Amp up your ability to diagnose and treat ocular diseases and traumas of the eye at the AAEP’s OphthoXP, the inaugural offering in the new wet labs-focused learning series AAEP Experiential—or XP.

The event is limited to only 20 participants and features a participant-to-instructor ratio of just 4:1 to energize learning and ensure plenty of individual engagement with the expert panel of instructors. 

Wet labs utilizing live animals and cadaver heads will provide hands-on training in the procedures and treatments necessary to address equine ophthalmologic conditions.

Approximately 15 hours of RACE-accredited CE expected.

Learning Opportunities Will Include:

• Perform a complete ophthalmic examination, including nerve blocks and use of illuminated magnification, slit lamp biomicroscopy, direct/indirect ophthalmoscopy
• Refine diagnostic procedures, including orbital blocks, ophthalmic ultrasound examination and placement of subpalpebral lavage systems
• Perform orbital and eyelid surgeries, including laceration repairs, tarsorrhaphy and enucleations
• Examine and discuss actual equine ophthalmologic cases on live animals

Lectures and wet labs will be led by a who’s who of board-certified veterinary ophthalmologists:

Dennis Brooks, DVM, PhD, DACVO – Peterson Smith Equine Hospital, University of Florida (Emeritus)

Brian Gilger, DVM, MS, DAVCO -- North Carolina State University

Michala de Linde Henriksen, DVM, PhD, DACVO - Colorado State University

Renata Ramos, DVM, MS, DACVO – Virginia Tech University

Nikki Scherrer, DVM, DACVO -- University of Pennsylvania

Erica Tolar, DVM DACVO -- Bluegrass Veterinary Vision

Thanks to our sponsors, Movora, SmartEquine and Zoetis!

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