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Next Level Surgery: Advanced Abdominal Procedures
October 30 - 31, 2025
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Course Description
For this course, pre-recorded lectures will be available online before you come to the course. This will help us optimize your time in our teaching lab to expand your surgical skills.
Before you perform each procedure on canine cadavers, you will see a demonstration and will be given time for discussion with course instructors.
- See demonstrations on the utilization of stapling equipment and vessel sealant devices that are becoming affordable in general practice.
- Additional procedures you will learn in this course include:
- Diaphragmatic hernia repair.
- Gastrectomy including pyloroplasty, gastropexy, liver lobectomy, cholecystectomy, splenectomy, nephrectomy, and urethrostomy in a male dog.
- Placement of an abdominal drain, an esophagostomy tube, gastrostomy tube and cystotomy tube.
Access to this course will expire one year (365 days) from the course’s end date. After this period, users will no longer have access to course materials, resources, and any associated content. It is the responsibility of the users to complete the course and download any materials including their course completion certificate.
Category
Small Animal
Instructors
Dr. Eric Monnet
Dr. Sarah Marvel
Race Approved CE
22.0 hours
Cost
$2,995.00
Course Type
Hybrid
Instructors
Dr. Eric Monnet
DVM, PhD, DACVS, DECVS
Dr. Sarah Marvel
MS, DVM, DACVS-SA, ACVS Fellow, Surgical Oncology ACVS Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery), Assistant Professor, Small Animal Surgery
Dr. Marvel received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and then went on to obtain her DVM from the University of Wisconsin in 2009. She completed a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Colorado State University. She stayed at Colorado State University and completed a residency in small animal surgery in 2013. Following her surgical residency she completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the Flint Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University. She achieved board certification from the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (DACVS-SA) in 2014. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the General Surgery department at Colorado State University.
Policies
Participant Cancellation Policy: Course attendees can cancel their registration for an in-person course according to the following
- Cancellation more than 60 days prior: Full refund or 100% Future Transfer Credit (FTC).
- Cancellation 30-60 days prior: 50% refund or 75% FTC.
- Cancellations within 30 days: 50% FTC only. Cancellations due to illness or other unforeseen circumstances will be considered on an individual basis.
- Future Transfer Credits can be applied to any course within 365 days of the cancelled course.
Course Cancellation Policy: Course cancellations due to low registration numbers or other circumstances may be announced 35 days or more prior to the course. Full refund of the course registration or 100% Future Transfer Credit (FTC) will apply. We are unable to reimburse for travel expenses incurred.
Course Access Policy:
Access to this course will expire one year (365 days) from the course’s end date. After this period, users will no longer have access to course materials, resources, and any associated content. It is the responsibility of the users to complete the course and download any materials including their course completion certificate.