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This joint webinar with NYSAVT (Technicians association) was scheduled prior to Covid in order to help veterinarians improve work-life balance and profitability through the most effective working relationship with licensed veterinary technicians.

We've shifted the focus to also provide some practical advice for operations today during the Covid-19 crisis, also including what veterinarians can do to maximize the safety of technicians whose responsibilities potentially expose them to risk.

As animal hospitals begin to return to full capacity there will be a backlog of cases to be seen, and delegating as much as possible to technicians may become critical, as well as the ability to easily fill your vacant technician positions by better understanding the value and needs of licensed technicians.

We are delighted to welcome Garnetta Santiago, MA LVT, President of the NYS Association of Veterinary Technicians, and Manager, Academic and Professional Affairs at Zoetis Inc. She will join NYSVMS and LIVMA Board member Robin Sturtz, DVM, Director, Veterinary Technology Program at LIU Post.
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Everybody is going through a time of great stress. We want to make sure that our NYSVMS community is seeded with people who understand how to reach out when they see their colleagues struggling, and encourage them to accept the help available from our confidential member helpline.

Lisa Hardy CEAP who is the Vice President of CorpCare, our 24/7 helpline provider, will cover a few pointers to help you thrive despite the circumstances, and then cover the basic principles of recognizing when it might be time to ask your colleagues if they are OK, and to lead them toward any help they might need.
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A Hidden Genome - Mitochondria

Presented by Richard E. Palmquist, DVM, GDVCHM

The mitochondria is an important organelle, which does so much more that simply make energy. It is a vital regulatory player and has the power of life, disease and death over the cell. In this lecture we will explore these aspects and bridge our  academic studies with relevant clinical practice.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define the mitochondria and its possible origins.
2. Describe the nonenergy productive regulatory effects of mitochondria and how they relate to every day clinical conditions involving chronic inflammation, immune failure and cancer.
3. Identify commonly used therapeutics and xenotoxins that harm and help mitochondria.
4. Understand the importance and relationship of advanced glycation end products to aging, diet, and inflammation.
5. Recognize how integrative therapies may be used to reduce mitochondrial harm.
6. Begin to consider the mitochondria and microbiome in patient management.

Richard Palmquist was born in Greeley, Colorado and graduated from Colorado State University in 1983, where he received the Upjohn Award for proficiency in small animal medicine. He graduated from the Australian College of Integrative Veterinary Therapy with a graduate degree in veterinary Chinese herbal medicine in 2015.

He is chief of integrative health services at Centinela Animal Hospital in Inglewood, California. He is a past president of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (Editorial committee and Council of Elders) and is a past president and national research chair of the AHVM Foundation, which promotes scientific research and education into integrative therapies. He is also a board member of the World Association of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. He provides fourth year veterinary students experience in integrative practice for UC Davis and Western University.

Dr Palmquist is an international speaker in integrative veterinary medicine, especially homotoxicology, therapeutic nutrition, mitochondrial medicine, and modified hospice. He is an Alternative Medicine consultant for the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). In 2012 he was honored to receive the AHVMA Council of Elders Peacemaker Award for his work to bring harmony between CAVM and conventional veterinary medicine. He has published numerous papers and three books. The first is an evidence-based textbook for conventional veterinarians entitled Integrating Complimentary Medicine into Veterinary Practice. The second is a book for clients discussing how integrative thinking works. The third is a poetry book. He has consulted with ABC and CBS news and his practice was featured for its unique integrative approach to oncology patients.