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At a Glance...........................................17Important Dates....................................18Hotel Information..................................18Thursday Schedule...............................19Friday Schedule....................................20Saturday Schedule................................20Speaker Bios.........................................21Membership Form.................................23

INDEX WELCOMETo OVMA’s Convention Guide and Registrat ion

e hope the information in the next few pages not only inform, but also excite you, concerning this year’s event. Included within this guide is everything you need to know about convention—a detailed sched-ule of events, short biographies about our speakers, and hotel information. Thank you for being an integral part of OVMA, and we can’t wait to see you in Janu-ary.

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OVMA 2014 Conference Committee

Mark Shackelford - Chair

Mike Pruitt - Food Animal Chair

Troy McNamara - Small Animal Chair

Suzanne Dunkerly - Equine Chair

Tom McCoy - Practice Management

Debbie Reed - Exhibits - OVTA

OVERWHELMED?Wondering how you’llkeep up with all convention has to offer?

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The app provides a map, event information, and speaker bios.

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HOW TO REGISTERAdvanced or on-site registration is required for admission to the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association’s 99th Annual Convention and Expo. Convention Registration Fees are indicated on the registration form, located in the back of the guide. Registrants are encouraged to examine the Conven-tion Program and attend any sessions of interest. All Courses and seminars offered are available to you.

Meals are included in the registration only if the boxes are checked. To receive a ticket for the box lunch on Friday and membership lunch on Saturday, you must check the box on the regis-tration form.

Life and Retired members are required to reg-ister if attending the CE. Cost is half of regular registration and includes meals.

Early registration is strongly recommended. Com-plete the 2014 OVMA registration form and return it with your check made payable to the OVMA. Anyone registering after December 31 will pay an additional fee of $50.

You may also register online at www.okvma.org.

Rabies TitersRabies boosters will be available this year. Cost is unavailable at this time and payable at convention. You must pre-order the vaccine with your con-vention registration. You can also visit the Rabies booth outside the exhibit hall and get your titer checked. Walk-ups are welcome. You do not need an appointment.

PAST PRESIDENT’S BREAKFASTThose that have led the OVMA during this mil-lennium will come together for the past presidents breakfast on FRIDAY morning at 6:30 a.m. By invitation only.

FCVThe Christian Veterinary Mission breakfast will be FRIDAY morning at 6:30 a.m. The speakers will be Drs. Angie and Bill DuBois.

MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST ANDANNUAL MEETINGJoin us for the annual membership meeting Satur-day morning at 6:30 a.m. Mentors can also bring their students as a guest, at no addititonal charge.

FOR UP-TO-THE MINUTE INFORMATION CHECK OUT OVMA’S WEBSITE AT OKVMA.ORG.

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IMPORTANT DATESDecember 31, 2013Deadline for Hotel Reservations

Deadline for Early Registrat ion

January 10, 2014Registrat ion fee refund dead-l ine. NO REFUNDS after this date.

January 30, 2014OVMA Executive Board meeting

Convention begins

Regulatory daytime session and general session that evening

January 31, 2014Regular Convention Sessions start

February 1, 2014Convention ends at 5:30 p.m.

HOTEL INFORMATIONRenaissance Hotel10 N BroadwayOklahoma City, OK 73102

Phone: 405.228.8000 Rates: King and Double - $109King and Double Suite - $139

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTSTHURSDAY • Jan. 30

2:00-6:00 p.m. Executive Board Meeting

5:30 p.m. Registrat ion

6:00-7:00 p.m . Executive Board Dinner

7:00-8:00 p.m. General Session

8:00-9:00 p.m. Screening of May Tornado Documentary

9:00-10:00 p.m General Session

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OVMA.ORG

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FRIDAY • Jan. 31

6:30-8:00 a.m. FCV Breakfast Past President’s Breakfast8:00 a.m. Registrat ion

January 31, 2014

February 1, 2014

SCHEDULE OF EVENTSConvention 2014

FRIDAY CONTINUED

8:00-9:30 a.m. Richard Prather Ted Stashak Steve Swaim Courtney Bru Accreditat ion

9:30-10:15 a.m. ---------------------------------------Exhibit Grand Hall Opening------------------------------------------------------

10:15-Noon Justin Roach/Rod Hall Ted Stashak Steve Swaim Courtney Bru Accreditat ion

11:30-1:00 p.m. -----------------------------------------------Legacy Lunch--------------------------------------------------------------------- Noon-1:00 p.m. ---------------------------------------------Lunch • Exhibit Hal l --------------------------------------------------------------

1:00-2:00 p.m. Cade Coppenbarger Ted Stashak Steve Swaim Courtney Bru Accreditat ion

