Cardiology Course
PLEASE NOTE
THE DATES FOR CAPE TOWN CHANGED
AND IS NOW ON 6 & 7 APRIL
JOHANNESBURG IS STILL ON 3 & 4 APRIL
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Etienne Côté
Dr. Etienne Côté is a board certified Veterinary Cardiologist and Small Animal Internist at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown (Canada).
He obtained his doctorate in veterinary medicine from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1993, interned at California Animal Hospital in Los Angeles in 1993-1994, and pursued his specialty training there in small animal internal medicine (1996-1998) and in cardiology (1998-1999).
Dr. Côté teaches cardiology both in the classroom and in clinics to final-year veterinary students. His teaching effectiveness and leadership have been recognized with the Merial Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, the Pfizer Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teacher Award, the Janet Pottie Murray Award for Educational Leadership, and the Association of Atlantic Universities Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2015, he received Canada’s highest recognition in postsecondary teaching when he was named a 3M National Teaching Fellow.
He is author and editor-in-chief of three editions of the Clinical Veterinary Advisor textbook for small animal practice; co-author of the only textbook on heart diseases of cats, Feline Cardiology; co-creator of Veterinary Board Games study tools; co-creator of the Veterinary Drug Index evidence-based medication information repository; creator of the Elsevier Collection of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Skills Videos – Small Animal Procedures and Techniques; co-editor of the 8th edition of the Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine [Ettinger] with Stephen Ettinger and Edward Feldman, and author or co-author of 28 scientific articles and 59 textbook chapters.
He is married with a daughter and owns Newfoundland dogs, and his hobbies include cleaning up after them, travel, languages, running, hiking, snowshoeing, and Shotokan karate.
Dr Cote has experience of South African clients and conditions as he worked at Onderstepoort in the early 2000’s.
Event Fees:
| Registration Type | Early Bird
Ends 15 February |
Standard Fee | Late Fee
Starts 15 March |
| NVCG Member | R 2400 | R 2700 | R 3000 |
| Non-Member | R 3000 | R 3300 | R 3600 |
Venues:
Johannesburg: Premier Hotel, Midrand
Cape Town: Century City Conference Center
Etienne’s topics will include:
- Best approach to dogs with incidentally-detected heart murmurs
- Coughing in dogs with heart disease: what does it mean, what to do?
- Ventricular arrhythmias in 2018
- Cardiac drugs overview for 2018
- Congestive heart failure treatment in 2018
- Management of coexisting cardiac and renal disorders
- Dilated cardiomyopathy in 2018
- Update on feline cardiomyopathies
- Appropriate use of pimobendan
Program Outline
Day 1
Johannesburg: 3 April
Cape Town: 6 April
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8:00 |
9:00 |
Registration |
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9:00 |
9:15 |
Welcome and promotion session for sponsor 1 |
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9:15 |
10:00 |
Best approach to dogs with incidentally-detected heart murmurs |
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10:00 |
10:45 |
Coughing in dogs with heart disease: What does it mean, what to do? |
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10:45 |
11:15 |
TEA |
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11:15 |
12:00 |
Canine cardiomyopathies in 2018 |
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12:00 |
12:45 |
Discussion session |
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12:45 |
13:45 |
LUNCH |
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13:45 |
14:30 |
Congestive heart failure treatment in 2018, part 1 |
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14:30 |
15:30 |
Congestive heart failure treatment in 2018, part 2 |
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15:30 |
15:45 |
TEA |
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15:45 |
16:30 |
Ventricular arrhythmias in 2018 |
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16:30 |
17:15 |
Discussion session |
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17:30 |
18:15 |
Drinks/Dinner |
Day 2
Johannesburg: 4 April
Cape Town: 7 April
|
9:00 |
9:15 |
Welcome and promotion session for sponsor 2 |
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9:15 |
10:00 |
Management of coexisting cardiac and renal disorders |
|
10:00 |
10:45 |
Cardiac drugs overview for 2018, part 1 |
|
10:45 |
11:15 |
TEA |
|
11:15 |
12:00 |
Cardiac drugs overview for 2018, part 2 |
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12:00 |
12:45 |
Discussion session |
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12:45 |
13:45 |
LUNCH |
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13:45 |
14:30 |
Canine pericardial disease – current diagnosis and treatment |
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14:30 |
15:30 |
Update on feline cardiomyopathies |
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15:30 |
15:45 |
TEA |
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15:45 |
16:30 |
Case studies in cardiology |
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16:30 |
17:15 |
Closure |