Catherine E. Langston, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), Associate Professor
Dr. Langston graduated from Louisiana State University, completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at The Animal Medical Center, and a fellowship in renal medicine and hemodialysis at the University of California, Davis. She has been the head of the AMC Renal Medicine Service and Hemodialysis Unit at AMC since 1999.
Her current clinical interests include treatment of chronic kidney disease, complications of hemodialysis, and treatment of anemia of chronic kidney disease. She is one of the conference organizers for the Advanced Renal Therapies Symposium.
VETCO CONFERENCE PROGRAM
SMALL ANIMAL NEPHROLOGY, UROLOGY AND FLUID THERAPY
REGISTRATION FROM 7:00
CONFERENCE START AT 9:00
October 22, Saturday
Session I, 9:00-12:30
Urinalysis - Taking Another Look |
D. Chew |
Coffee break |
10:00-10:15 |
Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Dogs - High Dose Short Duration Antibacterial Protocols |
D. Chew |
Coffee break |
11:15-11:30 |
Conservative medical management of CKD in cats |
S. DiBartola |
Lunch |
12:30-13:30 |
Session II, 13:30-17:00
Serum Electrolytes: What do they mean? |
S. DiBartola |
Coffee break |
14:30-14:45 |
Choosing the right fluid therapy for your patients |
S. DiBartola |
Coffee break |
15:45-16:00 |
Feline Idiopathic/Interstitial Cystitis - Environmental Modification Beats Drugs |
D. Chew |
October 23, Sunday
Session I, 8:30-12:00
Diagnosis and management of glomerular disease in dogs |
S. DiBartola |
Coffee break |
9:30-9:45 |
Clinical evaluation of glomerular filtration rate in dogs and cats (including SDMA) |
S. DiBartola |
Coffee break |
10:45-11:00 |
Acute Kidney Injury in Dogs and Cats – Causes, Prevention and Updates on Treatment Using Restricted IV Fluid Volume |
D. Chew |
Lunch |
12:00-13:00 |
Session II, 13:00-16:30
Control of Total Phosphorus Burden and Use of Calcitriol in CKD |
D. Chew |
Coffee break |
14:00-14:15 |
Idiopathic Hypercalcemia in Cats: Diagnosis, Diet and Alendronate Treatment |
D. Chew |
Coffee break |
15:15-15:30 |
Case-based acid base interpretation |
S. DiBartola |
Ending |
16:30 |
VETCO CONFERENCE PROGRAM
SMALL ANIMAL NEPHROLOGY, UROLOGY AND FLUID THERAPY
REGISTRATION FROM 7:00
CONFERENCE START AT 9:00
October 22, Saturday
Session I, 9:00-12:30
Urinalysis - Taking Another Look |
D. Chew |
Coffee break |
10:00-10:15 |
Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Dogs - High Dose Short Duration Antibacterial Protocols |
D. Chew |
Coffee break |
11:15-11:30 |
Conservative medical management of CKD in cats |
S. DiBartola |
Lunch |
12:30-13:30 |
Session II, 13:30-17:30
Serum Electrolytes: What do they mean? |
S. DiBartola |
Coffee break |
14:45-15:00 |
Choosing the right fluid therapy for your patients |
S. DiBartola |
Coffee break |
16:15-16:30 |
Feline Idiopathic/Interstitial Cystitis - Environmental Modification Beats Drugs |
D. Chew |
October 23, Sunday
Session I, 8:30-13:00
Diagnosis and management of glomerular disease in dogs |
S. DiBartola |
Coffee break |
9:30-9:45 |
Clinical evaluation of glomerular filtration rate in dogs and cats (including SDMA) |
S. DiBartola |
Coffee break |
10:45-11:00 |
Acute Kidney Injury in Dogs and Cats – Causes, Prevention and Updates on Treatment Using Restricted IV Fluid Volume |
D. Chew |
Lunch |
12:00-13:00 |
Session II, 13:00-16:30
Control of Total Phosphorus Burden and Use of Calcitriol in CKD |
D. Chew |
Coffee break |
14:00-14:15 |
Idiopathic Hypercalcemia in Cats: Diagnosis, Diet and Alendronate Treatment |
D. Chew |
Coffee break |
15:15-15:30 |
Case-based acid base interpretation |
S. DiBartola |
Ending |
16:30 |