Veterinary Committee on Trauma Conference
Speakers
Las Vegas, NV
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April 12-14, 2024
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EARN UP TO 12 CE Hours
Katie Bennett
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.
Amanda Cavanagh
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.
Edward Cooper
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.
Ian Destefano
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.
Tom Edwards
Dr. Edwards, DVM, MS, DACVECC, earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree. He then reentered the army and completed a one-year rotating internship at the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Center at Lackaland Air Force Base, TX. Upon completion of his training, he became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and subsequently led the busiest Veterinary Treatment Facility in the Department of Defense based in Okinawa, Japan. He then served at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research as both the Deputy Director of Research as well as the Research Support Division Chief. He retired from the army and is now an associate professor at Texas A&M University while continuing to conduct research at the Institute of Surgical Research in San Antonio, TX.
Tanya Egodage
Dr. Tanya Egodage is a trauma surgeon at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ, who is triple board certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Neurocritical Care. Dr. Egodage serves as Medical Director of the Hospital Violence Intervention Program as well as Chief Scientific Officer of Military, Diplomatic and Field Surgical Affairs at Cooper. Dr. Egodage received grant funding to investigate biomarkers of frailty in trauma patients, and is the site PI for a Department of Defense, and additional funded trials. She serves as an ATLS course director and an international ASSET instructor, and has conducted trauma education to health staff at high-threat US embassies around the world through the US Department of State. She is invested in education, research, and fellowship, and hopes to advance the care of the critically ill and injured patient through her endeavors.
Patrick Georgoff
Dr. Georgoff is an Acute Care Surgeon who specializes in trauma surgery, emergency general surgery, critical care, hernia surgery, and the treatment of rib fractures. My approach to patient care is simple: I strive to treat patients like family. I take pride in listening to my patients, communicating clearly, and offering truly exceptional care before, during, and after surgery. I am passionate about surgical education and enjoy working with students and trainees. One of my favorite things to do is create innovative and exciting surgical education content for Behind the Knife, which is a surgery podcast and education platform. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family, being outdoors, exercising, traveling, listening to music, and watching college football.
Jennifer Gurney
Colonel Jennifer Gurney is the Chief of the Joint Trauma System and has worked with JTS since 2012. Since joining active-duty Army, COL Gurney has served at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, as the Chief of General Surgery at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and has deployed seven times, serving as the Theater Trauma Director in her last deployment to Iraq. Gurney has led efforts to better surgical practices and procedures across the globe and has supported a number of projects such as the development of a military-civilian partnership guide, Combat Readiness metrics for deploying surgeons, and detailed expectations for expeditionary surgery.
Kelly Hall
Dr. Kelly Hall has a passion for improving trauma patient care through collaborative clinical and translational research. She was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota for 14 years where she also earned her DVM, Emergency and Critical Care training for board certification and Masters in Clinical Research. Dr. Hall is honored and proud to be a part of the ACVECC Veterinary Committee on Trauma (VetCOT) with its multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional approach to improve trauma patient care. Dr. Hall joined the Critical Care Services team at Colorado State University in September 2019, and is enjoying being part of a team striving to contribute to and help advance all we do in the critical care
space. Primary drivers of Dr. Hall’s philosophy, whether on the clinic floor, on the basketball court, in the classroom or advancing research collaborations include Angela Duckworth’s research on “grit”, Carol Dweck’s research on “growth mindset” and John Wooden’s “pyramid of success”.
Hailey Harroun-White
Dr. Hailey Harroun-White is a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Officer who has served for 10 years in various roles in the U.S. and overseas as a team leader, veterinary clinician, instructor, and researcher. She received her DVM from Colorado State University and MPH in epidemiology from the University of Colorado. She obtained board certification from the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine in 2019. Dr. Harroun is currently an instructor for the Army’s veterinary internship program. Her current research projects include translating human AIS codes for canine trauma, quantifying preventable injury rates in Special Forces working dogs, and associating poor kennel conditions with adverse health outcomes in military working dogs.
Guillaume Hoareau
Dr. Hoareau earned his veterinary degree from the Toulouse National Veterinary School, France. He completed a residency from the University of California-Davis and is now board-certified by both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Dr. Hoareau holds a PhD from the University of California-Davis in Integrative Pathobiology, specifically in resuscitation and haemorrhage control. He is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and an investigator at the Nora Eccles-Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute at the University of Utah, School of Medicine. He studies mitochondrial dysfunction after profound blood loss. Dr. Hoareau also cares for patients in the Salt Lake City area.
