Introduction to Orthopaedics

Date: Wednesday 11th July, 2012 - Wednesday 11th July, 2012
Start time: 9:30 AM
Duration: 6 hour(s)
Cost: £299

Provider: Langford Veterinary Services

This one day course costing £299 + VAT, including hands on practical sessions, will cover classification or fractures and bone healing, followed by principles and practical application of im pins, circlage and tension band wires, lag screws and bone plates.

Who is it for?

Veterinary Surgeons
It will be of interest to Veterinary surgeons wishing to refresh their knowledge and understanding of these fixation techniques.

The Speakers

Neil Burton, BVSc DSAS(Orth) CertSAS MRCVS
Small Animal Staff Surgeon(Orthopaedics)
Neil graduated from the University of Bristol in 2001. After a period working in first opinion small animal practice he returned to Bristol in 2004 undertaking a one year internship in surgery at which time he was awarded the Royal College Certificate in Small Animal Surgery. He followed this with a four year residency in small animal orthopaedics and neurosurgery sponsored by Intervet-Schering-Plough. Neil\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s clinical interests include complex fracture repair, hip, elbow & knee replacement and limb deformity correction with Ilizarov fixation.
Neil has an active interest in clinical orthopaedic research and was awarded the Leslie Vaughan Prize by the British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association and the Mark S Bloomberg Award by the Veterinary Orthopaedic Society for research in to canine elbow dysplasia in 2009. He was awarded the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Diploma in Small Animal Surgery (Orthopaedics) in 2011.
Kevin Parsons, BVSc PhD CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery
Kevin graduated from the University of Bristol in 2000 and then worked in small animal and mixed practice in Devon and Cornwall for three years. He then undertook a small animal internship, PhD (in the field of locomotor biomechanics) and a three-year residency in small animal surgery at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Kevin attained his RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2009 and is currently studying towards his European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery. Kevin is a Senior Lecturer in Surgery and will be working with both the orthopaedic and soft tissue teams at Langford. He is interested and enjoys all aspects of small animal surgery, particularly orthopaedics.

The Venue

We will be using the Conference Room at Langford where there is ample parking and easy access to all refreshments, including lunch and cakes at coffee and tea time.

Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as

6 hours

Registration and Booking

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