VOS 2015 Program
Saturday, February 28th – Registration and Welcome Reception
Limelight Room
8:00-10:00
Registration and Wine and Cheese Reception
Co-sponsored by Veterinary Transplant Services and Sun Valley Resort
Sunday, March 1st – Evening Session
Orthopedics I
Sponsored by: Elanco
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Bruecker
3:30
President’s Welcome and Foundation Messages
3:50
Sun Valley Welcome and Overview
4:00
1 - Pathologic Changes Identified during Second Look
Stifle Arthroscopy and TPLO Implant Removal in Clinically
Asymptomatic Limbs
Whitney Phipps
4:15
2 - Clinical Outcome of Antebrachial Growth Deformity
Treated Using True Spherical Osteotomy and Internal
Fixation in 47 Canine Limbs
Noel Fitzpatrick
4:30
3 - Results of a Dynamic Oblique Proximal Ulnar
Osteotomy for Joint Incongruity with and without
Placement of an Intramedullary Pin
Jessica Norvet
4:45-5:15
Break
5:15
4 - A Novel Model for Canine Cranial Cruciate Ligament
Disease
James Cook
5:30
5 - Repair of Calcanean Tendon Rupture Using Calcanean
Tendon Component Allographs in Dogs: A Case Series
Benjamin Spall
5:45
Elanco State of the Industry Talk
TBC
6:00-7:00
Jacques Jenny Lecture: Arthritis and Rheumatism from
Hippocrates to 2015 and the Evolution of the
Inflammatory Arthritides
Sponsored by: DePuy Synthes
Dr. Roy Altman
7:00-8:30
Exhibitors Showcase : Sponsored by Elanco
Limelight Room
7:10-8:00
Resident in Training Session: “How to Do Good Science”
and “How to Spot Bad Science”
Sponsored by KYON
Richard Evans
Matthew Stewart
Monday, March 2nd – Morning Session
Orthopedics II
Sponsored by: AO North America
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Laurent Guiot
6:45
Past Presidents’ Breakfast benefitting the VOS
Educational Foundation
Sponsored by VOS
7:00
6 - Comparison of Open Reduction Versus Minimally
Invasive Surgical Approaches on Screw Position in
Canine Sacroiliac Lag-Screw Fixation
Danielle Marturello
7:20
7 - Evaluation of Early Effects of a Novel LumboSacral Distraction-Fusion Stabilization System for the
Treatment of Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis
over Six Months Using Computed Tomography
Noel Fitzpatrick
7:35
8 - Clinical Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Dextran
Polymer Hydrogel Local Antimicrobial Therapy
Applied for Suspected Orthopedic Implant Infection
in Dogs
Travis Reed
7:50-8:15
Break
8:15
9 - Biomechanical Evaluation of the Speedwhip™
Suture Pattern Versus a Three-Loop Pulley Suture
Pattern in a Canine Calcaneus Tendon Avulsion
Model
Anna Dunlap
8:30
10 - The Effect of Valgus Femoral Osteotomies on
Measures of Anteversion
Samuel P. Franklin
8:45
DePuy Synthes Vet State of the Industry Talk:
Product Life Cycle Overview-The Science Behind
Product Realization
Maria Maroulis
Cunningham
Monday, March 2nd – Evening Session
Regenerative Medicine
Sponsored by: KYON
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Mike Karlin
4:00
11 - Response to Repeated Intra-Articular Injection
of Stem Cells after 2 Cell Preparation Techniques
Ashlee E. Watts
4:20
12 - Repeated Intra-Articular Injection of Autologous
Vs. Allogeneic Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells in
the Normal Equine Metacarpophalangeal Joint
Ashlee E. Watts
4:35
13 - Isolation and Characterization of Canine
Multipotent Stromal Cells from Bone Marrow,
Adipose Tissue, and Synovium
Robert N. Bearden
4:50-5:15
Break
5:15
14 - Serum Concentrations of Canine Interleukin-1
Receptor Antagonist Protein (IRAP) in Healthy Dogs
in Response to an Autologous Serum Processing
System
W. Brian Saunders
5:30
15 - PDGF-BB Mediated Invasion of 3D Collagen Gels
By Canine MSCs Requires MT-MMPs
W. Brian Saunders
5:45
16 - Equine Bone Marrow-Derived MSC
Osteogenesis Requires Intrinsic BMP Activity
Matthew Stewart
6:00-7:00
Jacques Jenny Lecture: The Normal and
Osteoarthritic Diarthrodial Joint
Sponsored by: DePuy Synthes
Dr. Roy Altman
Tuesday, March 3rd – Morning Session
Orthopedics III
Sponsored by: SpectraVET
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Steve Peterson
7:00
17 - Technique and Outcome of Treatment of
Concurrent Medial Patellar Luxation and Cranial
Cruciate Ligament Rupture Using a Modified Tibial
Plateau Leveling Osteotomy in 40 Stifles
Kathryn J. Flesher
7:20
18 - Treatment of Canine Stifle Disruptions Using a
Novel Transarticular Implant
Neil Embleton
7:35
19 - Custom Built Rotating Hinge Total Knee
Replacement in Six Dogs: Indications, Design
Principles, Surgical Technique and Clinical Outcome
Noel Fitzpatrick
7:50-8:15
Break
8:15
20 - Tibial Tuberosity Advancement Performed with
a Bioabsorbable Polymer Cage: A Series of 14 Cases
Susanna Hinkle Schwartz
8:30
21 - Is the Ninety-Degrees Patellar Tendon Angle a
Valid End-Point for Tibial Tuberosity Advancement
Surgery in Dogs?