2:00-2:30 p.m. -----------------------------------------------------Break---------------------------------------------------------------------------

2:30-3:30 p.m. D.L. Step Ted Stashak Steve Swaim Courtney Bru Carl Bri t ton

3:30-4:00 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------Break----------------------------------------------------------------------------

4:00-5:00 p.m. D. Matousek/J. Stock Ted Stashak Steve Swaim Courtney Bru Carl Bri t ton

5:00-6:30 p.m. -----------------------------------------Dogs of Lexington Screening--------------------------------------------------------

7:00-9:00 p.m. ------------------------------------------Late Night CE • Technicians---------------------------------------------------------

Food Animal Equine Companion Practice Mgt. General

SATURDAY • Feb. 1

6:30-8:00 a.m. -------------------------------------------Membership Breakfast-------------------------------------------------------------

7:00 a.m. ------------------------------------------------------Registration------------------------------------------------------------------

8:30-9:30 a.m. Meredyth Jones Ted Stashak Teresa DeFrancesco Angela Wall Breakfast

9:30-10:15 a.m. ----------------------------------------------------Break---------------------------------------------------------------------------

10:15-12:00 p.m. Meredyth Jones Ted Stashak Teresa DeFrancesco Early Spay Neuter Tara

12:00-2:00 p.m. -----------------------------------------------Awards Lunch--------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00-3:00 p.m. Meredyth Jones Jason Grady Teresa DeFrancesco Ruth Steinberger Tara

3:15-4:15 p.m. Meredyth Jones Jason Grady Teresa DeFrances

4:15-4:30 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------Break---------------------------------------------------------------------------

4:30-5:30 p.m. Meredyth Jones Jason Grady Teresa DeFrancesco Board of Examiners USDA

Food Animal Equine Companion General Technicians

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SPEAKERS AND TOPICSEditor ’s note: the information below is what was available at our print dead-line. For final speaker and topic information, visi t our website at ovma.org

Carl Bri t tonBritton is the founder and President of In

Their Face Marketing, an online marketing firm that specializes in social media marketing, web design, email marketing, and SEO. Carl is the author of the book “Facebook for Inde-pendent Pharmacy,” which can be used as a basic step-by-step guide for business owners. He is a public speaker on topics ranging from

basic business marketing to online safety for children. Britton has the pleasure of assisting business across the nation with their marketing needs. He has a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Central Oklahoma with an emphasis on Business and Marketing. Britton lives in Moore, Oklahoma with his beautiful wife Nicky and their three dogs.

Courtney BruBru provides representation on state and

federal labor and employment law matters. She works with employers, HR personnel and managers to develop policies and practices designed to reduce risk, liability and protect against employment-related claims.

Bru graduated summa cum laude from Au-burn University in 2002, and then she earned her J.D. at Vanderbilt University Law School in 2005.

She has been listed as a Rising Star in Super Lawyers (2009-2013).

Terri DeFrancescoDeFrancesco, an Associate Professor in

Cardiology and Critical at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medi-cine, has more than 20 years of experience.

She graduated from Cornell University. She holds a DVM, Cardiology. She has also held ECC residencies at NCSU CVM, ECC

DACVIM- Cardiology, DACVECC.In recognition for her work, DeFrancesco

was a two-time recipient of the Norden Award.She specializes in the treatment of heart

failure. She is also interested in cardiac bio-markers and management of preclinical heart disease.

Bil l and Angie DuBoisBill DuBois is a 1996 graduate of Okla-

homa State University College of Vet. Med. After graduation he worked in mixed animal practice in Oklahoma and Kansas before returning to OSU to do a residency for ABVP board certification in Food Animal Medi-cine and Surgery. Bill was on faculty in the Large Animal Department at the University of Tennessee, then worked in feedlot production medicine , and is currently working in swine

production medicine.Angie DuBois is a 1999 graduate Oklahoma

State University College of Vet. Med. She has worked in small animal emergency medicine since graduating and has practiced at clinics in Tulsa, OK, Knoxville, TN, and Denver, CO. Angie is currently working at Veterinary Emer-gency and Critical Care Hospital in Oklahoma City.

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Jason GradyGrady earned his DVM at Kansas State

University. He was named a diplomate to the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He is an equine veterinarian at the

Sapulpa Equine Hospital. His areas of interest include: neonatology, ophthmalogy, endocrine disease, and infectious disease.

Meredyth Jones

Ted StashakDr. Stashak received his DVM degree from

the University of California at Davis in 1971. He then completed an internship and a surgical residency at Colorado State University. Dr. Stashak received a MS degree from Colorado State University in 1974 and became a Dip-lomate of the American College of Veterinary

Surgeons in 1977.Dr. Stashak is the editor and major author of

the 4th and 5th editions of Adams’ Lameness in Horses; major author of the 6th edition of Adams’ and Stashak’s Lameness in Horses; Editor and primary author of the 1st edition of Equine Wound Management.

