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Wednesday Speakers
Minneapolis, MN
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Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2025
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150+ CE Hours
This full-day One Health workshop is designed to benefit veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the application of One Health approaches to disaster and disease response activities in your community. It will contain activities that enhance partnerships at State and Local levels between One Health Partners (animal, public health, and environmental agencies).
Jimmy Tickel, DVM, Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD)
Dr. Tickel serves as a livestock emergency management subject matter resource for the Institute. Tickels’ expertise is specifically sought after for issues related to emergency management on a national and international level. As an IIAD veterinarian, Tickel overseas and is involved with three projects focused on emergency preparedness. He serves as a technical expert on the FAO Good Emergency Management Practices (GEMP) Technical Working Group. GEMP TWG members serve as international subject matter experts to assist countries in planning and preparation for animal health emergencies. Tickel is also working on a gaming simulation funded by the Department of Homeland Security for critical infrastructure emergency preparedness.
Gary Flory, Senior Fellow, Animal Diseases and Environmental Management, IIAD
Gary Flory is a biologist and environmental scientist focused on preventing and responding to the threat of transboundary animal diseases. He spent 30 years with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality serving as the Agricultural Program Manager. In this role, Gary provided leadership on numerous issues surrounding the nexus of agriculture, the environment, and public health. He also founded the global consulting firm G.A. Flory Consulting to provide services including animal disease and natural disaster research and response, agricultural emergency planning, and agricultural emergency training.
Sharron Stewart, BS, former Director of Emergency Programs at NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Sharron has a 40+ year career working in the areas of environmental issues and emergency response, with an emphasis on agriculture, local communities, and family. She worked with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture for over 34 years; following retirement Sharron worked part time with local government and consulted with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to aid in the development of preparedness plans. Currently, Sharron is working part time with North Carolina Emergency Management’s Public Assistance Recovery Program in the area of grants management. The blend of the past and current experience has increased her passion to help improve recovery support. This aspect of public service includes ways to obtain proper response and recovery resources which are responsibly sourced, mobilized, and accounted for at end of the event. Through her work, her skills have been sharpened to understand grant obligations and payment processes between local, state, and federal governments.
Darrel Styles, DVM, PhD, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Diagnostics & Biologics Division, USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services
Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections are increasingly common in companion animal practice. Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) is a process aimed at optimizing antimicrobial use while effectively treating infections. However, most companion animal practices have significant constraints in both human and material resources which make development of AS programs difficult. This workshop will review the problem of AMR and discuss actionable steps for each of the AVMA’s five core principles of AS. Special emphasis will be placed on common conditions for which practice-specific antibiotic prescribing protocols could be created. Participants will collaborate in clinic teams to work through a sample AS plan and tailor it to their needs. At the end of this workshop, participants will leave with a plan to implement at least one small step towards optimizing antimicrobial use in their clinic, while maintaining client satisfaction.
Amanda Beaudoin, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, Adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine
During 2016-2023, she led the Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative, a multidisciplinary group of clinical, government, and industry professionals working together to improve stewardship in all sectors, and supported Minnesota Department of Health antimicrobial resistance and stewardship initiatives in healthcare settings. Dr. Beaudoin works with colleagues to conduct research and education on antimicrobial resistance and stewardship in companion animal practice.
Emma Bollig, MPH, Program Manager and Epidemiologist
Emma is the program manager and epidemiologist for the Companion Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (CAVSNET), an automatic, passive disease surveillance system, and the Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Initiative (ARSI) at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She holds a Master’s in Public Health degree in Epidemiology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physiology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She has developed resources for antimicrobial stewardship in both human and veterinary medicine, most notably a comprehensive handbook for veterinary clinics to implement the AVMA Core Principles of Antimicrobial Stewardship. Emma has conducted quantitative and qualitative survey research and analysis at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Department of Health, and University of Minnesota, and is an active member of the Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative.
Jennifer Granick, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM (SAIM), Associate Professor
Dr. Granick is an associate professor of small animal internal medicine at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She received her D.V.M. from the University of Wisconsin, completed a small animal internal medicine residency at the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Pathology from the University of California. She co-chairs the WSAVA’s Therapeutics Committee, is a member of the AVMA’s Committee on Antimicrobials, and co-directs the University of Minnesota’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Initiative. Her research focuses on antimicrobial use in companion animals.
This two-hour lab will review the basics of dental instrument identification and usage, proper handling using a modified pen grasp, basic care and proper cleaning. Learn and practice expert techniques and tips to keep your dental instruments in top shape for optimal dental care. Need to sharpen your own dental instruments or want help identifying random dental instruments? Please bring them along to the lab!
Maria Nellessen, BA, CVT, VTS (Dentistry)
Maria received her associate degree in Veterinary Technology in 2001 and bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2008. She has worked as a credentialed veterinary technician in various private practices and the veterinary dentistry department at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center. For ten years, she was an instructor and academic advisor in the Veterinary Technology program at Argosy University. In 2017, Maria received her VTS in dentistry, volunteered on the credential committee for several years and is currently volunteering on the Maintenance of Credentials (MOC) with the Academy of Veterinary Dental Technicians. She works at the MVMA (Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association) as a credentialing manager and provides veterinary dentistry training and education through Midmark Animal Health. She is also the past president of the Minnesota Association of Veterinary Technicians (MAVT) and volunteers on committees. She has two children, wonderful husband, two yellow Labrador-retriever mutts and 4 guinea pigs.
Nichole Dean, CVT, CVHDP, VTS (Dentistry)
Nichole Dean became a Certified Veterinary Technician in 2012, earned the title of Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in dentistry in 2018, and in 2024 became a Certified Veterinary Healthcare Documentation Professional (CVHDP). She has loved animals from a young age and greatly appreciates the human-animal bond. To strengthen that bond she has committed to improving the quality of life for pets by educating caregivers and veterinary healthcare professionals about oral health for pets. For 11 years she worked in practice general practice and emergency settings. She has had the opportunity to educate other technicians about dentistry and dental radiology through lectures and wet labs. Currently, Nichole works as a Scribe for VCA creating medical records for specialists.