Oluwaseun Akinyede
DVM, MPH
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- One Health, Many Hands: Overlapping Jurisdiction and Responsibility Gaps in Animal Health Surveillance of SARS COV2 in Minnesota
Oluwaseun Akinyede is a 2nd year veterinary public health resident at the University of Minnesota. She is keenly interested in using epidemiological methods to address zoonotic and transboundary animal diseases affecting public health and is passionate about fostering One Health collaborations among public, animal, and environmental health experts, as well as supporting evidence-based public health decisions and policies.
Bryan Birtcil
DVM, MPH
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- Cervid Farm Biosecurity Self-Assessment for Chronic Wasting Disease
Bryan Birtcil is a current Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine Resident with the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) at the University of Minnesota, having previously worked for the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Kelly Baltzell
MA
Saturday, Feb. 10
Practice Management
Sponsored by:
- Bad Reviews? Time to Manage Client Communications “Upstream”
- Your End of Life Narrative
Kelly Baltzell, M.A. is President and CEO of Beyond Indigo Pets marketing agency (www.BeyondIndigoPets.com). Under her leadership, Beyond Indigo Pets has remained at the forefront of the veterinary marketing community, providing data-driven marketing services, custom website design, and results-focused product innovations for 25 years. Kelly graduated from George Washington University with a degree in international affairs and economics and received her master’s degree in counseling and psychology from St. Mary’s University.
Veronica Bartsch
DVM, MPH
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- Tularemia: More Than Just Rabbit Fever
Dr. Bartsch graduated from the University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. She went on to practice companion animal medicine in the Twin Cities for the next 18 years, working in both private practices and animal shelters. In 2020, Dr. Bartsch earned her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota. She joined the Board of Animal Health in 2022 as a senior veterinarian. Her program responsibilities include: companion animals, commercial dog and cat breeders, kennels, and rabies.
Rob Borcherding
BS
Saturday, Feb. 10
Practice Management
Sponsored by:
- Private Equity and the Impacts on the Sale & Value of Veterinary Practices - Panel Discussion
Rob Rob Borcherding is a Regional Healthcare Manager with Panacea Practice Solutions, a specialized healthcare lending division of Panacea Financial which focuses exclusively on Dentists, Veterinarians and Physicians with consumer banking, consumer loans, student loan refinances and commercial banking & loans. His responsibility is to be a regional & nationwide consultant to any doctor or student looking to do anything in the world of private practice and doctor-specific consumer banking & lending. Whether it’s preparing for ownership, starting or acquiring a practice, expanding or growing a practice, or preparing for transition, his role is to support, guide or connect that practitioner to Panacea’s vast network of resources and tools. With 20+ years’ experience in financial services, he is skilled in all the various aspects that a doctor needs to put together to work through the financing side of private practice ownership, plus he can support with various consumer lending & banking needs.
Maria Bye
BS, MPH
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- Tularemia: More Than Just Rabbit Fever
Maria Bye is an epidemiologist in the zoonotic disease unit at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and coordinates the surveillance for high-consequence zoonotic pathogens such as Coxiella, Brucella, and Francisella. She also supports the Unexplained Death and Critical Illness (UNEX) project at MDH. Mrs. Bye received her B.S. in Biology and Communications from the University of Minnesota and her MPH from Emory University. Prior to coming to MDH, Maria worked in zoonotic disease laboratories at the University of Minnesota. She bridged the gap between benchtop science and public health by doing epidemiological work with the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory at the CDC. Maria then gained insight into the healthcare system by consulting with Health System Advisors, specializing in urgent care center strategy and operations. Her research passions include zoonotic pathogens, bioterrorism preparedness, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Robyn Corcoran
DVM
Saturday, Feb. 10
NVAP Modules
- Module 19: Animal Health Emergency Response
Dr. Robyn Corcoran is Minnesota’s Emergency Program Coordinator for USDA APHIS Veterinary Services, working with state officials and industry partners in emergency preparedness and response planning for Foreign Animal Disease events. She earned her DVM at the University of Minnesota in 1996 and after 19 years in companion animal and equine clinical practice, she joined APHIS VS in 2015 as a Field Veterinary Medical Officer before moving into her current position in 2018. Dr. Corcoran is Operations Section Chief on an APHIS National Incident Management Team and has extensive deployment experience responding to transboundary animal disease emergencies nation-wide. She serves as USDA representative on the Federal Advisory Team for Environment, Food, and Health as agricultural Subject Matter Expert on emergency response during radiological incidents, and has been an active member of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps since 2009.
