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September 2025 e-News
Your September MOC Update
Sonnya Dennis, DVM, DABVP (Canine & Feline Practice), MOC Chair
Did you just complete MOC? Remember, you must complete Maintenance of Certification every ten years. While it is important to keep up, especially with Journal Club, please do not start uploading applications until after your new cycle begins. Look at your cycle dates carefully, especially if you “renewed” early! If it happened outside your cycle date, it will not count in your current cycle. Find your dates in Prolydian here:
or here:
Additionally, a step-by-step illustration of How to Find Your MOC Cycle Start and End Dates is available in our how-to guides.
QUICK LINKS
MOC webpage, Journal Club, add me to the Google Group/Listserv!
Technical issues with Prolydian?
If you have a simple technical issue please contact Prolydian at support+abvp@prolydian.com before emailing info@abvp.com.
Question about your MOC? Contact your MOC RVS Vice Chair first. The email addresses are below and in the MOC Handbook.
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Wellbeing (DEIW) Corner
Nik Weber, DVM, DABVP (Canine & Feline Practice, Avian Practice), DEI Chair
Hispanic Heritage Month and Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
During Hispanic Heritage Month and Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, we are proud to recognize the vital contributions of the Latinx Veterinary Medical Association (Latinx VMA) and the Veterinary Hope Foundation. The Latinx VMA is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within veterinary medicine while empowering Latinx veterinary professionals and students. At the same time, the Veterinary Hope Foundation works to support the mental health and well-being of veterinarians through education, resources, and hope-centered initiatives. Together, these organizations reflect the values of representation, resilience, and compassion—reminding us that caring for our colleagues is just as important as caring for our patients.
ABVP Foundation Update
Jerry Rusch, DVM, DABVP (Beef Cattle), Outreach Chair
The ABVP Foundation's focus is raising money to fund expenses for
students to attend the annual Symposium. For 2025, we have raised
$10,000 of our $20,000 fundraising goal. To help us achieve our goal,
please donate by using the QR code below. We are a 501c3 entity, so
donations are tax deductible. We were able to send 7 student fellows to the
2025 Symposium in San Antonio. Our goal for 2026 is to fund 10 fellows.
Like last year at Symposium, we will be having another silent auction at the
2026 Boston Symposium. If you have something you would like to donate,
please contact Chris Griffin, Jerry Rusch, Raj Singh, Gary Thompson or Nik
Weber.
ABVP Speaker Needed for ACVIM 2026
Tommy Theng, DVM, DABVP (Canine & Feline)
We are excited to announce that ABVP has been allocated two dedicated sessions at the 2026 ACVIM Forum in Seattle, WA. This is a premier opportunity to represent our specialty and share your expertise with a broad audience of veterinary professionals. We are now seeking speakers to each present one 60-minute, in-person lectures on Saturday, June 13, 2026. We are looking for engaging, high-quality presentations on small animal internal medicine topics that highlight the value and expertise of ABVP Diplomates. To express your interest, please provide the following information to Tommy Theng by 25th September 2025.
- Your name and contact information.
- Proposed presentation title.
- A brief summary (3-5 sentences) of your presentation.
- 2-3 learning objectives
- special requests e.g room setup, equipment
Selected speakers will have the honor of representing ABVP at this prestigious national conference. All proposals will be reviewed by our organizing committee. This is a fantastic chance to contribute to the continuing education of our peers and elevate the profile of ABVP.
Please feel free to reach out to Tommy directly if you have any questions.
Canine & Feline Speakers Needed
Greg Lisciandro, DVM, DABVP (Canine & Feline), DACVECC, Canine & Feline Regent
The Small Animal Regents, Drs. Rick Wearing (Year 1), Greg Lisciandro (Year 2), recently posted on the Canine & Feline Listserve and are still soliciting speakers for future events. We have selected the following Canine & Feline Diplomates to be part of the ABVP Boston Program - Drs. Eric Lindquist, Scott Helms, Carrie Muller, Carolyn Anderson, and Lisa Durso Keel. Congratulations!
