SAVE THE DATE -- 2026 VetCOT Annual Conference April 24-26, 2026, in Las Vegas!
SAVE THE DATE -- 2026 VetCOT Annual Conference April 24-26, 2026, in Las Vegas!
Katie Bennett is the sole anesthesiologist at a large private practice in the Chicagoland area. She is passionate about her role in safe as well as novel anesthetic practices among all specialties within veterinary medicine. Katie has a pointed interest in aggressive patient management, opioid-free anesthesia, anesthesia and pain management for senior pets, and anesthesia for brachycephalic animals. When she is not leading her team at Veterinary Specialty Center, Katie enjoys reading, baking, and long distance running, completing the Chicago Marathon in 2024. She also enjoys spending time with her two dogs, Roux and Winnie.
Dr. Amanda Cavanagh, DVM, DACVECC, is an Assistant Professor of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and is the section head of the Emergency Service. Dr Cav received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in Washington DC. She then received her DVM from Auburn University in 2011 and acquired ACVECC board certification after completing a residency at North Carolina State University in 2015. Dr. Cavanagh has a special interest in point of care ultrasound, traumatology, and toxicology.
Dr. Edward Cooper received his veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania followed by a small animal rotating internship at Michigan State University. He then completed a residency in small animal emergency and critical care and obtained a Master of Science degree in veterinary clinical sciences care at the Ohio State University. Dr. Cooper’s principle clinical and research interests include trauma, fluid therapy, hemodynamic monitoring (with emphasis on microcirculation) and feline urinary obstruction. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and invited book chapters in these areas and others.
Dr. DeStefano grew up in Massachusetts. After attending veterinary school in California, he returned to the east coast for a rotating small animal internship and subsequently was an emergency clinician in a busy private practice for several years. He then pursued residency training in emergency and critical care at Tufts, and became a faculty member thereafter. Dr. DeStefano has several roles at the Cummings School, but largely serves as faculty in the ECC service, over-seeing and teaching veterinary students, rotating intern doctors, and ECC residents treating small animals. Dr. DeStefano’s research interests include infectious disease antimicrobial stewardship, as well as disorders of coagulation and fibrinolysis.