Moumita Das
DVM, MS
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- CVM Public Health Resident Project-Revisiting Rabies: Insights into Wildlife and Canine Cases Across Regions
Moumita Das is originally from Bangladesh. Dr. Das obtained a DVM degree and completed a Master’s program in Epidemiology and Public Health at Sylhet Agricultural University in Bangladesh. In 2021, she started PhD at the University of Minnesota, where she accepted the role of a graduate research assistant at the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety. In 2023, Dr. Das joined as a resident in Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine resident. The focus of her doctoral study is to control and eliminate canine rabies in Kenya. In addition to her primary focus, she also very interested in spatial analysis, machine learning, and risk analysis.
Amanda Doran
DVM, MPH
Saturday, Feb. 10
NVAP Modules
- Module 9: Interstate and International Health Certificates for Category 1 Animals
Dr. Amanda Doran has been working from Duluth, Minnesota as a Veterinary Medical Officer with USDA APHIS Veterinary Services since February 2023. Dr. Doran grew up in a large dairy farming family in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota Duluth for undergraduate studies. She is a 2012 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, where she pursued a dual DVM/MPH degree. Prior to entering public practice, she worked as a mixed animal practitioner in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; a small animal general practitioner in Grand Rapids, Minnesota; and then ran a mobile end of life care service in the greater Duluth area. Dr. Doran shares her urban homestead with her husband and their two dogs.
Richard Goldstein
DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA
Saturday, Feb. 10
Coffee Chat
Sponsored by:
- We’re In, If Urine! The Benefits of AI Urine Sediment with Dr. Richard Goldstein
Dr. Goldstein graduated from the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel in 1993 and completed a residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis, in 1998. He served as an associate professor then associate professor with tenure at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine from 2001-2012. In 2012 Dr Goldstein joined the leadership team of the Animal Medical Center in New York City as Chief Medical Officer and served in that capacity until January 2018. In 2018 Dr. Goldstein joined Zoetis and is currently the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Global Diagnostics. Dr Goldstein is board certified in Small Animal Internal Medicine by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine as well as the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals. Dr. Goldstein is internationally recognized as a researcher, author and lecturer in companion animal medicine with a focus on point of care and reference laboratory test development in infectious, renal and genetic diseases of dogs and cats. He has published over 70 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Norden Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004.
Bret Halishak
BS
Saturday, Feb. 10
Practice Management
Sponsored by:
- Private Equity and the Impacts on the Sale & Value of Veterinary Practices - Panel Discussion
Bret has been in the veterinary industry for 15 years and has been working within practice management since the beginning. Being through the industry in multiple different roles, Bret has able to broaden his acumen to help practice owners and key staff members, make crucial decisions to help impact the patients, clients, colleagues, and practice. Outside of working in the animal industry, Bret, and his partner/spouse Kelleen, has a family of three with Nova (6), Hudson (4), and Oliver (3 months), on top of their two rescue dogs Ruby Mae (Boston Terrier/Pitbull mix) and Margo Rita (Dachshund/Chihuahua mix). Bret lives in Cleveland, OH after traveling and living the east coast with for many years, and enjoys cooking, coaching his kids sports, and anything outdoors in his spare time.
