The webinar will cover the AFAST® abdominal fluid scoring system for decision making regarding patient resuscitation including blood transfusion, TFAST® and its rules for detecting acutely pericardial and pleural effusion, TFAST® rules for detecting and semi-quantitating pneumothorax, Vet BLUE® and its use for detecting pulmonary contusions, its B-line scoring, and its inherent severity scoring system for tracking patients, and more.

Dr. Gregory Lisciandro, Dipl. ABVP, Dipl. ACVECC, received his DVM, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, completed an internship, The Animal Medical Center, New York City, and an emergency and critical care residency, Emergency Pet Center, San Antonio, Texas.  He developed and published the clinical utility of AFAST®, its target-organ approach and its fluid scoring system; TFAST®, the first veterinary thoracic FAST exam; and Vet BLUE® (veterinary brief lung ultrasound exam). He advocates their use combined as our 3rd standardized veterinary ultrasound format named Global FAST®.  He has served as an ACVECC At-large Regent, and as a member of the ACVECC Education Guidelines, Student Certification, and Scientific Committees. He is founder, president & executive director of the International Veterinary Point-of-care Ultrasound Society. 

He has been practicing for over 30-years in general practice and emergency & critical care. He is co-owner of Hill Country Veterinary Specialists and CEO of FASTVet.com, specializing in Global FAST® and point-of-care ultrasound training. He is editor and chapter author of the textbook Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner, Wiley ©2014 translated in 6 languages, and its 2nd Edition, Point-of-care Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner, Wiley ©2021.  He has lectured and directed Global FAST® scanning workshops around the world and continues to lead in publishing clinically relevant, point-of-care and FAST ultrasound research.  Most recently, Dr. Lisciandro was given the prestigious 2023 Bourgelat Award by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association recognizing his outstanding international contributions for the advancement of veterinary medicine.