Limited to 70 participants

 A 2 day seminar

Boston

March 26 - 27, 2010

Howard Seim D.V.M.  

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary 

Surgeons

Professor of Surgery

Colorado State University

This seminar has been designed to present the most current information on the diagnosis and treatment of gastro-intestinal disorders and diseases that you are commonly asked to manage in your patients. The main emphasis of the seminars will be to give you practical information that you can readily utilize in your practice- along with providing information on the current treatments being offered at the referral centers. The majority of the problems will be presented in 30 minutes or less to maximize the material you take with you to your practice. Drs. Twedt, Simpson and Seim are internationally recognized experts in their fields and lecture extensively throughout the world.  All three speakers work at very busy clinical practices.  Because of their involvement with busy veterinary centers, these three personable speakers  approach clinical problems very practically. 

Esophageal disorders

    Regurgitation-diagnostic considerations

    Megaesophagus- has anything changed?

    Esophagitis - which drugs to reach for

    Gastro-esophageal reflux- can it be diagnosed? and how to treat

    Esophageal foreign bodies- do you always need an endoscope to remove?

    Hiatal hernias- more common than you think- what can be done?

Feeding tubes

    When are they indicated?

    Esophagostomy & PEG tubes- technique tips for the busy practitioner.

Gastric disease

    Clinical approach to vomiting- determining the cause– it’s not always easy!

    Initial diagnotics & therapeutics in practice

    Chronic gastric disease

    Gastric ulceration

    Helicobacter-diagnosis & therapy

    Gastric motility disorders-clinical tests & therapy-

    GI dilemmas- which anti-emetic? which antacid ?

 

   Pancreatitis- more common than you thought! - what’s new in the diagnosis and  management of this disease. What about the new tests- how to interpret them..

Clinical approach to diarrhea

    Diagnostic steps in practice

    Giardiasis   

    Eosinophilic gastroenteritis

    Inflammatory bowel disease

    Idiopathic villous atrophy

    Bacterial overgrowth

    Lymphangectasia

    Clostridium Perfringens

    Clinical approach to treatment- what are the logical steps in a busy practice

    Trial therapies

Chronic Colitis

    Diagnostic approach

    Fecal smears

    Fecal cytology

    Fecal cultures

    Clinical approach to treatment

New drugs for the GI tract

    What is available & what is coming?

Elevated liver enzymes - what now?

Yellow cats-where to start?

Megacolon

    Medical management

  What about cisapride?

Endoscopy & laparoscopy

    Indications for use

    Gain a new understanding of what these techniques can offer & their limitations

Venue:

 Hilton Back Bay Hilton 

40 Dalton St. Boston

Phone Tel: 1-617-236-1100 Fax: 1-617-867-6104 

 

Group Room rate: $199.00 single or dbl/night plus taxes

 

Driving to Hotel 

From 90 East (Mass Pike):

FOLLOW 90 EAST TO EXIT 22, WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE PRUDENTIAL UNDERPASS. STAY LEFT AND FOLLOW THE SIGNS FOR PRUDENTIAL CENTER. ABOVE GROUND YOU WILL NOW BE ON HUNTINGTON AVE. GOING WEST. TAKE YOUR FIRST RIGHT ONTO BELVIDERE STREET. FOLLOW BELVIDERE STREET FOR 1/2 BLOCK, THE HILTON WILL BE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU (WATCH FOR THE BLUE AWNINGS)

From the south:

TAKE EXIT 18, MASS AVE/ROXBURY EXIT (THIS EXIT IS NOW LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF 93) FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO MASS AVE. WHEN YOU GET TO YOUR FIRST MAJOR INTERSECTION BEAR RIGHT ONTO MASS AVE. FOLLOW MASS AVE FOR ONE MILE, UNTIL YOU GET TO HUNTINGTON AVE. TAKE A RIGHT ONTO HUNTINGTON AVE. FOLLOW TO THE SECOND SET OF LIGHTS (GET IN THE LEFT LANE) TAKE A LEFT ONTO BELVIDERE STREET FOLLOW BELVIDERE FOR 1/2 BLOCK AND THE HILTON WILL BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU (WATCH FOR THE BLUE AWNINGS)

From the north:

TAKE EXIT 26A OFF OF 93 SOUTH. FOLLOW SIGNS TO STORROW DRIVE. FOLLOW STORROW DRIVE FOR ABOUT 2.5 MILES. TAKE THE FENWAY 1S EXIT (STAY IN THE LEFT LANE). FOLLOW UNTIL THE FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT (STAY IN THE LEFT LANE). TAKE A LEFT THIS WILL BE BOYLSTON STREET GOING INBOUND. FOLLOW BOYLSTON STREET INBOUND TO THE FOURTH TRAFFIC LIGHT AND TAKE A RIGHT ON DALTON STREET. FOLLOW DALTON STREET FOR TWO BLOCKS AND PROCEED TO THE HILTON MOTOR ENTRANCE DIRECTLY ON YOUR RIGHT.

 

Seminar registration (16 CE hrs-also approved by  the AAVSB RACE program in most states including MA, VT, NH, ME, PA, RI & CT):

• Earlybird                    by March 2                  $665.00

• Regular                       after March 2              $685.00

Includes breakfast and lunch & breaks daily

Complete notes

Certificate of attendance

Directions to hotel will be mailed with confirmation

Cancellations-10% cancellation fee

For more Hotel information visit Boston Back Bay Hilton