An invitation to Veterinary Medical Practitioners, Technicians, and Students to attend the...

 

13th Annual Equine Fall Conference on Practice Management

Friday and Saturday, October 3 and 4

 

 

 

Conference Objectives
The objective of this conference is to present the latest strategies in technology to support equine practice management and to contribute to the economic health of your practice.

Conference Contact Hours
13 Clock Hours

Location
Frick Auditorium, Mosier Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800 Denison, Manhattan, KS
Frick Auditorium is located on the second floor of Mosier Hall.  Enter at the Emergency Entrance.  Signs will be posted to direct you to registration.

Parking
A parking permit will be required for Friday, Oct. 3rd by the Campus Parking Department. This permit will be mailed to you upon receipt of your registration. Please make sure to hang the permit on your rearview mirror.

A parking permit will not be necessary for Saturday, Oct. 4th.
Parking is available on the west side (off Denison Avenue) and on the east side (off Jardine Drive) of the Veterinary Medical Complex. Do not park in the client parking or reserved stalls as you may get ticketed.

Kansas State University Student Chapter of American Association of Equine Practitioners (SCAAEP)
SCAAEP is an organization whose goal is to provide veterinary students with increased exposure to issues of special interest in the equine industry.

Monthly meetings feature respected faculty, both veterinary and non-veterinary equine specialists, as well as equine practitioners and equine producers. Wet labs, fund-raisers, continuing education conferences, Equine Emergency Team and Foal Watch are some of the "hands on" activities available to members.

Questions
If you have any questions please contact Linda Johnson by phone at 785-532-5696 or email her at VMCE@vet.k-state.edu, Veterinary Medical Continuing Education at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University.  If you have questions regarding registration information, call Rebecca at 785-532-5569.

Guest Speakers

Rocky Bigbie, DVM, MS, DACVS, Fort Dodge Animal Health
Dr. Bigbie graduated from veterinary school at Oklahoma State University in 1981. He entered the US Army Veterinary Corps and served in Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Maryland, and Germany for 9 years. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. Dr. Bigbie completed an equine surgical residency and obtained a master’s degree in surgery from Auburn University. Dr. Bigbie joined Fort Dodge Animal Health in September of 1995.

F. Richard Lesser, DVM, The Equine Clinic at OakenCroft
Dr. Lesser (Cornell '81)has been in equine practice in Upstate NY for 22 years. He and his wife Marilyn Schmidt, DVM (Cornell '78) own and operate The Equine Clinic at OakenCroft in Ravena, NY. The five veterinarians on staff provide ambulatory and in-house services to a wide range of performance horses, broodmares, and pleasure horses. Rick and Marilyn have three growing children. They have worked hard to balance a busy progressive practice with family and farm life. The family enjoys riding, skiing, livestock shows, 4-H, Scouting, soccer, church and school activities.

Kenton Morgan, DVM DACT, Bayer Veterinary Services
Dr. Morgan is 1983 graduate of the University of Missouri. Following graduation Dr. Morgan practiced in Lee’s Summit, MO for seven years in an equine ambulatory practice. He then moved to Idaho and was a resident veterinarian at an equine breeding operation for 4 years. Dr. Morgan is a Diplomate in the American College of Theriogenologists. He joined Bayer Animal Health in 1994. Among his professional affiliations are the American Association of Equine Practitioners, American College of Theriogenologists, Society for Theriogenology, and the American Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. Morgan is a senior technical service veterinarian, has equine responsibilities for Bayer and resides in Kansas City.

William Rood, DVM, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital
Dr. Rood is the President and founder of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. After graduating from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis in 1972, and the College of Law at the University of Kentucky in 1975, Dr. Rood began the development of his own equine veterinary practice. In 1981, Dr. Thomas Riddle joined him and their successful partnership led to the establishment of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, which opened in February of 1986. The concentration of the hospital is now 40% surgery, 35% ambulatory, 11% medicine, and 14% other. In 28 years, the operation has grown from a solo practice to a full service equine hospital with 40 veterinarians. In 1999, Dr. Rood retired from veterinary practice to devote 100% of his focus to the administrative duties of the hospital. He credits his success to “hiring good people” and an emphasis on sound financial management.

College of Veterinary Medicine, KSU Speakers

Roger Fingland, DVM, MS, MBA, Diplomate ACVS, Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, Hospital Director
Dr. Fingland received his DVM degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1981. Following graduation, he was an associate at Desert Inn Animal Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada for one year. Between 1982 and 1985, Dr. Fingland was a resident in small animal surgery and graduate student at The Ohio State University. He earned an M.S. degree in 1985. From 1985 to 1987, Dr. Fingland was a member of the clinical faculty at Ohio State where he was responsible for the Intensive Care Unit and served as a faculty surgeon in soft tissue surgery. Dr. Fingland came to Kansas State University in 1987 as an assistant professor in small animal surgery. Dr. Fingland is currently the Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, Director of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and Director of the Practice Management Center in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Kevin Hankins, DVM, Assistant Professor, Equine Field Service
Dr. Hankins received his DVM from Kansas State University in 1996. He participated in the Equine Surgery and Medicine internship at Washington State University before returning to Kansas State University as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences.

 

Manhattan area information
www.vet.k-state.edu/index/local.htm

Visit our conference web site at:
www.vet.k-state.edu/CE/index.htm

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