Lore Haug
DVM, MS, DACVB, CABC
Saturday, Feb. 10
Small Animal II
- Problem Prevention in Puppies and Kittens
- Feline Social Behavior and Development
- Behavior Tips Every Practitioner Should Know
- Nutraceuticals in Animal Behavior
- Common Medical Disorders Affecting Aggression and Anxiety in Dogs
- Short Term Control of Anxiety and Panic
Dr. Haug graduated from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993 and did a one year rotating internship at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine before returning to Houston in a general practice. Dr. Haug worked in general medicine and emergency medicine until 1999 when she returned to Texas A & M to complete a residency and Master’s degree in Behavioral Medicine. After her residency, she remained on faculty at TAMU running the Animal Behavior Service until 2007 when she returned to the Houston area to work in a private referral practice doing exclusively behavioral medicine. Dr. Haug currently sees behavior cases in a variety of species at Texas Veterinary Behavior Services in Sugar Land, Texas. She is a past President of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, and a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior. Dr. Haug has a special interest in neurobiology, learning principles, and pharmacology.
Stacy Holzbauer
DVM, MPH
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- Salmonella in Backyard Poultry: A One Health Project
Dr. Stacy Holzbauer is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Career Epidemiology Field Officer assigned to the Minnesota Department of Health and newly serves as the State Public Health Veterinarian. She leads the Zoonotic Diseases Unit whose members are responsible for zoonotic disease surveillance and outbreak investigation, and zoonotic disease prevention activities at the human animal interface. She is a graduate from South Dakota State University and Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. After a short stint as a large animal veterinarian, she received her MPH from the University of Iowa College of Public Health and completed the Association of Teachers of Preventative Medicine fellowship at the CDC. She is a graduate of CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine.
Brian Hurley
DVM
Saturday, Feb. 10
Practice Management
Sponsored by:
- The Corporate Business Advantage: Vets Focus Returns to Patient
When Dr. Brian C. Hurley was five years old, his dog, Shelley, was seriously injured. They rushed her to the veterinarian, but her injuries were too extensive to save, and they had to say good-bye. That was the day he decided to become a veterinarian. Dr. Hurley felt that he would do everything in his power to never let another treasured family member leave their family again. He was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, but moved frequently beginning at the age of nine. He was fortunate to live in numerous states: Missouri, Alabama, Louisiana, Indiana, Florida, and Massachusetts. He is a true ‘southern boy’ at heart. Dr. Hurley did his undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Florida’s School of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. GO GATORS!!! He worked at the Gardner Animal Care Center until retiring from clinical practice in August 2020. He has worked with AmeriVet since August 2017 and became their National Medical Director in 2018. In February 2010, Dr. Hurley became the first veterinarian certified by the American Society of Veterinary Journalists (ASVJ).
Kathy Jorgensen
DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- MVMRC and Incident Management Overview
Kathy Jorgensen graduated from North Dakota State University in 1991 with a B.S. in microbiology and from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 1995. In 2011, she completed a master’s degree in public health from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Jorgensen achieved Diplomate status in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine in 2011. She is the coordinator of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps. She is active in agricultural disaster preparedness and response and the state’s Radiologic Emergency Preparedness Program. She is a certified FEMA trainer for four radiologic/nuclear hazards courses and is ProBoard certified at the Hazardous Materials, Operations Level. She is a member of the National Animal Decon Working Group. She serves as a Planning Section Chief in the Minnesota Board of Animal Health incident management team. She and her husband run a beef farm in central Minnesota.
Steve Just
DVM, MS
Saturday, Feb. 10
NVAP Modules
- Module 38: Role of Category I Animals in FAD Introduction and Tranmission
Dr. Steve Just has served as a field Veterinary Medical Officer with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Morris, MN for over 20 years. Prior to joining the USDA, Dr. Just was an associate veterinarian in a mixed animal practice in Morris serving swine, cow-calf, dairy, and small animal clients with an occasional horse thrown in the mix. Dr. Just has been a member of an APHIS national incident management team for over 15 years, serving as a Safety Officer and Operations Section Chief. He currently serves as Incident Commander of the team.
In the 20 years with the USDA, Dr. Just has had the opportunity to deploy across the country more than a dozen times, to more than 9 states and territories in response to a variety of foreign animal diseases, including HPAI, vND and ASF. Dr. Just received his D.V.M. and MS from Iowa State University and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.
