SCVMA and UC Irvine Present:

 

13th Annual Conti Symposium

DVM Program

 

Current Concepts and Controversies on Wound Management

 

**CLICK HERE TO REGISTER**

 

 

 

Sunday June 7th, 2026

 

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Doors Open at 8:00 AM for Check-In & Continental Breakfast

Lunch included

7 hours California Statutorily Approved Continuing Education

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CaRVTA, IVVTA, & SCVMA members prior to May 23, 2026: FREE

NON-members May 23, 2026: $50

Registration FOR ALL after May 23, 2026: $150.00

​**There will be a $50.00 fee charged to individuals that RSVP and fail to attend or fail to cancel by May 29, 2026**

 

UC Irvine, Student Center
311 W Peltason Dr, Irvine, CA 92697

Directions and Parking Instructions w/Registration

**A link to the proceedings will be sent prior to the event- no hard copies will be provided**

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FEATURING:

 

Bryden J. Stanley, BVMS, DVM, MVETSC, DACVS

Lecture: Tension-Relieving Techniques
Lecture: Skin flaps: Subdermal, Axial Pattern

Dr. Bryden Stanley is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at Michigan State University, where she was Chief of Surgery for many years. Stanley’s main research interests are wound healing, cutaneous reconstruction and upper respiratory conditions. Since retiring from MSU in 2021, she has been working in specialist private practice at the Animal Surgical Center of Michigan. Stanley’s clinical interests are in all aspects of soft tissue surgery, particularly upper respiratory, wound management and cutaneous reconstructive techniques. She is well published, speaks frequently at conferences globally and is currently Chair of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

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Elizabeth A. Swanson, DVM, MS. DACVS-SA

Lecture: Updates in Open Wound Management
Lecture: Multi-Drug Resistant Infections

Dr. Swanson is an Associate Professor of Small Animal Surgery at the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Her clinical focus is soft tissue surgery with special interests in wound healing, wound infection, chronic biofilm infections, minimally invasive surgery, and endourology. She graduated from Iowa State University in 2001. She completed a rotating internship at the Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover) in Germany (2002), practiced in the Chicago area for five years as an associate veterinarian, then completed surgery internships at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston (2008) and at the University of Missouri (2009, 2010). She completed her surgery residency at Purdue University in 2013 and has been on faculty at Mississippi State University since. Her research focuses on chronic biofilm infections, particularly the effects of biofilms on chronic wound development, biofilms in chronic urinary tract infections, treatment of chronic biofilm and multiple-drug-resistant infections, understanding the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to tissues, and on developing a model of biofilm-infected diabetic pressure ulcers.

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Joseph C. Wenke, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Medical Branch; Director of Research Shriners Children’s Texas

Lecture: Bacterial Biofilms in Wounds

Dr. Wenke is a classically trained skeletal muscle physiologist from an exercise physiology graduate program that transitioned to researching battlefield wounds. He started his professional career as a postdoctoral fellow in 2003 at US Army Institute of Surgical Research in San Antonio, TX and quickly transitioned to Research Physiologist and, then, Scientific Lead for his group, that originally started relatively small, but had over 80 people when he left. During his 18 years at USAISR, he focused on orthopaedic trauma with emphasis on reducing complications and improving outcomes of open fractures. He spearheaded and was a part of virtually every aspect of research during this time ranging from in vitro discovery, using preclinical animal models to help inform clinical practice guidelines, participating and/or organizing clinical studies and trials, and being a program manager for the Congressionally Directed Orthopaedic Research Program. His research focused on prevention of infection, treating recalcitrant biofilm infections, skeletal muscle and bone regeneration, and impaired healing from dysregulated immune response due to polytrauma. Dr. Wenke devoted a large amount of effort to defining battlefield wounding patterns, determining complications, and defining disabling conditions that resulted in medical retirements which ultimately prevented readiness of our troops. He is now a Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and is the Director of Research at Shriners Children’s Hospital, Texas, and continues that line of research along with pediatric and general orthopedic conditions.

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Shane J. Andrews, DVM, DACVS-SA

Lecture: Management of Complex Traumatic Wounds

Dr. Andrews graduated from Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine in 2009 and then entered the United States Army as a Veterinary Corps Officer serving assignments in Japan, Colorado, Okinawa, and Germany. He completed a Small Animal Surgery Residency at Michigan State University in 2017 and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. He recently settled down in St. George, Utah and is the founder of Solace Veterinary Specialty Center and Southern Utah Veterinary CE Circuit. He continues to serve his country in the US Army reserves as a veterinary specialist and consultant. He is happily married to his wife Amy and has 4 children (Jayden, Tia, Jett, and Niko).