Sigal Klainbart
Dr. Klainbart is a Diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Emergency and Critical Care.
A senior veterinarian specialist in the Department of Emergency and critical Care, Koret Veterinary hospital. Dr. Klainbart completed her veterinary studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1996 and then continued her one-year internship at the University Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Klainbert continued to work in the hospital emergency department and managed the department for five years.
In 2008, Dr. Klainbert completed a 3-year residency under the American College of Emergency and Critical Care of Small Animals at Tufts University. She then returned to work as a senior physician staff member in the Emergency and critical Care Department.
Dr. Klainbart’s interests include toxicology, trauma, sepsis, snake bites and coagulopathies in dogs and the cats.
Lacey Lagrone
Dr. Lacey LaGrone is a general surgeon in Loveland, Colorado and is affiliated with UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies. She received her medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and has been in practice between 11-20 years. Dr. Lacey LaGrone has expertise in treating colon removal, among other conditions
Erin Long Mays
Dr. Erin Mays is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and has special clinical interest and research experience in trauma resuscitation, transfusion therapy, and disorders of coagulation. Following graduation from University of Illinois in 2008, she was commissioned as an Officer in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. After over five years on active duty and 22 months in Iraq and Afghanistan, Erin returned to academia to pursue her passion for critical care medicine at NC State University where she completed a residency. She remains active in research and publication in the area of hemostasis, trauma, and novel transfusion strategies and she continues her military service in the Army Reserves.
Jennifer Mahon
Dr. Jen Mahon is a board certified criticalist who completed both veterinary school in 2012 and residency in 2016 at Tufts University. She then spent 5 years in private practice caring for critically ill patients in Dallas, Texas. She opened her own locum business in 2021 and travels to provide critical care coverage to both private practice and academic hospitals. Jen also has a deep passion for teaching; she has lectured at various conferences and loves doing locum work at academic institutions. For her, locuming provides the freedom to balance teaching and clinical work. Like most criticalists, Jen’s favorite cases are those with sepsis, hemorrhage, polytrauma, respiratory disease, vasopressor dependence, and electrolyte dyscrasias. She also loves anesthetizing and providing analgesia to critically ill patients. Jen currently lives in South Carolina with her cat, The Witten, who travels with her almost everywhere.
Kelly Mann
Dr. Kelly Mann is the Vice President of Veterinary Solutions, Mantel Technologies, Fort Collins, Colorado, an affiliate faculty member at Colorado State University, and a Board member of the International Working Dog Association. Dr. Mann received his Bachelor of Science in 1986 from Georgia College, graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1990 and completed a Master of Science in Veterinary Parasitology. He joined the US Army Veterinary Corps in 1993 and retired at the rank of Colonel in 2013. He received a MS in Radiological Health Sciences from CSU, is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology, and earned a Master of Strategic Studies from the US Army War College. Dr. Mann is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit and recipient of the Army Surgeon General’s 9A Proficiency Designator for professional excellence. Dr. Mann has a passion for all working dogs and the people they serve.
Tony Mann
Dr. Mann received his DVM from the Ohio State University in 1982, and completed a small animal surgical residency and MS in veterinary medicine and surgery at Texas A&M University in 1986. Dr. Mann served as an assistant professor in small animal surgery at Auburn University from 1986 to 1988. He joined MU in 1988 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1994, passed the board certification examination of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 1995, and was promoted to full professor in 2006. In 2007 Dr. Mann was appointed adjunct professor in the Department of Surgery at the MU School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Mann is Director of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Services at the MU Veterinary Health Center. He served as President of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care from 2005 to 2007, and was the Ombuds for the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care from 2009 to 2017. He received the Ira M. Zaslow Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society Distinguished Service Award in 2017.
Martin Schreiber
Dr. Martin Schreiber is the Chief of Trauma and the Chief of the Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University. He is the past Chairman of the Trauma Center Association of America. He is a Colonel in the US Army Reserve and has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and he has served as the Joint Theater Trauma System Director. He is an Adjunct Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Schreiber is also the director of the Trauma Research Laboratory, the Army Civilian Trauma Training Team and the Donald D. Trunkey Center for Civilian and Combat Casualty Care at OHSU. The Trauma Research Lab has been continuously funded by federal sources since 2001. Lab research interests include prehospital treatment of traumatic brain injury, resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock, hemorrhage control and development of novel blood products. Current funding sources include the Department of Defense, the NIH and private industry. The lab is engaged in over 40 investigational protocols at OHSU. Dr. Schreiber is considered a leader in the trauma community, and he has been an invited speaker throughout the United States and around the world.