Allyson Krause
Saturday, Feb. 10
Practice Management
Sponsored by:
- Holistic Investing and Financial Planning for Veterinarians: Ideas for Your Practice, Money, and Financial Life
Allyson Krause is the Managing Director of Retirement Plan Services at Trust Point Inc. She is a Certified Retirement Plan Professional®. This certification reflects and demonstrates her expertise and unmatched proficiency in the field of employer-based retirement plan (e.g., 401(k) plan) services. Ms. Krause’s expertise extends to a wide variety of employer-based retirement plan topics, including, plan design, legal and legislative monitoring and implementation, including ERISA compliance monitoring, record keeping and administration, plan-related IRS document preparation, plan compliance testing, safe-harbor and profit-sharing requirements, and providing sponsor and participant education, among many other employer-based retirement plan topics.
Tasia Ludwik
DVM, DACVECC
Saturday, Feb. 10
Small Animal I
- Shock: Is It the Pump, The Pipes or the Tank?
- Stabilize: A Care-Based Approach to Initial Management of Patients That Can’t Survive A Trip to the ER
- The Critical Blocked Cat: How to Get Your Walk-in UO Safely to an ER
Dr. Tasia Ludwik attended veterinary school at Iowa State University prior to joining the team at the University of Minnesota as a rotating intern and resident in Emergency and Critical Care. She became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 2021 and joined the University of Minnesota faculty as an Assistant Professor of Emergency and Critical Care in Fall 2021. Her professional interests include shock, sepsis, coagulation, and trauma.
Jon Marquet
BS, JD
Saturday, Feb. 10
Practice Management
Sponsored by:
- Holistic Investing and Financial Planning for Veterinarians: Ideas for Your Practice, Money, and Financial Life
Jon Marquet is the Retirement Plan Consultant at Trust Point Inc. He is a licensed attorney in Minnesota, Iowa, New York, and New Jersey. He works with business owners to identify and address their needs in connection with employer-based retirement plans. He also works in concert with plan sponsors, plan participants, and others in Trust Point Inc.’s Retirement Plan Services group to initiate, administer, and regularly review client employer-based retirement plans. He has presented on numerous and various legal topics throughout his career and his most recent educational presentation addressed newly implemented rules and regulations requiring plan sponsors to provide plan participants with lifetime income illustrations on their benefit statements.
Gregory Moulton
DVM
Saturday, Feb. 10
NVAP Modules
- Module 10: Personal Protective Equipment for Veterinarians
- Module 18: Avian Influenza and Exotic Newcastle Disease
Dr Gregory Moulton, Veterinary Medical Officer, has been a field veterinarian for USDA APHIS for 6 + years, serving in Southeastern Minnesota. Dr. Moulton is also a Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician, and has deployed for responses for High Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Minnesota and Virulent Newcastle Disease in California. Prior to his time with APHIS , Dr Moulton served with the Food Safety and Inspection Service as a Public Health Veterinarian. Prior to joining USDA spent 2 decades in private food animal practice, including owning his own practice for a dozen years in East Central Minnesota. Dr Moulton is a 1988 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.
Angela Preimesberger
MS
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- Per- and PolyFluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Fish: Minnesota Department of Health’s Human Health Guidance and Role in PFAS Environmental Protection
Angela Preimesberger (she/her) joined the Minnesota Department of Health in 2023 as the Lead Research Scientist for the Fish Consumption Guidance Program. Angela has 20 years of experience as a scientist with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency working on human health risk assessments and rulemaking for toxic pollutants in fish and waters. Angela earned her Master of Science degree in Environmental Health from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. Angela enjoys learning through collaboration and is thrilled to have this opportunity to participate in the MVMA’s Annual Meeting.
Michael J. Salchert
JD
Saturday, Feb. 10
Practice Management
Sponsored by:
- Private Equity and the Impacts on the Sale & Value of Veterinary Practices - Panel Discussion
Michael J. Salchert advises dentists, veterinarians, and optometrists in corporate, business, real estate and transactional matters. He primarily works with these professionals on the sale
or purchase of professional practices, providing general business advice including employment and other business contractual and real estate matters.