Steven SwaimSwaim received his DVM from Kansas

State University in 1965. He later earned an MS from Auburn University in 1971. He presently acts as Professor Emeritus at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Awards include: Ralston Purina, Small Ani-mal Research Award – Reconstructive Surgery,

1984, American Animal Hospital Association, Veterinarian of the Year, 1999, American College of Veterinary Surgeons – Merit Award – 2003.

He specializes in Small Animal Wound Management and Reconstructive Surgery, with more than 38 years of experience.

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Meredyth graduated with her DVM from the Oklahoma State University in 2002. She later returned to earn a Master’s degree in 2006.

She was named a diplomate to the Ameri-can College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

She’s presently an assistant Professor at Texas A & M.

She specializes in food animals. Her re-search focuses on beef cattle lameness, small ruminant parasite management and urolithia-sis, and student learning methods.

Angela WallWall received her BS in Education from

the University of Oklahoma. She has worked as a mathematics teacher at both Washington High School and Moore High School. She also worked as a tutor at the Moore-Norman Tech-nology Center.

Presently, she is the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics PMP educator. Her research has seen publication by the Oklahoma Osteopath-ic Association, as well as the State Board of Pharmacy and National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Foundation, Inc.

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Oklahoma Veterinary Medical AssociationApplication for Membership

Please Print LegiblyLast Name: ___________________________________ First: ________________________________M.I: ______

Full Name: (Name you go by)___________________________________________________________________________________

Business/Clinic Name: __________________________________________________________________ ________

Business Address: _________________________________________________________________________________ _

City:_____________________________ State: ________________ Zip: ____ ______ OK County

Business Phone: _________________________ Fax: _______________________ E-Mail: ______ _____________

Home Address: __________________________________________ Home Phone: _____________ __ __________

City, State, Zip: _____________________________________ Cell Phone:_________________________________

Preferred Mailing Address: Home _____ Business _____ Male _____ Female _____

Birth Date: ____________________ Spouse’s Name: _______________________ OK Congressional District

Oklahoma License Number (if applicable): States Where Licensed:

Vet School: ___________________________________________________________________ Year Graduated: ________________

Board Certification: ________________________________ Other Degrees: ___________ ______________________

Membership in other Veterinary Associations: _______________ __ ________________________________________

Referring Member/Veterinarian:________________________________ Have you ever been an OVMA member? No_____ Yes _____

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: (Indicate your major activity)___ 01 Bovine (exclusive)___ 02 Equine (exclusive)___ 03 Porcine___ 04 Large Animal (all species)___ 05 Mixed Practice (predom inantly large)

___ 06 Mixed Practice (50/50)___ 07 Mixed Practice (predom inantly sm all)

___ 08 Small Animal___ 09 Poultry___ 10 Feline (exclusive)

___ 12 Avian___ 13 Administration___ 14 Animal Technician Educ. ___ 15 Diagnostic___ 16 Extension Service___ 17 Industrial___ 18 Laboratory Animal Medicine___ 19 Military Veterinary Medicine___ 20 Regulatory Vet Medicine___ 21 Teaching

___ 22 Research___ 23 Veterinary Public Health___ 24 Wildlife, Zoo & Furbearing___ 25 Other___ 26 Intern/Resident___ 27 Mobile Service___ 28 Relief Veterinarian___ 99 Unknown___ Allied Industry Type of Industry:

TYPE OF EMPLOYER: (Check only one)___ 50 Armed Forces___ 51 College/University___ 52 Government, Federal___ 53 Government, State___ 55 Industry Employee

___ 56 Private Practice___ 57 Retired___ 58 Salaried Agricultural___ 59 Self Employed___ 60 Not in Active Practice

___ 61 Corporate Practice___ 62 Other___ 63 Relief Veterinarian___ Allied Industry

I would be willing to serve on the following committee(s) (please rate choices as 1, 2, 3 etc.) Animal Welfare/Human Animal Bond By-Laws Conference Outreach for Wellness Public Education Historical

Legislative OSU/OVMA Liaison Veterinarian Technician Advisory OK State Fair Task Force Tulsa Fair Task Force Web Site Task Force

Fiscal Year July 1 through June 30Select One:_____ Active Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $305.00_____ Allied Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $305.00_____ Non-Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 152.50_____ Retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 152.50_____ New Graduate (1 fiscal year) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .st Gratis New Graduate (2 fiscal year) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .nd $ 76.25_ New Graduate (3 fiscal year) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rd $ 152.50New Member Application Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 15.00

TOTAL $______

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