Antimicrobial Stewardship in Companion Animal Practice

Objective:

This course will provide an overview of an antimicrobial stewardship and address ways to reduce and more appropriately use antimicrobials in your companion animal practice.

Fulfills 1 CEU towards California Antimicrobial CE requirements for license renewal

**Click Here to Register**

Speaker: Dr. Silene St. Bernard

Dr. Silene St. Bernard is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine (ACVPM). She received her B.S. in Zoology (1988) and DVM (1998) degrees from The Ohio State University and completed two years of Masters level studies in biomedical engineering and business at Case Western Reserve University focusing on implantable materials. She has 20 years of experience in companion animal veterinary medicine and has practiced in OH, WA, CA and MO. Dr. St. Bernard designed, built, operated and sold a companion animal veterinary practice in addition to practicing both general and referral emergency medicine. Dr. St. Bernard was a Regional Consulting Veterinarian with Elanco Animal Health and was previously in a similar position with Novartis Animal Health. Currently, she is a Regional Medical Director for VCA.

Compassion Fatigue in Veterinary Medicine

The goal of the presentation is to identify some of our struggles and how to manage them and focus on caring for ourselves.

**Click Here** to Register

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory Approved CEU

Speaker: Melissa Tompkins, BS, CVPM, PHRca, CCFP

Melissa started working in the veterinary field 18 years ago starting out as a tech assistant/receptionist.  She worked her way up to become a practice manager in 2005 and she never looked back.  She has worked in general practice (Feline only), specialty, and emergency.

She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science from Cal Poly Pomona in 2005, became a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager in 2011, and earned her PHRca certification in 2020.  Last year, she became a Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional, and is now helping hospitals deal with burnout and compassion fatigue.  She owns her own consulting business; South Coast Veterinary Management Solutions and she can help multiple hospitals with training and other business needs.

In 2018 she was the Southern California Veterinary Medical Association’s Paraprofessional of the year.

She is a published author of multiple articles in DVM360.com, Veterinary Team Brief, Firstline Magazine and Veterinary Economics.  She has also been a speaker at several annual conferences and symposiums including VHMA’S management exchange, CVS’s Veterinary Forum, Oklahoma’s Annual Conference, ASEC’s Conference, AAFP National Conference, and Fur Paws Consulting’s Spring/Fall Symposiums.  She also helped train veterinarians on how to create a feline friendly practice through AVSG’s annual wet lab.

Melissa is highly active within the local veterinary community co-founding the North Orange County Veterinary Hospital manager group, an active member of the VHMA and is on the Board of Trustees for the SCVMA.  She has been serving as the secretary of VHMA’s CVPM Board since 2019 and she truly enjoys this role.  She loves helping other managers and team members grow within the veterinary profession.

She spends her free time running or walking in 5k’s & half marathons.  She also spends time with her friends and family.  She shares her home with her boyfriend, his son, and their 5 furry babies.

DIABETES TIDBITS: UPDATES ON THE CLINICAL APPROACH TO DIABETES MELLITUS IN DOGS

This session will provide an update on the clinical approach to diabetes mellitus in dogs. Clinical recognition,

diagnostic methods, and treatment goals will be discussed. Insulin therapy, including available options and how they work in dogs, will be covered. Methods to monitor response to insulin will also be examined.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how to correctly diagnose diabetes mellitus in dogs.
2. Learn how to choose an appropriate insulin to treat diabetes mellitus in dogs.
3. Explore how to accurately monitor insulin therapy in dogs with diabetes mellitus.    
   

   **Click Here To Register**

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

Speaker:  Cynthia R. Ward, VMD, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

Professor, University of Georgia

Dr. Cynthia Ward received her VMD and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed residency training at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania in small animal internal medicine and a reproductive endocrinology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She was on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania until 2005 when she moved to the University of Georgia. Dr. Ward has been honored by numerous teaching awards and was named the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Georgia in 2015. She is the co-founder and director of the UGA Veterinary Diabetes Clinic. She has an active research program in clinical and basic endocrinology and has authored numerous journal articles, book chapters, and research abstracts. Dr. Ward is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (small animal internal medicine.

