Spring BrAVO Meeting 2008
Wednesday April 2nd
Hall 8b, ICC, Birmingham
BrAVO Spring Meeting A Happy New Year from the BrAVO Committee to all members! Hopefully you all got what you wanted from Christmas, like good food and drink. And maybe some of you had rest too. But there is no rest for the wicked! BrAVO spring meeting is just around the corner……
Our pre-BSAVA Congress 2006 satellite meeting is on Wednesday 2nd April in Hall 8b. We are honoured to have as our main speaker, Mary Belle Glaze DVM MS DACVO.
Dr. Glaze graduated from Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine, after which, she undertook a residency and Master's degree in veterinary ophthalmology at Michigan State University. She joined the faculty of Louisiana State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital until July 2001, when she retired as Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Ophthalmology. She joined the Gulf Coast Animal Eye Clinic, Houston TX, in August 2001, where she is one of three board-certified ophthalmologists on the staff.
Dr. Glaze is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. She was the first woman elected president of the American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (ASVO). She has spoken to veterinary groups throughout the world, has authored a variety of journal articles and book chapters, and is the co-author (withDr. Kerry Ketring) of veterinary atlases on feline ocular disease and canine inherited ocular disorders. Her university research focused on the use of novel lytic peptides for the treatment of herpetic ocular disease in animals.
In these post-BSE, near present FMD and present Blue Tongue days, many of us have difficulty in accumulating experience in cattle and sheep ophthalmology. To help remedy this, Terry Grimes BVetMed PhD DVR DVOphthal DECVO MRCVS, has kindly agreed to give us two talks on farm animal ophthalmology. Dr. Grimes works at University College Dublin where he teaches undergraduate students and runs an ophthalmology service. His research interests include developmental abnormalities of the eye, face and oral cavity, the application of surgical techniques in the relief of veterinary ocular problems and some ocular conditions of wildlife and exotic species.
Our retiring secretary Heidi Featherstone BVetMed DVOphthal DipECVO MRCVS has also kindly agreed to talk on How to Survive the Certificate Exam Practical. This is definitely the scariest part of the exam, but it needn't be, when it is what we do everyday. Learning how to approach the exam so that all consciousness doesn't evaporate when you step in the room is a valuable lesson!
Lunch is included in the registration fee, and for this year, wine is included. No sleeping in the afternoon sessions though! It will be held at the ICC to avoid traipsing over to Pizza Hut etc., waiting to be seated, waiting for your food, bolting it down and rushing back with indigestion.
We would also like to encourage you to submit an abstract for presentation at the Spring BrAVO meeting. It's much easier than the certificate exam practical, and entitles you to
free registration for the satellite day. It looks good on your CV, especially if you are considering a residency in ophthalmology. You see fantastic cases – please come and tell us about them! The deadline is March 1st, for more information please refer to the Spring 2008 Abstract Information included below.
Our sponsors will be there in force once again. We are extremely lucky to have them so that we can browse the latest commercial advances. It is really worthwhile chatting to these companies; they can provide you with all the equipment and information you desire. If you want to discuss a new device/instrument/treatment they have enormous experience both in the veterinary and the human medicine fields.
Best wishes
BrAVO committee
BrAVO Spring Meeting 2008
Programme
8:30-9:15 Registration/coffee
9:30-10:00 Abstracts
10:00-10:30 Surviving the Certificate Exam Practical (Heidi Featherstone)
10:30-11:15 Coffee and exhibition
11:15-11:45 'Ocular abnormalities in farmed halibut' FRCVS thesis (David Williams)
11:45-12:15 Farm animal ophthalmology 1 (Terry Grimes)
12:15-14:00 Lunch and exhibition
14:00-14:15 Ophthalmology practice, US-style (Mary Belle Glaze, USA)
14:15-15:00 Treatment of feline herpes virus – what works and what doesn’t? (Mary Belle Glaze, USA)
15:00-15:45 Infectious causes of uveitis: Emerging diseases (Mary Belle Glaze, USA)
15:45-16:30 Coffee and exhibition
16:30-17:00 Abstracts
17:00-17:30 Farm animal ophthalmology 2 (Terry Grimes)
17:30 Close
Registration Form for pre-BSAVA BrAVO meeting on Wednesday 2nd April 2008
Name …………………………………………………………………………………
Address ………………………………………………………………….............................................................
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Postcode …………………………………………
Telephone …………………………………………………………………
E-mail (pls. take care to write email address legibly) …………………................................…………
- I am a BrAVO 2008 member and wish to register for the Spring meeting & enclose a cheque for £100.00
- I wish to join BrAVO (£35.00) and register for Spring meeting (£100.00) and enclose a cheque for £135.00
Please make cheque payable to BrAVO.
Confirmation will be sent by email.
DEADLINE for registration is March 26th 2008.
Please address all correspondence to:
Claudia Hartley BrAVO secretary
Centre for Small Animal Studies Animal Health Trust
Lanwades Park
Newmarket
Suffolk CB8 7UU
Email: secretary@bravo.org.uk
Submit an abstract and get your CPD for FREE BrAVO BSAVA Satellite Day April 2nd 2008
Why present an abstract
1. if your abstract is accepted for presentation, you will receive a cheque for the value of free day registration
Examples of suitable topics:
1. Novel treatments
2. New or increased frequencies of disease
3. Interesting outcomes
4. Any research
Examples of previous abstracts include:
1. Ligneous Conjunctivitis in a Doberman. Smith, K. M.
2. Normal equine tear pH as measured with pH paper. Lowe, R.C. & Crispin, S.M.
3. Prevalence of cataract in the dog and cat: preliminary results in a cross-sectional study. William, D.L.
Please follow the guidelines below:
The first line should give the Title of the Abstract
The authors' names should appear in the next line - initials followed by the last name
Please provide the name of your practice / institution
Use single line spacing
Use 11 point Times New Roman font for all text
Do not indent paragraphs but leave a line between each paragraph
Photographs or diagrams are encouraged, but please do NOT place photographs or diagrams within the main body of the text. Instead, send each photograph or diagram as a separate JPEG or BMP Images with a title such as “Figure 1 the eye before surgery” The image resolution needs to be 150dpi with a minimum image width of 10cm/4inches.
A guideline of 300-500 words is suggested, although a maximum of 2500 words is acceptable
Deadlines:
Abstracts must be received by March 1st 2008
Abstracts will be reviewed and the author(s) notified by 15th March 2008 with time allowed for alterations if required.
Twelve minutes will be allotted for each presentation, with a further three minutes for discussion. All oral presentations must be made in English. Presentations must be in PowerPoint.
Please send in electronic format to Robert Lowe at rob@loweworld.com If you wish to informally discuss an abstract idea or you would like some advice on writing an abstract please contact Rob on 01243 888091 (day) or 02392 412297 (evening)
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