Oral and Intestinal Diseases:
A Topic To Chew and Digest

• Date and Time
  Sunday, October 10, 1999
  1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
   

• Location
  Practice Management Center, Trotter Hall,
  College of Veterinary Medicine, 1700 Denison Avenue,
  Manhattan, KS

The Practice Management Center is located on the fourth floor of Trotter Hall. Enter at the Dean’s Office Entrance. Signs will be posted to direct you to registration.

• Continuing Education Contact Hours for Veterinarians
  4 Clock Hours
   

• Objectives
  To re-familiarize the practitioner with the most common oral tumors in cats and dogs, specifically discussing biologic behavior and treatment options. To review the diagnostic approach to chronic vomiting and diarrhea, and to clarify the indications for endoscopy.
   

• Schedule
  12:45 pm Registration and Coffee

1:00 pm Welcome
Ralph C. Richardson, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Ruthanne Chun, Program Coordinator

1:05 pm Canine and Feline Oral Tumors -- Dr. Ruthanne Chun

2:05 pm Problems at Either End: Chronic Vomiting and Diarrhea -- Dr. Ken Harkin

3:00 pm Pros and Cons of Endoscopy -- Dr. Lisa Moore

4:00 pm Endoscopic Case Discussions -- Dr. Ken Harkin and Dr. Lisa Moore

5:00 pm Adjourn

• Speakers
  Ruthanne Chun, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM
  Assistant Professor, Clinical Oncology
  Dr. Chun received her DVM degree from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. She did a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Cornell University. She completed a three-year residency in comparative oncology at Purdue and then worked as a clinical instructor in oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine before joining the Kansas State University faculty in 1997.

Kenneth Harkin, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Dr. Harkin is an assistant professor of small animal internal medicine in the department of Clinical Sciences at Kansas State University. He received his DVM from Iowa State University and completed a residency in internal medicine at Michigan State University. He was in a private referral practice for three years before joining the faculty at Kansas State University in 1997.

Lisa Moore, DVM
Assistant Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine
Graduated from University of Florida in 1991, intersnhip (1991-1992) and medical residency (1992-1994) at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. Third year medical residency (1991-1995) at University of Florida, staff gastroenterologist at the Animal Medical Center from 1995-1997. Private practice in Tampa, FL 1997-1998, joined KSU in August 1998. Primary interests are gastroenterology, critical care, endocrinology, infectious diseases.