Topic: Hepatopathies

Speaker: Dr. Rhonda Schulman, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

Click Here to Register

Surgical Jeopardy with Dr. Peter Vogel, VMD, DACVS

Come join us for an evening with answers and questions about veterinary surgery.

**Click Here to Register**

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

Dr. Peter Vogel, VMD, DACVS

Bio:

Peter Vogel, VMD, DACVS graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1990.  He completed a Small Animal Surgical internship at the California Animal Hospital and a Small Animal Surgical residency at the University of California, Davis.

Dr. Vogel was the founding and senior partner of The Southern California Veterinary Specialty Hospital, a large multidisciplinary referral hospital, located in Irvine, CA  Dr. Vogel then became the co-medical director for VCA West Coast Specialty and Emergency Animal Hospital in Fountain Valley, CA.  Dr. Vogel is the founder of The Animal Orthopedic Center in Anaheim, CA.

Dr. Vogel is the past President of the Southern California Veterinary Medical Association and is currently a Governor for the California Veterinary Medical Association, representing Los Angeles and Orange County, CA.  He also is a recipient of the Dan Mahan Award for Excellence in Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Vogel is a board certified veterinary surgeon, a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, and has almost 30 years of experience in clinical practice, as well as teaching veterinary students and training interns and residents.

Dr. Vogel lectures extensively in Southern California, as well as elsewhere in the US and has spoken at several world veterinary conferences in China, South Korea, and Mexico.

Current Trends in Veterinary Regulatory and Malpractice Cases

COVID has brought some practice act changes that may have longer term implications.  Tele-medicine is a growing tool that you need to

understand how it fits appropriately into your practice.  And complaints to the veterinary medical board or the legal system haven’t gone away just because we are living in a pandemic.  Join us to learn what is going on at the legal and regulatory forefront of veterinary clinical practice.

**Click Here to Register**

SPEAKER

Bonnie Lutz, Esq.

Klinedinst Attorneys

Bonnie Lutz is a shareholder in the firm’s Irvine office. She has been practicing law for 20 years. Prior to becoming an attorney, she was a public health microbiologist for the Orange County Health Department and owned a medical device manufacturing company.

Ms. Lutz’s practice consists of defending veterinarians in litigation and administrative actions in addition to providing general counsel services for humane societies throughout California. Due to her unique practice areas, she has extensive knowledge of the California Veterinary Medicine Practice Act and the laws which regulate humane societies. She is also an experienced litigator and has defended over 500 veterinarians in Veterinary Medical Board actions and also assists other animal rescue organizations.

Ms. Lutz is an accomplished lecturer and writer. She frequently speaks at conferences and seminars held by the SCVMA, CVMA and VetPartners in addition to speaking to veterinary and law students. She has published articles in The Pulse, California Veterinarian and Veterinary Economics and has been interviewed for articles in Sheltering Magazine. She is on the advisory committee of the National Canine Research Counsel.

Hosted by Western University of Health Sciences

March 17-19, 2021

For more information and to register visit:

 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-california-temporary-license-curriculum-tickets-136882995725

“The NEW Normal in Surgery and Anesthesia”

Dr. Robertson— New approaches to perioperative anesthesia and analgesia.

• Attendees will change their idea of “perioperative anesthesia care” from something that occurs in the hospital for a relatively short period of time to a process that starts and ends at home for the patient and their owner.
• Reduction of stress, fear and anxiety is the foundation of a safe anesthetic experience; attendees will learn which drugs and techniques can be used achieve this.

 Dr. Bleakley–Laparoscopic or Open?  Small Animal Laparoscopy and the Decision-Making Process of Abdominal Surgery

• Attendees will gain insights into minimally invasive options in small animal abdominal surgery, and associated benefits for the patient, client, and surgeon.
• Attendees will understand the decision-making process of abdominal surgery with regards to an open or a laparoscopic approach and be able to apply this understanding in their own practice.

