2024 CVMA Spring Meeting

 

The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association

is pleased to welcome

Wailani Sung, MS, PhD, DVM, DACVB

Wednesday, April 24th for a full day of CE Programming.

 

Special Evening Event for CVMA Members Only

 Cocktails & CE with Dr. Sung

Tuesday, April 23rd, 6:30-8:00 pm

 

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Wednesday, April 24: Schedule for the Day

8:00 am – 8:30 am  Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:30 am   How do I treat Behavioral Problems in General Practice?

9:30 am – 9:45 am  Morning Refreshments

9:45 am – 10:45 am  Red Flag Puppies & Kittens: Identifying Early Behavior Problems

10:45 am – 11:45 am  Case Study Review (interactive)

11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  Defiant Teens: How to Help Clients Manage Adolescent Dogs

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  Behavioral and Health Considerations in Our Aging Pets

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Afternoon Refreshments

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm:  Pre-submitted Q & As

 

Session Details

How do I treat Behavioral Problems in General Practice?

Attendees will learn about the most common behavior problems presented to the general practitioner. They will learn how to manage and treat dogs and cats exhibiting fear, aggression or anxiety. We will review how to address inappropriate elimination behavior in cats. We will review behavior modification techniques and the use of psychopharmacology for these specific behavior problems.

 

 

Red Flag Puppies & Kittens: Identifying Early Behavior Problems

We will review why socialization is important for kittens and puppies and how pet parents can socialize their pets. We will also discuss how to recognize puppies and kittens that show early signs of behavioral problems. Unfortunately, puppies and kittens displaying behavioral issues at this age will not grow out of it. We will also review recommendations to provide to pet parents with puppies/kittens with behavioral disorders.

 

Case Study Review 

We will review a case study on canine aggression, feline aggression and canine anxiety. We will review how to take a behavioral history. What are the crucial questions to ask the pet parent? We will also review how to make a diagnosis and prognosis. We will discuss how to develop a treatment plan. We will also discuss how to select psychoactive medications.

 

Defiant Teens: How to Help Clients Manage Adolescent Dogs

The majority of veterinarians know that socialization for puppies is crucial in the development of a behaviorally well adjusted adult dog. What happens after socialization? What are potential behavioral issues that adolescent/teenaged dogs may encounter? We will discuss recommendations that will help our pet parents manage and retain these dogs through their teenager period.

 

Behavioral and Health Considerations in Our Aging Pets

Attendees will learn to recognize the signs of pain, normal aging and cognitive dysfunction in senior dogs and cats. We will review the current treatment recommendations to address cognitive dysfunction and other conditions that affect senior dogs and cats.

 

Ask Dr. Sung: Answers to YOUR questions

Attendees have an opportunity to submit questions that will be answered. Expected topics that will be covered include aggression and anxiety disorders in dogs and cats.

 

Cocktails & CE with Dr. Wailani Sung

Improving the Patient Experience During Veterinary Visits

Tuesday, April 23, 6:30-8pm

The Inn at Middletown

1 CE Credit

Cash bar and hors d’oeuvres will be available 6:30-7:00 pm. Dr. Sung will present a one hour program 7:00-8:00 pm.

Registration is limited! This event is only open to CVMA members, who are invited to bring one (1) member of their team.*

Tickets are $50 per pair

*Please inquire at info@ctvet.org about purchasing tickets for additional team members.

 

Psychopharmacology for General Practitioners A Webinar with Dr. Wailani Sung

Wednesday, May 8th

6:30 pm – 8:30pm 

In this 2-hour webinar, Dr. Sung will take a deeper dive into the medications prescribed to treat behavioral disorders. She will review the FDA approved medications and human generic medications used to treat behavioral disorders in dogs and cats; and will go through the process of drug selection for a patient with a behavioral disorder.

Register today with the Spring Meeting to receive promotional pricing of $20.

 

 

Wailani Sung, MS, PhD, DVM, DACVB

Dr. Wailani Sung obtained her Master’s degree, Doctorate in Psychology, and Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She achieved hen board certification in veterinary behavioral medicine. Dr. Sung provides behavior consultations for privately owned pets and also oversees the shelter behavior program at the San Francisco SPCA.

Dr. Sung is a co-author of the book, “From Fearful to Fear Free”, in which she collaborated with Dr. Marty Becker, veterinary colleague Dr. Lisa Radosta, and renowned trainer Mikkel Becker. Dr. Sung also co-authored a chapter in “Decoding your Cat”. Dr. Sung has been a contributor to the websites PetCoach and PetMD. Dr. Sung has written chapters for the following veterinary textbooks: Behavior of Exotic Pets; Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Canine and Feline Behavior, 2nd Edition; Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline: 7th edition; Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff, 2nd edition; Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine. Dr. Sung was interviewed on the documentary, Cat Tales by NOVA: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/cat-tales/ and on the Netflix documentary, Inside the Mind of a Cat.