Claire Tucker
Dr. Claire Tucker is a 2019 DVM/Master of Public Health graduate from Colorado State University. She went on to complete a rotating medical and surgical internship at VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Recruited back to CSU, Dr. Tucker is currently a post-doctoral fellow with joint appointments with the One Health Institute and as a resident in Emergency and Critical Care. Her research portfolio includes work on biomarkers of trauma, translational -omics, critical bleeding, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and medical education. On the clinic floor, Dr. Tucker has a passion for toxin and trauma cases, teaching DVM students, and excellent client communication. She likes to run, box, snowboard, read, and birdwatch in her spare time.
Leslie Wereszczak
Leslie has been a credentialed veterinary technician for 35 years. After graduating from the veterinary technology program at SUNY Delhi in 1989, she joined the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine where she is now the Director of Emergency/Critical Care Services. She is a frequent speaker at international, national and regional veterinary conferences as well as veterinary technician programs. Leslie is a passionate advocate for the veterinary technician profession. She is involved with her state technician association, and serves on the NAVTA Veterinary Nurse Initiative Committee, as well as being the President-elect of the AVECCTN board. Leslie is a certified RECOVER CPR instructor. She also serves as the veterinary technician member and President of the Tennessee State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. In addition to her veterinary technician degree, she holds a BS in Business Management and an MS in Management and Leadership.
Alison Wilson
Dr. Wilson earned her MD from Baylor College of Medicine, Texas. She serves as Vice-Chair for the Department of Surgery at WVU and Chief, Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care. Currently she serves on the Board of Directors for Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. She is the Chair of the WV Committee on Trauma and the National Chair for the Rural Trauma Team Development Course. She is a member of the Rural Committee on Trauma and serves as an ACS trauma center reviewer as part of the Verification and Review program. Recently, she has helped establish the WVU Section for Military and Austere Medicine and Surgery whose focus is to further trauma care in resource restricted environments and enhance educational opportunities for those who work and live in those regions.
Page Yaxley
Dr. Yaxley is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and is currently an Assistant Professor in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Following internship, Dr. Yaxley completed a residency in emergency and critical care medicine at Michigan State University. During her residency, she became interested in medical ethics, quality and end of life care, in addition to her interest in critical care medicine. After completing her residency, she founded Veterinary Hospice Care at MSU, the countries 2nd veterinary hospice affiliated with a teaching institution from 2011-2014. She is an active member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and is a founding member and co-president of the Veterinary Society for Hospice and Palliative Care, the first hospice organization exclusively for veterinarians. She has been the recipient of many teaching awards, most notably the Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award, and the John Lyman Jr. Award for Clinical Teaching.
Page Yaxley
Dr. Mann received his DVM from the Ohio State University in 1982, and completed a small animal surgical residency and MS in veterinary medicine and surgery at Texas A&M University in 1986. Dr. Mann served as an assistant professor in small animal surgery at Auburn University from 1986 to 1988. He joined MU in 1988 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1994, passed the board certification examination of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 1995, and was promoted to full professor in 2006. In 2007 Dr. Mann was appointed adjunct professor in the Department of Surgery at the MU School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Mann is Director of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Services at the MU Veterinary Health Center. He served as President of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care from 2005 to 2007, and was the Ombuds for the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care from 2009 to 2017. He received the Ira M. Zaslow Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society Distinguished Service Award in 2017.
Page Yaxley
Dr. Mann received his DVM from the Ohio State University in 1982, and completed a small animal surgical residency and MS in veterinary medicine and surgery at Texas A&M University in 1986. Dr. Mann served as an assistant professor in small animal surgery at Auburn University from 1986 to 1988. He joined MU in 1988 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1994, passed the board certification examination of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 1995, and was promoted to full professor in 2006. In 2007 Dr. Mann was appointed adjunct professor in the Department of Surgery at the MU School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Mann is Director of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Services at the MU Veterinary Health Center. He served as President of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care from 2005 to 2007, and was the Ombuds for the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care from 2009 to 2017. He received the Ira M. Zaslow Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society Distinguished Service Award in 2017.