Dr Robertson and Bleakley- Be prepared for the unexpected

• Learning to pivot when things do not go as expected is essential to a good outcome for the patient. Attendees will learn that they should prepare a Plan A for each patient but have a backup plan.
• If a laparoscopic procedure turns into a laparotomy the patient will require supplemental analgesic agents and often a deeper plane of anesthesia – how to respond to a change in the surgical plan will be discussed.
• Although rare, gas emboli, overdistension of the abdomen, hemorrhage and accidental pneumothorax are possible during abdominal laparoscopy. Attendees will learn how to recognize a problem promptly and respond with appropriate treatment.

Featuring

Dr. Sheilah Robertson–BVMS (Hons), PhD, DACVAA, DECVAA, DACAW, DECAWBM (WSEL), CVA, MRCVS

 “New Approaches to Peri-operative Anesthesia and Analgesia”

Dr. Seth Bleakley—MVB, MS, DACVS-SA, DECVS, MRCVS, CCRT

             “LAPARASCOPY or OPEN- Small Animal Laparoscopy and the

                Decision-Making Process of Abdominal Surgery”

Dr Bleakley and Dr Robertson together discussing:

              “Be Prepared for the UNEXPECTED!”

Sponsored by:

VIRTUALLY via ZOOM

Room available at 845 AM

Lectures starting promptly at 900 AM; until 1230 PM

3 hours LIVE INTERACTIVE California Statutorily Approved CE credits

**Click Here to Register**

FREE for SCVMA Members; $99 for NON-SCVMA members

Limited to 150 attendees.  Thus, there will be $50 charge for those that register and DO NOT attend the event on 03/21/2021

“Dermatophytosis:

Doesn’t it have a nice ring to it?”

To understand the etiology and pathophysiology of ringworm (dermatophytosis)

• To review the clinical presentation of ringworm and how to integrate diagnostic testing in the work-up in general practice
• To introduce the veterinary professional to available diagnostics that facilitate testing and monitoring in dermatophytosis infections
• To review clinical case examples that illustrate the application and interpretation of the dermatophytosis testing
• To provide guidance in responding to commonly asked questions about dermatophytosis

Approved for 1hr California Statutorily Approved CE

**Click Here to Register**

SPEAKERS

 Brad Ryan, MSc, DVM, MPH MSc, DVM, MPH, Southern California

Dr. Brad Ryan is originally from southeast Ohio where he developed a passion for animal health working with critically endangered species at North America’s largest conservation facility, The Wilds. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Miami University in 2003. He later completed his Master of Science in mammalian biology with distinction from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 2008, his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2016, and his Master of Public Health in veterinary public health from The Ohio State University College of Public Health in 2017. Since graduating from veterinary school he has enjoyed treating patients in small animal and exotic pet hospitals across the United States, and also served as Program Manager for the Smithsonian Global Health Program at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. His professional interests include veterinary public health and abating the spillover of zoonotic diseases from animals to people.

Dr. Ryan currently resides in Palm Desert, CA with his giant schnauzer, Evan. He is an avid outdoorsman who previously thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine and successfully summited Mt. Kilimanjaro. In his spare time, he enjoys exploring the US National Parks, wildlife photography, and international travel.

Jennifer Lopez, DVM, MBA

Dr. Jennifer Lopez began her veterinary career as a technician at the University of Florida in the Dermatology department. Her
passion grew for clinical research and skin diseases, resulting in being published in several journals such as Veterinary Dermatology
and American Veterinary Journal of Research. She then attended St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine in Grenada,
the West Indies, where she received her DVM degree. After graduating from veterinary school, she began general practice
in Miami, while continuing her education and receiving her MBA in Multi-Sector Health Management. She then took a position
with VCA as a medical director for a 24-hour, 12 doctor general practice and emergency hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. She loves
to interact with clients and pets, which is why she recently left clinical practice to take on the position of Professional Services
Veterinarian at Antech.
Born and raised in Miami Beach, Florida, Dr. Jennifer Lopez was
raised as a “Florida baby.” Her fur babies include two French
bulldogs, Roxy Razzle Dazzle and King Pickle, and a miniature red
poodle, Clifford. Her hobbies include gardening, cooking, scuba
diving, water sports, traveling, learning the histories and cultures
of the world, and exposing herself to new languages and people.

