President's Message

Gary Thompson, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline), President

Hopefully this finds everyone having had a wonderful holiday season and a great start to the new year. Our credentials team is working hard on a new slate of potential Diplomates and the Symposium committee is putting the final touches on our meeting in Baltimore. Our volunteers do amazing work and I want to take this opportunity to thank them for all of their efforts. It’s nothing short of amazing the time and effort that everyone puts forth to help keep AVBP running. There is always an opportunity to help in a variety of different ways, ranging from running for a position or helping out on a committee. So if you have been thinking this is the year you might like to volunteer, reach out to your Regent or myself and we can walk you though the process. 

Now Accepting Nominations

Happy New Year to all. It is that time of the year for ABVP to take nominations for various Committee, Regent, and Board of Director positions. These are the positions that will be open for voting in a couple of months.

• Vice President
• Equine Regent
• Feline Regent
• Shelter Medicine Regent
• Canine and Feline Regent (there are 2 Canine and Feline Regents due to the size of the Canine and Feline Practice RVS. This is for 1 of the 2 positions.)
• Continuing Education Chair
• Credentials Chair

Your nomination must have the support of 1% of ABVP membership (approximately 10 fellow Diplomates) for Committee Chairs, or Vice President.

For the Regent positions, you must have support of 1% of your particular RVS membership (for Equine 1 fellow Diplomate, for Feline 1 fellow Diplomate, for Shelter Medicine 1 fellow Diplomate, for Canine and Feline 5 fellow Diplomates).

Additionally, the VSOC (Veterinary Specialty Organizations Committee) Representative position is also open for nominations. This position is appointed by the Board of Directors, not an elected position.

If you wish to be considered, please contact us at info@abvp.com.

-Mike Dutton, LDC Chair

Increase Your Skillset in Baltimore

ABVP is pleased to offer seven different hands-on workshops in Baltimore this year! Read on to view the full list!

Surgical Extractions in Canine & Feline
Speaker: Dr. Ira Luskin, DVM, DAVDC, DEVDC
Price: $1475

Cancer Cytology
Speaker: Dr. Ravi Dhaliwal, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice)
Price: $325

Exotics Spay & Neuter
Speakers: Dr. Angela Lennox, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DABCP (Exotic Companion Mammal Practice), DECZM - Small Mammal & Dr. Krista Keller, DVM, DACZM
Price: $600

Watch this VIDEO to see what you'll be learning from Drs. Lennox and Keller!

Recover Rescuer CPR Certification Lab: Basic & Advanced Life Support**
Speakers: Dr. Christine Klippen, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice, Fellow Emergency Practice & Dr. Libby Ramirez, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice), Fellow Emergency Practice
Price: $500

Endo Ear: Enhanced Endoscopic Diagnosis & Intervention for Ear Disease in Small Animals
Speaker: Dr. Munir Kureshi
Price: $1475

Watch this VIDEO to see what you'll be learning from Dr. Kureshi!

Locoregional Nerve Block
Speakers: Dr. Bonnie Wright, DVM, DACVAA & Dr. Mark Epstein, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice)
Price: $500

Global FAST® (AFAST, TFAST, Vet BLUE®) Hands-On Scanning Workshop**
Speaker: Dr. Gregory Lisciandro, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice), DACVECC
Price: $850

*Limited attendance and additional fees apply for all workshops.
**Pre-requisites required.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Update

Sonnya Dennis, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline), MOC Chair

​​​​​​How to get to the MOC Portal:

• Start at ABVP.com, “DIPLOMATE LOGIN” (top bar), then “log in'' (top right). 

• Links to everything you need are on the left under “My Member Actions.”

• Link to MOC webpage with SHORT how-to videos!

• Please read the handbook carefully.

If you had a mentor during your credentialing process and would like that person to be able to claim MOC points for helping you, please fill out the “Identify My Mentor” form.

MOC renewal applications - You still have time!

