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Free Friday Seminar - July 10 - Insights into Ocular Pathology
by Bruce Williams June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

The Davis-Thompson Foundation is proud to announce our July 10th free Friday seminar - "Insights into Ocular Pathology". This seminar, presented by Ingeborg M. Langohr, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Professor of Anatomic Pathology at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, will provide an overview and introduction to ocular pathology with a selection of developmental, degenerative, inflammatory, and neoplastic ocular diseases. It is aimed at trainees and other individuals who have not had much experience with this unique field within pathology. Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SP0ENRzKQQ2DpSNjC9c1BQ <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SP0ENRzKQQ2DpSNjC9c1BQ?fbclid=I…> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Free Friday Seminar on Tuberculosis: Pathogenesis and lesions in comparative models
by Bruce Williams June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

The Foundation is pleased to present another Free Friday Seminar on 17 July 2020, at 1200PM EDT. This lecture - "Tuberculosis: Pathogenesis and lesions in comparative models" - will be presented by Kaori Sakamoto, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. This 50-minute seminar will discuss comparative models for tuberculosis pathology, including both natural and experimental infections, with an emphasis on lesion similarities and differences between these species and humans. Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1pF9E06lSGq2LFMTD1CyQQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Tomorrow's virtual seminar with Dr. Claudio Barros
by Bruce Williams June 25, 2020

June 25, 2020

On 26 June 2020, at 1200PM EDT, The Latin Comparative Pathology Group is pleased to present a "Free Friday Seminar" on "The pathology of selected diseases caused by toxic plants in cattle" by Dr. Claudio Barros, DVM, Ph.D., DACVP, Professor of Pathology, Laboratório de Patologia Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. In Brazil, there are at least 131 described toxic plants belonging to 79 genera. Annual livestock losses due to plant poisoning-associated deaths are estimated to range from 820,761 to 1,755,763 cattle, 399,800 to 445,309 sheep, 52,675 to 63,292 goats and 38,559 horses. In veterinary diagnostic laboratories around the country,approximately 15% of necropsy diagnoses involve plant poisoning, and in the deep south of the country, themain cause of death in cattle is poisoning by Senecio species. Due to time restrictions, we will address cattleintoxication considering only five plants, namely, Senecio spp. (ragwort), Pteridium arachnoideum (brackenfern), Ateleia glazioviana, Senna occidentalis (coffee senna), and Vicia villosa (hairy vetch). Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webina/register/WN_BwekN9glRVOa_I7xQbgafA <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fre…>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. A companion document to this lecture is attached. - even if you can’t join us, it’s a great read! Bruce Williams, DVM CEO, Davis-Thompson Foundation

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Clinical Pathology Review - tomorrow! $50 for 8 hours of CE!
by Bruce Williams June 22, 2020

June 22, 2020

Please join us TOMORROW for a full day of clinical pathology in our fourth scheduled virtual Day-Seminar co-sponsored by the Foundation and the ACVP, on Tuesday June 23. The talks by four outstanding and renowned clinical pathologists will tailored primarily for anatomic pathologists, but there will be something of interest for everybody - clinical pathologists, practitioners and everyone else! This seminar has been approved (the attached flyer is just a little old) for 8 hours of RACE-accredited CE, and approved for 4 credits toward maintenance of certification for the ACVP. All this for only US$50! This seminar begins at 7AM PST (10AM EDT) Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4Is71Qa0RwuhiC6Evt-u9g After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar, and a certificate for 8 hours of RACE CE during they day.

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Updated PDF for Australian Saturday Seminars
by Bruce Williams June 20, 2020

June 20, 2020

Here is a better .PDF for our new Australian Saturday seminar series - and you can register for any of these seminars by clicking at the links at the bottom. Make sure to set your watch accordingly, and PLEASE don't email me for times - I'm terrible with time zones!

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Announcing our new Australian Saturday seminars!
by Bruce Williams June 20, 2020

June 20, 2020

Having just found out that the world is round, and not everyone lives in the same time zone, the Foundation is pleased to announce its THIRD virtual seminar series, this one aimed at our Australian colleagues - our new Australian Saturday seminars (co-sponsored by the Australian Animal Pathology Standards Program and the Australian Society for Veterinary Pathology.) When it's Saturday morning in Australia, it's 5-7PM on the West Coast of the US (PST) so set your clocks accordingly! As with all of our Zoom seminars, pathologists around the world are invited ( just now a new group of pathologists has to get up early or stay up late!) Attached find a jpg flyer and a .PDF with clickable links.