Sponsored by: Antech Diagnostics

**Click Here** To Register

The Day I Didn’t Use Ultrasound –What Did I Miss? – Global FAST

The talk will be an introduction to AFAST and its target-organ approach for obvious soft tissue abnormalities and its fluid scoring system;  TFAST and its use for pleural and pericardial effusion and its echocardiography views; and Vet BLUE, a unique regional, pattern-based lung ultrasound approach along with its B-line scoring system and visual lung language. Practical everyday applications will be used to illustrate the power of each technique that when combined is called Global FAST.  The Global FAST Approach is considered an extension of your physical exam and your first line imaging test for most patients.  Global FAST detects conditions often missed based on physical exam, lab testing, and radiography.

 Approved for 1hr California Statutorily Approved CE

**Click Here to Register**

SPEAKER

Dr. Gregory Lisciandro, DABVP, DACVECC

Dr. Gregory Lisciandro, DABVP, DACVECC, received his DVM, Cornell, completed an internship, The Animal Medical Center, New York City, and emergency and critical care residency, Emergency Pet Center, San Antonio Texas.  He is an ACVECC At-large Regent, and a member of the ACVECC Education Guidelines, Student Certification, and Scientific Committees.  He has been practicing for approximately 28-years with about half in general practice and half in emergency and critical care, most recently as Chief of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Emergency Pet Center. Currently, he is a consultant for Hill Country Veterinary Specialists, President of the International Veterinary Point-of-care Ultrasound Society (www.IVPOCUS.org); CEO of FASTVet.com, specializing in Global FAST® and point-of-care ultrasound training; editor and chapter author of the textbook Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner, He has lectured and directed scanning workshops around the world and continues to lead in publishing clinically relevant, point-of-care and FAST ultrasound research.

Sponsored by: 

Connected Care in Practice

What will attendees learn during the presentation:
In this session, attendees will learn about the most common use cases of telehealth in practice, using real data from thousands of telehealth cases. We will also discuss how to approach medical cases with and without VCPR, what tools can be used to obtain virtual patient data, and how connected care can- and will- change how veterinarians practice.

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory Approved CEU

Click Here to Register

Speakers name: Dr. Jess Trimble, DVM

Speaker Bio: 
Dr. Jess Trimble is a veterinarian who is passionate about how virtual health and new technologies can improve the lives of the whole veterinary team and enhance practice operations, while also improving pet health and making care more affordable. She is an experienced general practitioner, telehealth consultant, speaker, and the Chief Veterinary Officer of Anipanion.

Sponsored by: Anipanion

VACCINES & VACCINATION:

PROTOCOLS, PRODUCTS, AND CONTROVERSIES

2 Hours of California Statutory Approved CEU

Click Here To Register

This program will examine current recommendations for canine and feline vaccination, focusing on recent changes to the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) guidelines. It will review intervals for the initial feline vaccination series and boosters in adults, the rationale behind updates to the initial canine vaccination series, and revised guidance on the administration of leptospirosis and Lyme disease vaccines. It will also explore the indications and interpretation of antibody testing, including patient management recommendations based on test results. You’ll leave with a thorough understanding of current vaccine and vaccination recommendations.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review prominent issues, controversies, and challenges surrounding canine and feline vaccination.
2. Learn about changes in initial vaccination series recommendations and explore core and non-core booster interval recommendations for adult animals.
3. Understand “must know” facts that bridge the gap between vaccination recommendations and practice, including indications for antibody testing and interpretation of results, determinations for when to treat non-core vaccines as core, and advice on avoiding vaccine adverse reactions.
4. Learn how to best implement a rational vaccination protocol that provides maximum levels of protection for your practice’s patients.

