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Practical and Progressive Ideas for
Veterinary Professionals in Private Practice!
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About the Course.......
This neurology course focuses on
common brain disorders in dogs and cats. Some animals have untreatable
brain tumors or other serious diseases, and others have conditions that
are treatable or at least controllable. How do we tell them apart? How
do we localize the problem to different parts of the brain? Many
animals with brain disorders have seizures. How is a seizure patient
best managed? Why do we perform a CT on one patient while performing an
MRI on another?
After attending this Seminar:
• You will be able to understand
neurologic findings and be able to localize neurologic signs to specific
parts of the brain.
• You will get an overview of
various techniques that can be used to diagnose brain lesions.
• You will be able to
differentiate between peripheral and central vestibular disease and
list the most common differential diagnoses.
• You will gain a deeper
understanding of old and new seizure treatments.
• You will get an update on
treatment of brain tumors.
• You will become more familiar
with various treatment options for GME.
• You will be more comfortable
handling head trauma cases.
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Course Faculty......
Marguerite Knipe, DVM: Dr. Knipe received
her DVM from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of
California, Davis in 1998. From 1998 to 1999, she completed a rotating
internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Purdue University.
In 2002, she completed her residency in Neurology/Neurosurgery at UC
Davis and achieved Diplomate status in the Neurology specialty of the
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Knipe has worked
in private specialty practice in northern California, and since 2002,
has been a Lecturer in Neurology/Neurosurgery at the University of
California, Davis.
Helena Rylander, DVM: Dr. Rylander
received a Veterinary degree from University of Uppsala Sweden, 1990.
She then worked in a small animal practice from 1991- 1994 and then in
a small animal referral practice as a surgeon from 1994-2000. Dr.
Rylander completed her residency in neurology, Davis, CA 2000-2003 and
achieved Diplomate ACVIM (neurology) 2003. Currently, Dr. Rylander is a
Clinical Assistance Professor for UW-Madison.
P. Filippo Adamo, DVM: Dr. Adamo is a
Clinical Assistant Professor in Veterinary Neurology/Neurosurgery at
UW-Madison. He received his DVM in 1986 from the University of Pisa,
Italy. He completed an externship in clinical neurology 1988-1990 from
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA and an internship in Small
Animal Medicine and Surgery 1990-1991, Tuskegee. He also achieved
Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Neurology, University, AL,
1997. Principle areas of research include intracranial surgery, spinal
biomechanic and granulomatous meningoencephalitis.
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