Malcolm Ness
8:45
New Generation Devices State of the Industry Talk:
Challenging Conventional Thinking Towards Implant
Design
Robert A. Young
Tuesday, March 3rd – Evening Session
Equine Orthopedics
Sponsored by: SpectraVET
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Jose Garcia-Lopez
4:00
22 - Ultrasonographic Findings in 121 Cases of
Equine Carpal Sheath Effusion
Matthew Stewart
4:20
23 - A Retrospective Study of Surgical Treatment of
28 Cases of Primary Palmar/Plantar Annular
Ligament Desmopathy
Bruce M. Bladon
4:35
24 - Hoof Position during Limb Loading Affects
Dorsoproximal Bone Strains on the Equine Proximal
Phalanx
Ellen R. Singer
4:50-5:15
Break
5:15
25 - Caudal Lumbar Vertebral Fractures in California
Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred Racehorses
Elizabeth M. Collar
5:30
26 - Assessment of Biocartilage + PRP in Horses
James L. Cook
5:45
27 - Correlation of Clinical Imaging with Structural
Alterations in Equine Palmar Osteochondral Disease
Peter D. Clegg
6:00-7:00
Jacques Jenny Lecture: Canine and Lapine Models of
Osteoarthritis
Sponsored by: DePuy Synthes
Dr. Roy Altman
Wednesday, March 4th – Bloomberg Session
Bloomberg Awards
Sponsored by: Merial, New Generation Devices,
VOS Past Presidents, Orthomed, AO Vet, IMEX and Securos
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Andy Bathe
7:00
28 - In-Vivo Three-Dimensional Kinematics of Cranial
Cruciate Ligament-Deficient Stifles Treated with
Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy
Selena Tinga
7:20
29 - The Effects of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound
on Radiographic Healing of Tibial Plateau Leveling
Osteotomy Sites in Dogs: A Prospective, Double
Blinded Study
Nina R. Kieves
7:35
30 - The Effect of an Interlocking Bolt on Subsidence,
Mechanical Properties and Failure of an Implanted
Cementless Hip Prosthesis
Yonathan Buks
7:50-8:05
Break
8:05
31 - Canine Platelet Rich Plasma Systems: A
Multicenter, Prospective Analysis
Brittany Jean Carr
8:20
32 - Tendon Volume Determination in Non-Calcified
Supraspinatus Tendinopathy By Magnetic Resonance
Imaging
Benjamin Spall
8:35
33 - Concentrations of Cytokines, Matrix
Metalloproteinases and Tissue Inhibitors of Matrix
Metalloproteinases in Serum and Synovial Fluid
Following Injection of Autologous Conditioned
Serum into Equine Osteoarthritic Distal InterPhalangeal Joints
Dane M. Tatarniuk
8:50
34 - Robotic Evaluation of the Effects of Total Knee
Replacement on Stifle Joint Kinematics
Judith Bertran
10:30
NASTAR Race: Sponsored by BioMetrix
12:00
On-Mountain Picnic: Sponsored by Everost
Wednesday, March 4th – Evening Session
Orthopedics IV
Sponsored by: Securos
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Mike Kowaleski
4:00
35 - Randomized Prospective Evaluation of the
Influence of Methadone, Hydromorphone, and
Glycopyrrolate Administration on Perioperative
Gastroesophageal Reflux and Regurgitation in
Anesthetized Dogs
Rebecca A. Falender
4:15
36 - Osteochondral Allografting of the Femoral Head
Sam Franklin
4:30
37 - Clinical Outcome of Seven Dogs and Two Cats
Treated Using a New Osseointegrated Amputation
Prosthesis
Noel Fitzpatrick
4:45
38 - Mechanical Properties of Four Allograft
