As veterinarians, we often wish we had more to offer our patients with cancer, especially when their owners for whatever reason are not able to take advantage of available referral services.

The answer... come join us in the Piney Woods of East Texas for a weekend of "Practical Oncology." We will cover the cancers most commonly seen in small animal practice, focusing on diagnosis and treatment in the trenches, as well as what we hope to gain for our patients and their owners by referring to a specialist. We will spend time discussing the how-to's of chemotherapy, adjustments to the chemo plan when our patient does not behave as expected, and rescue therapy.

Dr. Wendy Blount

Dr. Wendy Blount is a companion animal veterinarian based in Nacogdoches, Texas, who treats dogs and cats only and is Residency trained in Small Animal Internal Medicine. She conducts Continuing Education Seminars for small animal veterinarians, veterinary technicians and animal control officers as well. Dr. Blount also teaches an undergraudate college course on "Medicine and Behavior in the Animal Sheltering Environment" for Duquesne University, and serves as Medical Director for O'Malley PET (Preventing Euthanasia Together).

Throughout her career, Dr. Blount has been the recipient of a number of prestigious awards. Recent examples include the 2012 TVMA Companion Animal Practitioner of the Year, the 2011 Bilderback Award for support of the animal sheltering community and the 2004 TAVP Clinical Referral and Consultation Award.

Dr. Maj Angarano

Dr. Maj Angarano is a Texas A&M graduate and currently a field veterinarian for Hill's Pet Nutrition, delivering technical information and educational seminars to generalist and specialist practices, veterinary medical associations, veterinary conventions and as of 2013, veterinary colleges and vet tech institutions. Following a decade of service in private practice, Dr. Angarano completed a PhD in Quantitative Biology and has published her work in peer-reviewed journals. Her career includes 10 years if service in private practice, as well as teaching veterinary technician and undergraduate students at numerous technical programs and universities.

The following are comments from participants of this Seminar:

• This is the best course I have attended, absolutely the best speaker I've experienced at CE. Great presentation style, friendly, approachable. Clearly loves medicine, people, animals and life. Without any hestiation, I would recommend this seminar or any seminar with Dr. Blount as the main speaker.
        Melissa Riley, DVM - Houston, TX

• Great! Very knowledgeable and communicated very well. Good sense of humor and lots of practical advice.

• Have more seminars like this one. Would like to hear more from Dr. Blount on different subjects. Very practical. Lots of good info!

• I thoroughly enjoyed the two days, and was interested and atttentive throughout. It is obvious that Dr. Blount is both knowledgeable and has practical experience to be adept at presenting on the subject of oncology.
  
  Questions??? Call Russ at the von Allmen Agency at (936) 564-7792, or e-mail russ@vonallmen.net.