Rick and Greg would also like to thank the 13 Canine & Feline Diplomates who sent in the requested speaker items, and all have been placed in our Canine & Feline ABVP Speaker Bank. If you are interested in being considered as a future ABVP Canine & Feline Speaker and would like to be included in our Speaker Bank, you must send us all the following. Anything incomplete will not be considered.
- Short Bio (< 250 words)
- Professional Headshot (JPEG)
- Curriculum Vitae
- Topic Title and Short
Description of the Talk (3-5 sentences)
Note, complete your "Titles and Descriptions" on a single Word Document File.
Please email Greg Lisciandro and Rick Wearing.
Assistant Instructors Needed
Greg Lisciandro, DVM, DABVP (Canine & Feline), DACVECC, Canine & Feline Regent
Dr. Greg Lisciandro is looking for assistant instructors to teach the US-guided Procedures Workshop (HOW) that will include the following skills.
- Abdominocentesis
- Thoracocentesis
- Pericardiocentesis
- US-guided FNA (Fine Needle Aspirate)
- Tru-cut Biopsy
- Over-the-needle Catheterization
- Central Venous Catheterization (Seldinger Technique), with the curriculum not completely finalized.
The skills of in-plane and out-of-plane needle advancement and proper orientation and handling of the devices will be incorporated with the procedures. We use phantom models and have used cadavers in the past, although we are focusing on additional phantom models (commercially available and handmade) with the intent of eliminating cadavers for 2026.
Please email Greg Lisciandro if you are interested and you are always welcome to call Greg at 210-260-5576.
Thank you and looking forward to ABVP Boston 2026!
71st Annual AAEP Convention
Manuel Himenes, DVM, DABVP (Equine), Equine Regent
Hope to see many of you at the AAEP breakfast in December and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Dates: December 6-10, 2025
Location: Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO
Breakfast will be on December 8th from 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM in room 202 for ABVP Equine Diplomates. For more information about the AAEP Conference, please visit their website.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Larch Hill Lab is now Offering Equine CE Certificates
Manuel Himenes, DVM, DABVP (Equine), Equine Regent
Larch Hill Lab is pleased to announce that it is now offering Equine Health CE Certificates. This new service is designed to support Certified Level II Veterinarians, staff members, and large or single practitioners. This service is available 24 hours a day, six days a week.
For more information click the button below.
ABVP VIN Rounds
ABVP is happy to partner with VIN to make Rounds available to all ABVP Diplomates. You must be a VIN member and/or an ABVP Diplomate to attend. Those who attend the live session earn 1 hour of CE credit. Sessions are also recorded for viewing later with NO CE credit attached.
Save The Dates!
Thursday, October 9, 8 PM Central Time
The Danger Lurks Within: Lymphoid Neoplasia in Reptiles
Emily Velez, DVM, DABVP (Reptile & Amphibian)
If you have not received access to VIN, please email VIN directly at rounds@vin.com. ABVP cannot assist with access since Rounds are on the VIN platform.
If you are a newer Diplomate and interested in presenting, please email vinrounds@abvp.com. Each lecture is about 50 minutes long and you will need to keep an eye on your lecture's message board after the lecture for a couple of weeks. VIN will pay you for your lecture. ABVP will help you with your lecture by assigning you a mentor, if you would like.
Residency and Job Postings
Don’t forget that ABVP has classified listings for open positions all over the world!
December 31, 2025
- Final date to be called a Diplomate for those who failed to MOC on time
January 15, 2026
Credentials deadline for both Initial Applications and Re-Applications. All documentation must be submitted online by 11:59 PM Central Time
Swine Health Management Entry Exam registration and fee deadline. Registration must be completed online account by 11:59 PM Central Time
Semi-Annual Residency Logs deadline. Logs must be submitted online by 11:59 PM Central Time
April 9-12, 2026
- ABVP Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts
July 1, 2026
- 2026-2027 Diplomate and Emeritus Diplomate fees payable
July 15, 2026
Semi-Annual Residency Logs deadline. Logs must be submitted online by 11:59 PM Central Time
MOC Renewal Applications deadline
