Lecturer Bios
Dr Gregory R. Lisciandro
DVM, Dipl. ABVP, Dipl. ACVECC
Dr. Gregory R. Lisciandro received his DVM from Cornell, completed an internship at The Animal Medical Center in New York City, a residency in Emergency and Critical Care at the Emergency Pet Center, San Antonio, Texas, and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary
Emergency and Critical Care, serves on their Scientific Committee, is an At-large Regent on the ACVECC Board of Directors, and serves on the Education Guidelines Committee.
He is a Diplomate of ABVP, President of the International Veterinary Point-of-Care Ultrasound Society, developed and has extensively published studies on point-of-care ultrasound including AFAST and its fluid scoring system, TFAST and Vet BLUE, and is editor of Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner translated into 6 languages.
He currently is CEO of FASTVet.com an online education company providing AFAST, TFAST, Vet BLUE and Global FAST resources.
Dr. Lisciandro has trained and lectured to veterinarians internationally as well as medical doctors regarding the Global FAST techniques.
Maja Drożdżyńska
DVM, MVetMed, DipECVAA, MRCVS
Maja graduated from the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Poland in 2010. After graduation she worked for two years at the same university in the Surgical Department where her main focus was anaesthesia and emergency critical care. She moved to the UK in 2012 where she undertook an Internship at the University of Liverpool. After its successful completion she has started three years speciality training in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia at the Royal Veterinary College in London. In 2018 as the first polish person, she passed the exam and became the European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Since then she is working in large private hospital in south of England (Dick White Referrals) where she has pleasure to teach the new generations of anaesthesia specialists. The main subjects of her current research interests are the ultrasound-guided loco-regional techniques. Her continues passion for this subject has led to the first description of some of the new compartmental block techniques as subcostal transversus abdominis plane block or suitable for thoracic wall procedures: serratus plane block.
Conference Agenda
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Registration
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Conference opening
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Introduction to Vet BLUE Lung Ultrasound
Greg Lisciandro
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Coffee break
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Practical Applications of Vet BLUE to the Respiratory and Perioperative Patient
Greg Lisciandro
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Coffee break
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Are the loco-regional anaesthesia techniques better then systemic analgesia? Principles, applications and evidence based medicine.
Maja Drożdżynska
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Dinner
(optional, not included in the standard package and paid for separately)
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Techniques and equipment used for loco-regional anaesthesia
Maja Drożdżynska
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Coffee break
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Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks of the forelimb
Maja Drożdżynska
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Coffee break
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Introduction to TFAST for Pericardial and Pleural Effusion and Its Echo Views – Image Acquisition
Greg Lisciandro
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Coffee break
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Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks of the hindlimb
Maja Drożdżynska
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Lunch
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Use of Global FAST for Patient Monitoring Including Perioperative Applications
Greg Lisciandro
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Coffee break
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Intra-fascial / compartmental blocks- new techniques for thoracotomy, hemilaminectomy and abdominal procedures
Maja Drożdżynska
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Coffee break
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Global FAST for Traditionally Difficult Conditions – Making the Impossible Possible
Greg Lisciandro
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Global FAST – live presentation
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Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks of the forelimb, hindlimb and compartmental blocks – live presentation
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Conference closing
Disclaimer! The organizer reserves the right to change the program.
Practical workshops
Due to the huge interest in practical workshops during our last conference, we have prepared 48 seats for you on workshops on Global FAST and on peripheral and compartmental nerve blocks! Those workshops will take place in two rounds and will be conducted by lecturers and their assistants.
We will practice the technique of performing the examination according to the Global FAST protocol, including AFAST, TFAST and VetBLUE. Practice on patients in teams of 3.
We will practice peripheral blockages of the anterior, posterior and intramural limbs. Practice on preparations in teams of 4.
Tickets for those workshops have been sold out.
Number of seats is limited - sign up today to guarantee your participation in workshops!
Registration
Special offer for the conference participants!
We've teamed up with FastVET.com - the e-learning platform for veterinarians. If two people sign up and pay for the participation from your recommendation, you will get the annual FastVET.com subscription worth $99 for free. We have limited number of subscriptions, so hurry up!
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For Whom is the conference?
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To all first line veterinarians
who deal with perioperative patients
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To all veterinary
analgesia and anaesthesia specialists
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To all orthopedic surgeons
and veterinary anesthesiologists
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To all who encounter
emergency in their work
What will you learn?
Testimonials
We think that Gregory Lisciandro is a great lecturer, he joins individual veterinary elements into one logical whole. It is very visual and media. The entire logistics part of the conference is very well organized.
Anna & Agnieszka
Gregory Lisciandro has a great ease of transferring knowledge. In organizational matters, you can't fault anything, you can only praise.
Arkadiusz
Lectures are very clear, repeated issues are rooted in the head. I am at the conference for the fifth time, each time it gives me the opportunity to expand my knowledge and skills.
Tomasz
Information
Conference
Workshop on Global FAST
Workshop on peripheral and compartmental nerve blocks (sold out)
Tickets for those workshops have been sold out
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