Stephan Schaefbauer
DVM
Saturday, Feb. 10
NVAP Modules
- Module 34: Veterinary Export Health Certification System (VEHCS)
Dr. Stephan Schaefbauer, with 16 years of dedicated federal service, currently serves as the Area Veterinarian in Charge for VS-Minnesota. Prior to this role, she held positions as an Epidemiology Officer in Des Moines, Iowa, and Raleigh, NC. She was recognized for her outstanding contributions, receiving the APHIS Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment Award in 2012 and later she was honored as a 2021 Civil Servant of the Year. Dr. Schaefbauer’s remarkable achievements were acknowledged by the University of Georgia, where she was honored with the Young Achiever Award and featured as a “40 Under 40” recipient in 2016. Before her tenure as an Epidemiology Officer, she worked as an Import Risk Analyst in the National Center for Import and Export (APHIS VS), following her completion of a Master’s in Public Health and residency at the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Schaefbauer’s career began with the attainment of her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the esteemed University of Georgia (UGA).
Amy Snyder
DVM
Saturday, Feb. 10
Practice Management
Sponsored by:
- Opportunities for Partnership: The Veterinary Medical Center as a Resource for Your Practice
Dr. Snyder has recently returned to the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine as the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs. Following graduation from the CVM in 1994, she completed an internship and served as a clinical instructor in the emergency department. For most of her career, she has enjoyed a variety of leadership roles for national multispecialty and emergency private veterinary hospitals. Her professional passion is working with talented veterinary teams to build healthy cultures and deliver exceptional care to clients, patients, students, employees and the referring community.
Jeff Todd
DVM, DACVECC
Saturday, Feb. 10
Small Animal I
- Transfusions: What’s Available, Autotransfusions, Indications and Risks
- DKA: Initial Crisis Management
- Hypersensitivity Reactions: From Hives to Anaphylaxis, Review and Emergent Treatment
Dr. Jeff Todd graduated from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, completing his
clinical training at the University of Minnesota. He worked as a general practitioner in upstate
New York and Minnesota for several years before moving into Emergency Medicine. He began
working at the University of Minnesota as an ER veterinarian in 2001 before deciding to pursue a residency in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, becoming board certified in 2011. He has
continued as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota as a Criticalist in the Veterinary
Medical Center and instructing veterinary students, interns and residents. He is currently an Associate Professor, co-directs the VMC Blood Bank, and is the Director of the Emergency/Critical Care Residency Program. His research focus is on clinical coagulation
diagnostics and therapy as well as traumatic brain injury in small animals.
Shauna Voss
DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- Salmonella in Backyard Poultry: A One Health Project
Dr. Shauna Voss is a Senior Veterinarian with the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. She received her DVM from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. Upon graduation, she worked in a small animal veterinary hospital for 5 years. She then completed a Veterinary Public Health residency program at the University of Minnesota from which she received a Masters of Public Health in 2011. She also conferred as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine that same year. Dr. Voss began working for the Minnesota Board of Animal Health in 2012. In her current position, Dr. Voss is overseeing the Board’s Poultry Program team including implementation of the National Poultry Improvement Plan for commercial and backyard poultry producers in Minnesota. She also is responsible for ensuring compliance with state poultry import requirements, managing an Authorized Poultry Testing Agent program of more than 900 trained individuals, and managing poultry disease control programs, investigations, and emergency response activities.
Courtney Wheeler
DVM
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- Board of Animal Health, MN Dept of Health and MN Board of Vet Med Updates
Courtney Wheeler currently serves as the Assistant Director, Minnesota Board of Animal Health. Courtney has spent the entirety of her veterinary career working in federal and state public service and is proud to be involved in oversight of the Board of Animal Health’s Mission to protect the health of our state’s domestic animals. Courtney enjoys spending her free time bringing vintage and antique items back to life and trying to keep up with her energetic and rambunctious daughters.
Valeriia Yustyniuk
DVM
Saturday, Feb. 10
Public Health
- CVM Public Health Resident Project-Global Swine Disease Surveillance: Monitoring Situation Around the Globe
Dr. Yustyniuk is a Veterinary Public Health resident and Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota who specializes in parasitology, food and small-animal veterinary medicine, global health, and public policy. With a rich background spanning academic, research, and teaching roles, she actively contributes to advancing veterinary education, promoting One Health principles, and conducting impactful research in infectious diseases.