Reconstruction Techniques for Ruptured Cranial
Cruciate Ligament in the Dog
Michael G. Conzemius
5:00-5:15
Break
5:15
39 - In Vitro Biomechanical Testing of the Tube Knot
Stephany Chang
5:30
40 - Initial Mechanical Testing of Implants for Fixing
the Distal Tibial Tuberosity in TTA Surgery
Malcolm Ness
5:45
Arthrex State of the Industry Talk: Using Science and
Education to Help Surgeons Achieve Superior Patient
Outcomes
Matthew Lyons
6:00-7:00
Jacques Jenny Lecture: Non-surgical Therapy of
Osteoarthritis and Inflammatory Arthritides
Sponsored by: DePuy Synthes
Dr. Roy Altman
7:1011:00
Poster Session and Foundation Night
Sponsored by: Partners in Veterinary Therapeutics
Limelight/Continental
Room
Thursday, March 5th – Morning Session
Radiology
Sponsored by: Intrauma
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Alex Valdes
7:30-9:00
Radiology Rounds
Alex Valdes
Rachel Pollard
Thursday, March 5th - Business Meeting
4:00-5:30
Business Meeting
6:30-7:30
No Host Cocktails
Limelight
7:30-11:00
Banquet – Sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition
Awards and Entertainment
Limelight
Friday, March 6th – Morning Session
Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation I
Sponsored by: Purina
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Janet Van Dyke
7:00
41 - Assessment of Novel Digital and Smartphone
Goniometers for Joint Angle Measurement of the
Canine Stifle
Kristin A Freund
7:20
42 - Evaluation of Gait Patterns in Dogs: The Pace
Theresa M. Wendland
7:35
43 - Quantitative Comparison of the Walk and Trot
of Border Collies and Labrador Retrievers, Breeds
with Different Performance Requirements
Brittany Jean Carr
7:50-8:05
Break
8:05
44 - Canine Stride Length Assessment Using Inertial
Measurement Units during Outdoor and Treadmill
Activity
Kyle W. Martin
8:20
Nexvet State of the Industry Talk:
Emerging Treatment Modalities: Therapeutic
Biologics for Chronic Degenerative Joint Disease
Pain, Chronic Inflammation, and More
Dave Gearing
8:35
PRP and IRAP: the Equine Experience
Andy Bathe
8:50-9:15
PT’s, PRP and ACVSMR: the CSU Experience
Felix Duerr
Friday, March 6th – Evening Session
Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation II
Sponsored by: Purina
Continental Room
Moderator: Dr. Janet Van Dyke
4:00
45 - Changes in Hoof Kinetics and Kinematics in
Response to Regular Hoof Trimming
Babak Faramarzi
4:15
46 - Densitometric Comparison of Autogenous
Cancellous Bone Graft and Extracorporeal Shock
Wave Therapy for Osteotomy Healing after Tibial
Tuberosity Advancement
Katherine Barnes
4:30
47 - Comparison of Pet-Owner Satisfaction with
Stifle Orthoses or Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy
for the Treatment of Cranial Cruciate Ligament
Disease in Dogs
Juliette L. Hart
4:45
48 - Stifle Pain As a Cause of Poor Performance in
Sport Horses: 13 Cases
Rachel Read
5:00-5:15
Break
5:15
49 - Fatal Musculoskeletal Injuries of the Fetlock
Joints in California Racehorses
Susan M. Stover
5:30
50 - Feeding Enrichment Increases Daily Activity
Level
Richard B. Evans
5:45
51 - A Biomechanical Evaluation of the Use of
Supplemental Drop-Wire & Half-Pin Fixation
Elements in Single-Ring Circular Fixator Constructs
Ryan Lewis