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13th Annual Davis Thompson Argentinian seminar now a FREE teleconference!
by Bruce Williams June 19, 2020

June 19, 2020

Este es el primer anuncio del 13 seminario de la Sub-Division argentina de la Fundacion Davis/Thompson. Este año es una teleconferencia y esperamos tener una grann participacion para este seminario gratuito de un dia sobre “Enfermedades emergentes y re-emergentes en cerdos”. El seminario sera en castellano. Se require pre-inscripcion en: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ID8rxJcbSj61Ex6kDsTEXA <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ID8rxJcbSj61Ex6kDsTEXA?fbclid=I…> Despues de que se inscriban, recibiran un e-mail confirmatorio con la informacion para attender el seminario. Here is the first announcement for our thirteenth annual seminar of the Argentinian Division – this year, it’s a teleconference, so we are hoping for a large global turnout for this wonderful FREE one-day meeting on “Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases in Swine”. This meeting will be held in Spanish. Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ID8rxJcbSj61Ex6kDsTEXA <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ID8rxJcbSj61Ex6kDsTEXA?fbclid=I…> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Registration info for "Black Voices In Pathology"
by Bruce Williams June 18, 2020

June 18, 2020

To make it even easier to register for our 28 July virtual Day-seminar, “Black Voices in Pathology”, here is the registration information (which is also available on the attached .PDF which we hope you circulate to your colleagues). Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T_i09oihTuW0xEx8vbiPXg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. PLEASE NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT TAKE A SEAT AT THIS SEMINAR UNLESS YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. We expect a full house of 1000 attendees, especially vet students. Attendance will be verified electronically, and CE certificates will only be issued to those who actually attend.

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Black Voices In Pathology - a seminar and much, much more
by Bruce Williams June 18, 2020

June 18, 2020

The Davis-Thompson Foundation wholeheartedly and without reservation supports the Black Lives Matter movement. Since our inception in 1970, our tenets have always included that the Foundation does not discriminate against race. It is all well and good to for an organization to issue a statement that says that they support Black Lives Matter, but we in the Foundation believe that now is a time for meaningful change. Our “Black Voices in Pathology” seminar on July 28 is only a first step. Our already diverse Board of Directors currently seats two black veterinary pathologists, Dr. Tiffany Lyle, head of our Correspondence Division and Dr. Lonzy Ojok of the University of Harare. We are adding a third prominent black pathologist, Dr. Angela Brice of the University of Pennsylvania, as a permanent ad hoc member to oversee all of the Foundation’s business from an inclusion and diversity standpoint. We look forward to working closely with her, and translating her ideas and input into programs that will better serve all of our members around the world. Beyond this seminar on Black Voices in Pathology, we will be having additional seminars, both day-seminars and our free Friday seminars which will highlight black pathologists and those in other minorities, whose voices are not always heard in our profession. It is our goal that one or more Friday seminars each month will be presented by a black pathologist or member of another minority group. This initiative is not only one that will be important for the Foundation in the United States, but one that we believe will translate well in all corners of the globe where the Foundation educates it members. In order to introduce our “Black Voices in Pathology” to its largest possible audience, we are providing a full day of free RACE CE to attendees. We also hope that our colleagues and friends will share this flyer within their veterinary schools, as this slate of speakers are an inspiring group and we hope many veterinary students will be part of this audience. Bruce Williams, DVM Chief Executive Officer Davis-Thompson Foundation for the Advancement of Veterinary and Comparative Pathology

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A very important and overdue note of thanks...
by Bruce Williams June 12, 2020

June 12, 2020

Recently I have gotten a lot of really nice emails about the good work that the Foundation is doing with our virtual seminar series and how it really is filling a void left by the cancellation of so many meetings this year. I just want people to know that while my face may be all over it (sorry I’m not more Brad Pitt-like), there is absolutely no way I could do all this by myself, and there are a lot of people who deserve notice and credit. I am remiss for waiting this long to do it... First and foremost, our Foundation President Paco Uzal, who puts in such incredible long hours keeping everything running, if not smoothly, then with that appearance (and really, which is more important?) It took a lot of years to find someone that not only shared my vision, but could rearrange their schedule (yes, we all have real jobs that pay the bills), to make it a reality. Paco is incredibly devoted to international education, and he has brought the same fire with him to global (and national) education that he did to Latin American education before he became President of the entire Foundation. There is also a great crew of young (at least younger than me) pathologists who are spearheading the "Virtual Seminar Committee" and are responsible for doing all of the heavy lifting, as there are a lot of moving parts. RACE requires applications to go in on time, evaluations to be created, and certificates to go out on time. We need moderators for the seminars, ideas for the seminars, people to corral speakers. They brought a much more advance online evaluation system to the Foundation (why did I wait so long?). Even the videos have to be edited and cleaned up (blank spaces taken off the front and end and if you see some of the ones from yesterday, we now have a cool intro and watermark. Here are the people who make me look good when I upload the videos and flyers. I am putting some of the things they do beside their name so when you see their work, you will think of them: (but everyone pitches in to get everything done and some are so good at everything, they haven't found a niche!) Jeann Leal - (our graphic designer - all those flyers) Laura Bassel - (Survey Monkey and boy is the output amazing) Rafaela De Negri - (great moderator) Laura Setyo - (great moderator) Sophia Rosales Martinez - (she is a much better moderator than she thinks) Rachel Neto (she writes great reviews for the newsletter and can do anything behind the scenes) Whitney Zoll (RACE applications, certificate distribution - this sounds easy but it is a killer) Neha Mishra (certificates) Brigid Troan - (did you see her moderate this last Tuesday - that's 11 hour's folks and she was perfect till the end!) Marie-Odile Benoit-Biancamo - (video editing and she may just have the longest name in the Foundation!) Will O'Neill - (video editing, and I rarely involve residents as they have more important things to do) and of course Jim Britt - who makes sure we ALWAYS get our RACE credits. Thank you to all these folks and you deserve all the credit. Bruce Williams, DVM CEO Davis-Thompson Foundation

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