Speaker: Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM, DACVPM (Hon), Emeritus Professor of Medicine at North Carolina State University

Bio: Following graduation from The Ohio State University, Dr. Richard Ford practiced small animal and equine medicine for 3 years. Subsequently, he completed an internal medicine residency at Michigan State University, then joined the faculty at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine before becoming a professor of medicine at NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where he is an emeritus professor. He also recently retired from the Air Force Reserve as a brigadier general, where he was assigned to the Office of the Surgeon General at the Pentagon. Dr. Ford is a coauthor of both the American Animal Hospital Association Canine Vaccine Guidelines and the American Academy of Feline Practitioners Feline Vaccine Guidelines. For almost 15 years, he has provided continuing education seminars to veterinarians on infectious diseases and immunization. He has published more than 200 papers and textbook chapters pertaining to infectious disease in companion animals.

Sponsored by: 

Topic: Seizure Management

Speaker: Dr. Devin Ancona, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology)

Click Here to Register

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory Approved CEU

Cannabis Conundrum: The foundations of considering use in practice

What will attendees learn during the presentation:

1) The importance of semantics when discussing and using cannabis products

2) Brief Pharmacology

3) What evidence we do have in companion animals

4) Product selection

5) Concerns with this therapy

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

**Click Here** to Register

Speaker: Stephen Cital RVT, SRA, RLAT, VCC, CVPP, VTS-LAM

Speaker Bio: Stephen is the Executive Director for the Academy of Laboratory Animal Veterinary Technicians and Nurses, holding a Veterinary Technician Specialist certification in Laboratory Animal Medicine (LAM) with an anesthesia focus. He is currently employed by Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Stanford University in the Department of Neurobiology. Stephen is involved in ongoing research related to cannabis and is an award-winning international lecturer on anesthesia, pain management, cannabis, and best practices in research. He enjoys teaching and serves on multiple advisory boards, is a key opinion leader for multiple pharmaceutical and device companies, COO for the Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds and Veterinary Cannabinoid Academy Facebook and webpages. He was also a column coordinator for one of Nature’s journals and has contributed to numerous textbooks.

Stephen is the lead editor for a new textbook coming out in April 2021 titles, Cannabis Therapy in Veterinary Medicine. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030683160

“Probiotic Therapy: The Gut and Beyond”

The goal of this presentation is to:

• Review the potential benefits of probiotics
• Discuss some of the well-known and less well known studies on commonly used probiotics and some of their indications in small animal practice
• Discuss some of the early data available on the microbiome itself

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

**Click Here to Register**

Speaker: Dr. Shelly Aldrian

Dr Shelly Adrian received her DVM from Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2007.  She went on to a rigorous one-year private practice internship, mainly focused on Emergency Medicine, at the Pet Emergency & Specialty Center in San Diego, CA.  She remained with that clinic for an additional 2 years as an emergency veterinarian.  In 2010, she entered general practice in San Diego, and continues to practice in coastal San Diego.  Shelly’s areas of interest include nutrition, internal medicine, and emergency medicine.  In 2015, Shelly joined Nestle Purina Pet Care as a Veterinary Communications Manager, and was named a Senior Veterinary Communications Manager in 2019. Her current responsibilities include supporting several veterinary schools as well as providing education on behalf of the veterinary sales team.

Shelly resides with her physicist husband in San Diego and has 3 dogs: a 97-pound “houndbeast” named Doc, a 77-pound “greyhound-lookin’ thing” named Nutmeg, and a young “Monkey” golden retriever mix, who she found on Petfinder.com.

Sponsored by: 

Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Sheahan, DVM, DACVO

Topic: Ophthalmology

Click Here to Register

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

Feline Injection Site Sarcoma

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

 Is there anything funny about FISS? I don’t know. Let’s find out. Join Dr Sarah Boston to laugh and learn about this disease and what you can do as a primary care veterinarian to prevent it and make treatment easier. Basically come to this talk so you can learn how to win. Who doesn’t want that?

