Speakers
April 3-6, 2025
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Monte Carlo, Monaco
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18 CE Hours
Dr. Alex Lynch graduated with honors from the University of Bristol in 2009. After gaining experience in general and specialty practice in the UK, he pursued advanced clinical training in emergency and critical care at Tufts University in North Grafton, MA. In 2015, Dr. Lynch achieved board certification from the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Following his residency, he joined the Clinical Faculty in Emergency and Critical Care at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. In July 2017, Dr. Lynch transitioned to North Carolina State University. He is currently an Associate Professor in Emergency and Critical Care, Assistant Department Head for Clinical Sciences, and co-director of the Feline Health Center.
Giacomo is an American, European, and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Specialist in Emergency and Critical Care. He graduated from the University of Bologna, Italy, and, following a period at the University of Pennsylvania, completed a rotating internship and an Emergency and Critical Care residency at the Royal Veterinary College, London. After working as a staff clinician with the University of Edinburgh, he completed a PhD with the UCL Bloomsbury Institute for Intensive Care Medicine working on mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis.
He joined DWR Veterinary Specialist as an ECC consultant in 2020 and became Co-Head of Service in 2023. Giacomo is a RECOVER instructor and also chair of the joint ECVECC & EVECCS Scientific Committee; in this role he is responsible for the scientific program and the abstract evaluation of the annual EVECC Congress. His areas of interest include clinical research, sepsis, haemodynamic monitoring and advanced life support.
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. Mazzaferro is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine and completed an internship at the Veterinary Institute of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care in Wisconsin. She completed a residency in Emergency-Critical Care at Colorado State University, where she also earned her PhD in Small Animal Clinical Sciences. She was board certified by the American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care in 2002. She is currently a Staff Criticalist at Cornell University Veterinary Specialists in Stamford, CT.
Dr. Mazzaferro is a Past-President of the American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care and is a Past-President of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society. She is the 2018 recipient of the Zaslow Distinguished Service Award from the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, being recognized for her leadership and support of veterinary emergency and critical care medicine. She is also a prolific publisher, having authored and edited four books as well as numerous chapters and manuscripts on a range of topics relating to Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. She lectures extensively nationally and internationally, and is a veritable pug afficionado. #savetheschmooshies
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.