About the Conference
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 1–2, 2025
Credits: 16 CE hours (additional CE hours when also enrolling in RECOVER courses)
Overview
A favorite annual offering from Veterinary Continuing Education (CE) at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), join us for the Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care (ECC) Conference at the Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex (VBEC) in College Station, Texas.
With various presentations spanning diverse topics, whether you’re an intern, resident, private practitioner, or board-certified ECC specialist, you will find worthwhile nuggets you can use immediately. Topics covered will include Veterinary CPR and controlled substances (meets Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners [TBVME] requirements for opioid training).
Join our keynote speaker, Kimberly M. Anderson, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Neurology) from the University of Tennesee Institute of Agriculture’s College of Veterinary Medicine, along with several VMBS faculty members/Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) clinicians—including members of the VMTH ECC service.
Check back for the agenda and additional details.
RECOVER Basic Life Support & Advanced Life Support Courses
- Before attending the in-person laboratory sessions of these courses, you must complete the online RECOVER CPR training.
- Please note that refunds cannot be issued for this purchase. Once registered in the RECOVER CPR database, your certification process cannot be transferred or canceled.
- Please wear comfortable clothing in which you can safely and easily perform CPR (e.g., scrubs).
- Correctly performed CPR requires moderate physical effort.
- If you have any limitations that could impact your ability to perform two minutes of compressions while standing or kneeling, please describe them in the comment section during registration.
- Our instructors can make accommodations for most candidates.
- If you have any limitations that could impact your ability to perform two minutes of compressions while standing or kneeling, please describe them in the comment section during registration.
About the Keynote Speaker
Kimberly M. Anderson, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Neurology)
Dr. Anderson is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She graduated from Purdue University in 2012. She completed a small animal rotating internship at the University of Missouri, followed by a specialty internship in Neurology at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston, Texas. She then completed a residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery at Texas A&M University. Prior to veterinary school, Dr. Anderson obtained a Ph.D. in Immunology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Her areas of interest are neuroinflammation, degenerative diseases, and neuroimaging.
Veterinary Continuing Education
Email: vetmedce@tamu.edu