Warning- cursing may occur during this lecture.

**Click Here** to register

$10.00, tax deductible (check with your tax professional), donation to the SESF

 Sarah Boston, DVM, DVSc, Diplomate ACVS
ACVS Founding Fellow of Surgical Oncology
ACVS Founding Fellow or Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Dr Boston graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1996. She completed a rotating internship at the University of Guelph the following year. She then returned to Western Canada for 3 years of general practice before going to the University of Guelph for a residency and DVSc in small animal surgery. She became board-certified with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2004. Sarah then completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Colorado State University in 2005. Sarah was on faculty at the University of Guelph for 5 years and at the University of Florida for 5 years. She was a tenured Associate Professor at both universities. She is currently a surgical oncologist in private practice with VCA Canada in the Toronto area. She is an ACVS Founding Fellow of both Surgical Oncology and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

She is the Past-President of Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology and Chair of the VSSO Scientific meeting. She has authored numerous journal articles in textbook chapters on surgical oncology, some of them good.

Sarah is also a bestselling author and cancer survivor. Her first book Lucky Dog: How Being a Veterinarian Saved my Life, was published by the House of Anansi Press in 2014. She is the founder of The Cageliner, a satirical newspaper for the veterinary profession. Her current hobbies are stand up comedy and comedy writing.

Twitter: @drsarahboston

Instagram: @drsarahboston

Diagnosing and Staging Cancer in General Practice: Impact on Treatment and Prognosis

Click Here to Register

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory Approved CEU

Speaker: Dr. Vincent Baldanza, VMD, DACVIM (Oncology)

Dr. Vincent Baldanza was born and raised in northern New Jersey. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Delaware, where he studied Animal Science and spent semesters studying abroad in Australia and Italy. Dr. Baldanza graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating from veterinary school, Dr. Baldanza completed a one-year small animal rotating internship at the University of Minnesota. He then went on to complete a three-year residency in medical oncology at Cornell University, where he was selected as an American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation Clinician-Scientist Fellow for his research in canine osteosarcoma. Upon completion of his studies, Dr. Baldanza moved to Los Angeles and worked with the Veterinary Cancer Group for several years before joining the ACCESS team at their new Pasadena hospital. Dr. Baldanza is a board-certified specialist in medical oncology and his special interests include treatment of lymphoma, mast cell tumors, and osteosarcoma, novel therapeutics, and palliative care. Outside of work, Dr. Baldanza enjoys exploring the food and drink scene in Los Angeles, attending concerts and live theater, relaxing out in the desert, and traveling with his partner. Their family of rescues include a Great Pyrenees/Golden Retriever mixed breed dog named Otis, a long-haired tabby cat named Milo, short-haired calico, tortie, and tabby cats named Chicklette, Taffy, and Morty, and a Persian mixed breed calico cat named Edie.

Topic: Nutritional Management of Feline Endocrine Disease

Speaker: TBD

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

Click Here to Register

Veterinary Wellness with LifeBacon

Speaker: Megan Bendtzen, CEO & Founder of LifeBacon

Approved for 1 hour of California Statutory Approved CEU

**Click Here** to Register

TBA

Topic: Neurology

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory Approved CEU

Click Here to Register

Speaker: Yenlie Zingale, DVM, MS
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Neurology)

Dr. Zingale has a bachelor degree in Neurophysiology from the University of California, Davis. She received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of California, Davis in 2012. Afterward, she completed a one-year rotating small animal internship at the Veterinary Medical Surgical Group in Ventura, CA and a three-year residency in small animal neurology/neurosurgery. She holds Master’s degree from Colorado State University in Clinical Sciences.

Dr. Zingale’s particular interests are in seizure disorders, chronic pain management, and various neurosurgical procedures. In her free time, she is an avid yoga practitioner and loves to spend time outdoors hiking, surfing, running, and scuba diving.