Dr. Blount is a companion animal (dogs and cats only) veterinarian, Texas A&M Residency trained in Small Animal Internal Medicine. In addition to her Internal Medicine referral practice, Dr. Blount conducts Continuing Education Seminars for small animal veterinarians, veterinary technicians and animal control officers. As well, she teaches an undergraduate college course on "Medicine and Behavior in the Animal Sheltering Environment" for Duquesne University. She has also served as Medical Director & Surgeon for SpayNeuterNac and O'Malley PET (Preventing Euthanasia Together).

Dr. Blount has received several prestigious awards including the 2012 Texas Veterinary Medical Association "Companion Animal Practitioner of the Year" for outstanding contributions to veterinary medicine, the 2011 "Bilderback Award" for support of the animal sheltering community and the 2004 "TAVP Clinical Referral and Consultation Award" which recognizes contributions that are made by outstanding veterinary practitioners.

In vet school and her early days of practice, Dr. Blount developed outstanding UltraSound skills. She further honed these skills during her Texas A&M Residency under the guidance of some of the best sonographers in the world. Over the years, she has now become well known for her UltraSound expertise and a veteran of literally thousands of successful UltraSound exams.


Guest Speaker:
Scott Huggins, DVM, MBA

For this Practical Neurology Seminar, Dr. Huggins will conduct 2-one hour sessions. He will cover Behavior Supplements for small animals in addition to discussing Nutramax's new CBD product for animals called "Chroniquin".

CBD is the abbreviation for cannabidiol, one of the many cannabinoids, or chemical compounds found in marijuana and hemp. THC is another compound found in the cannabis plant, but unlike THC, CBD is not psychoactive. In 2018, clinical research on cannabidiol included preliminary studies of anxiety, cognition, movement disorders, and pain.

Please review Dr. Huggins biography below:

Scott Huggins, DVM, MBA earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Huggins worked in private practice for many years in small animal clinics in North Carolina, Utah and Nevada before coming back east to work for Novartis Animal Health as a technical services veterinarian based out of Charlotte, NC.

Dr. Huggins then moved to the Novartis home office in Greensboro, NC and served as the Manager of Marketing Operations. Dr. Huggins returned to school to complete an MBA at the Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNC-Greensboro where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for business students.

While completing his MBA, Dr. Huggins taught college-level courses in Anatomy and Physiology as well as high school biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science. Dr. Huggins is an AAVSB RACE approved presenter and is an engaging and informative speaker. Dr. Huggins is currently the Manager of Technical Services for Nutramax Laboratories Veterinary Sciences, Inc. located just outside of Charlotte in Lancaster, SC.