2026 VetCOT Annual Conference Recap

VetATLS Course
Vet ATLS
The ACVECC Veterinary Committee on Trauma Annual Conference
Las Vegas, NV

Schedule

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April 24-26, 2026
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up to 15 CE Hours

Friday, April 24, 2026

1 pm - 5:00 pm
VetCOT Annual Business Meeting (all are welcome to attend)
VetCOT Director: Kelly Hall
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Capri Room, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor

Saturday, April 25, 2026

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration
Light Continental Breakfast & Coffee
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
8:30 am - 8:45 am
Welcome
Speaker: Kelly Hall
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
8:45 am - 10:45 am
Trauma Abstracts & Case Reports
Moderator: Tony Mann
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
10:45 am - 11:20 am
Teamwork and Mentoring: Roles, Respect, and Communication
Speaker: Christy Tomcik Walker
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
11:20 am - 11:55 am
Clinical Practice Guidelines Review/Update
Speaker: Erin Long Mays
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch On Your Own
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Spectrum of Care for the Trauma Patient
Speaker: Liz Rozanski
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
End of Life in Trauma
Speaker: Page Yaxley
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 pm -4:30 pm
DACVECC Panel -- Trauma case discussion
Moderator: Edward Cooper
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm
Managing Spinal Trauma in Low Resource Areas
Speaker: Alison Wilson
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm
The Mattox Trauma One Health Award Presentation
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Poster Session & Social Hour
Registration is required
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor

Sunday, April 26, 2026

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast
Light Continental Breakfast & Coffee with Disaster Medicine Group
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Palace Tower, 4th Floor, Exhibit Hall
8:00 am - 9:45 am
Translational Medicine Presentation and Panel Discussion
Non-Operative Management of Solid Organ Injuries
Speakers: Bryan Cotton, MD and Tom Edwards, DVM
Saving Lives with Less: DCS for Rural Surgery
Speakers: Jason Turner, MD and Andrew Linklater, DVM
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Break
10:15 am - 12 pm
Translational Medicine Presentation and Panel Discussion
From Burden to Benefit: Leveraging AI in the EMR
Speakers: Hasan Alam, MD and Tracy Webb, DVM
Over the Top: Topical Hemostatic Agents and Adjuncts for Major Intraoperative Bleeding
Speakers: Kenji Inabar, MD and Eric Monnet, DVM
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch (on your own, or if pre-registered: Lunch with Disaster Medicine Group

"Large Scale Combat Operations’ Impact on Civilian Trauma Systems" Presenter: Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS

Palace Ballroom, Palace Tower, 4th Floor
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Teamwork in the Trauma Bay: Research-Based Lessons
Speaker: Travis Maynard, PhD.
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Resident Panel
Moderator: Alex Lynch
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Bites Happen: The Spicy Side of Building a K9 Medevac Program from the Ground Up
Speakers: David Conway and TJ Connellan MD
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Awards Presentation, VetCOT Initiatives--What's Next?
Speaker: Kelly Hall
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Florentine Room I & II, Palace Tower, 3rd Floor
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