• MOC renewal application is due 15 July 2023 for those whose certificate expires 31 December 2023. 

• The previous due date was 15 January 2023, but the new system allows for a more streamlined process on the MOC Committee and allows you an additional six months to get your point requests uploaded.

Questions? Check the MOC Handbook for details! Please access the handbook via this link to get the most up to date information and examples as well as the email address of the Vice Chair for your RVS.

Call for Abstracts & Grant Proposals

The ABVP Foundation offers grants up to $10,000 USD supporting clinical research projects involving animals conducted by veterinarians. One grant will be awarded in 2023. We encourage submission of all types of proposals concerning animal health and disease. However, research projects of an applied nature that will rapidly solve problems seem in clinical practice are preferred.

The American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) Foundation is organizing a Poster Session during the 2023 ABVP Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland (April 20 – 23, 2023). Our goal is to create an opportunity to showcase what the ABVP membership does. Hence, we invite diplomates, residents, veterinary students (under mentorship), practitioners, academicians, and researchers to submit abstracts of novel practical studies and case reports related to one of the eleven recognized veterinary specialties within ABVP (Avian, Beef Cattle, Canine and Feline, Dairy, Equine, Exotic Companion Mammal, Feline, Food Animal, Reptile and Amphibian, Shelter Medicine or Swine Health Management).

We are looking for both research and case report presentations in poster format. A dedicated session will be scheduled in the Symposium program and presenters will be required to stand by their posters to interact with the audience. The presenting author must be registered in the Symposium.

Outreach Update

The Outreach Committee is working on increasing our student attendance at the annual symposium! Students have been encouraged to apply for the French Fellowship, and three new pilot vet school student chapters of the ABVP are in process. We would also like to encourage Diplomates to sponsor students to attend the ABVP Symposium in Baltimore! This can be by covering the cost of their registration, helping with travel, or helping with accommodations! We want to support you to help support them! As a thank you, the Outreach Committee will be covering the expenses for a student-sponsor lunch during the convention. Please reach out to outreach@abvp.com if you will be sponsoring a student for details.

Please be aware that there is a new Vice-Chair of Mentorship within the Outreach Committee. Amy Thorud will be taking over for Ed Loebach and can be reached at mentorship@abvp.com for anyone looking for a mentor. Please direct any of your colleagues to that email address as they begin the Diplomate process and are looking for a mentor. We thank Ed for all his effort and hard work running the program for the past 6 years!

Review Your Regents & Committee Chairs

ABVP's Leadership Development Committee (LDC) is tasked with a variety of functions. One is to review current volunteers to determine strengths and weaknesses. Based on that review, we hope to to make our volunteers better at their jobs.

Responses are anonymous and the surveys will close January 22, 2023. 

Depending on your position you may get multiple copies of these surveys (e.g., your Committee Chair may send you the same link as in this newsletter). Please fill out the survey ONCE for each position you hold.

Self Review:

If you currently serve as a volunteer, please use this survey to review yourself.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/360_Review_Self

Chair and Vice-Chair (VC) review:

If you currently serve on a committee, please use this survey to review your Chair or VC. If you are currently a VC, please use this survey to review your Chair. If you serve in more than one position, please take the survey again for your other position(s).
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/360_Review_Chairs_Vicechairs

Regent Review:

This a survey for any Diplomate to review their Regent.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/360_Review_Survey_Regents

Thank you,

Mike Dutton (LDC Chair) 

April 20-23, 2023

• ABVP Symposium, Baltimore, MD

July 1, 2023

• 2023-2024 Diplomate and Emeritus Diplomate fees payable

July 15, 2023 

• Semi-Annual Residency Logs deadline. Logs must be submitted online by 11:59 PM Central Time

September 1, 2023

• Exam registration must be completed by 11:59 PM Central Time

November 4, 2023

• Certification Exam

Residency and Job Postings

Don’t forget ABVP has classified listings for open positions all over the USA!