Speakers
March 20-23, 2025
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Hilton Head, SC
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18 CE Hours
Amanda Cavanagh, DVM, DACVECC, is an Assistant Professor of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and is the section head of the Emergency Service. Dr. Cavanagh received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in Washington DC. She then received her DVM from Auburn University in 2011 and acquired ACVECC board certification after completing a residency at North Carolina State University in 2015.
Dr. Cavanagh has a special interest in point of care ultrasound, traumatology, and toxicology. She is owned by 4 lovely children, two moderately dyspneic pugs, a pulmonic stenosis English Bulldog, and two hairless cats with an impressive multi-season, holiday inclusive wardrobe.
Dr. Seitz is an Associate Clinical Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at Mississippi State University (MSU). He earned both his B.S. in biochemistry and his DVM from MSU. After graduation, he spent eight years in private practice as both an emergency clinician and general practitioner prior to returning to MSU as an emergency faculty member. While in private practice, he earned Diplomate status with the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Canine and Feline). Due to his interest in performing and teaching ultrasound, he completed a residency in diagnostic imaging and is now a full-time board-certified radiologist. His research and teaching interests primarily involve ultrasound and radiography.
In addition to clinical practice, he thoroughly enjoys teaching, with the goal of translating sound medical practices and current veterinary literature into useful clinical skills for both emergency clinicians and general practitioners. His passion for teaching has been recognized through the Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teaching Award (2016) and the MSU-CVM Dean’s Pegasus Award for Teaching (2022).
Dr. Steven Epstein attended University of California at Davis for his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. He then went on to complete an internship in anesthesiology at Kansas State University and then completed a three-year residency in veterinary emergency and critical care at UC Davis. Dr. Epstein is now a Professor of Clinical Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care and chief of that service at UC Davis. His research interests are in CPR, diagnostic testing in the emergency room, and antimicrobial
resistance patterns.
Dr. Waddell graduated from Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and then completed an internship at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, MA. After her internship, she worked as an emergency clinician in private practice before completing a residency in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania’s Veterinary Hospital. She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and has worked at the University of Pennsylvania since her residency. Dr. Waddell is a Professor of Clinical Critical Care Medicine, and medical director of the Intensive Care Unit at the University of PA. Her current areas of interest include fluid therapy, acid-base disturbances, and coagulation in critically ill patients.