe BVSc (Hons I), MVetStud (Small Animal Clinical Studies), FANZVS (Feline Medicine)

Katherine graduated from the University

of Sydney in 2003, graduating with first class honours and the University Medal. Kath worked in private

small animal practice in Sydney and the UK for three years. In

2006, Kath completed her internship in small animal medicine

at the University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Sydney after which she completed her Fellowship training program in feline

medicine. In 2008, Kath attained membership of the Australian

and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in feline medicine. During her residency, Kath completed a research

project on the pathology of feline low grade alimentary

lymphoma and inflammatory bowel disease. Kath has a keen interest in all aspects of canine and feline medicine, and is also

passionate about providing continuing education for veterinary

practitioners. After 5 years at the University of Sydney, Kath

joined the team at the Animal Referral Hospital, Sydney

where she continues to work. Kath passed her Fellowship

examinations in June 2012.

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