Small Animal Thoracoscopy - August 24-25, 2026 - Application for Tuition Assistance

The Small Animal Thoracoscopy Course is open to ACVS Diplomates and Residents only. The regular course registration fee is $2595. Courtesy of generous sponsorships provided by KARL STORZ Veterinary Endoscopy and Medtronic we are offering $1000 in tuition assistance to a limited number of ACVS Residents for this course (recipients will be determined by lottery selection).

For full consideration pleas submit the survey information by March 23rd, 2026. You will be notified via email of the results of the lottery by April 15th.

Tuition assistance recipients will be responsible for paying the remainder of the standard course registration fee. If you are a resident interested in applying for this $1000 tuition assistance, please complete the form below.  

*Please note that submission of this application is NOT a course registration.*

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Tuition Assistance Application

About the course:

Thoracoscopic procedures will be described in the lectures, followed by a laboratory on ventilated canine cadavers. Anesthesia related to minimally invasive surgery (one lung ventilation) will be presented by a board-certified anesthesiologist. Procedures described and performed in the laboratory will include:

  • Thoracic duct ligation.
  • Exploration of pleural space
  • Biopsy
  • Lung lobectomy
  • Induction of one lung ventilation
  • Pericardial window, subtotal pericardectomy and pericardioscopy
  • Resection of the right atrial appendage

CE Credits – 13.0