Course:CSAVS Feline Surgery 

Speaker:  Dr. John Berg

Date:  16-19 Dec 2019

Course Tuition: 1022USD/Person( Accomodation not included,Chinese style lunch included )

Venue:CSAVS Nanjing training center :88# Dazhou Road, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

Speaker Introduction:

Dr. John Berg is a 1981 graduate of Colorado State University's College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.  He completed a rotating internship at Cornell University in 1982 before returning to Colorado State for his surgery residency.  Following his residency, he spent a year in referral practice at South Shore Veterinary Associates, south of Boston, and joined the faculty of Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in 1987.  He teaches and practices small animal soft tissue surgery, and has a special interest in surgical oncology.  During his time at Tufts, he has twice received the Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award, as well as several other teaching awards.  He is the author of numerous original articles and book chapters on a variety of topics in soft tissue surgery and surgical oncology.  Dr. Berg served as the Chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences at Tufts from 1998 until 2011.  He is an ACVS Founding Fellow in Surgical Oncology and an honorary member of the Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology.  

Course Schedule：

Day 1：16 December 2019

Getting sick cats through surgery

Gastrotomy

Enterotomy

Linear Foreign Bodies

Day 2: 17 December 2019

Intestinal resection and anastomosis

Biliary Surgery

Cystotomy

Subcutaneous ureteral bypass （SUB）

Day 3: 18 December 2019

Perineal urethrostomy

Nasopharyngeal polyps， ventral bulla osteotomy

Subtotal colectomy

Esophageal feeding tube

Intra-abdominal biopsies

Wound soaker catheter

Day 4: 19 December 2019

Surgical Cancers in cats

NSAIDs in cats

Pyothorax in cats，chest tube placement

Chylothorax in cats