Dr Tristram Bennett, BVSc (distinction), MANZCVS (surgery), DACVS-SA, dipl ECVS, Surgical Specialist
Dr Sandra Nguyen BVSc (Hons I) DipACVIM (Onc) MANZCVS
This two-day interactive course will prepare you with the knowledge and practical skills to provide the best medical and surgical care for your cancer patients. You will develop confidence to customize your approach to the individual patient after consideration of multiple factors (tumour type, location, patient, owner).
During the medical oncology day we will go through the differentials for cutaneous neoplasia, FNA and biopsy technigues to help get a diagnosis, and the cytological features of the main categories of cancer.
In addition, there will be the ins and outs of when (and when not) to administer common chemotherapy drugs, as well as the administration of these drugs safely.
The surgical practical cadaver sessions will be focused on skin tumour excision (obtaining desired margins) and wound closure techniques (primary closure, rotational and axial pattern flaps, reconstruction of the distal limb).
Of all the weapons against cancer, surgery is the most important (…at least if you ask a surgeon). Many of our veterinary cancer patients can expect a good prognosis, sometimes even a cure, with a well-planned initial surgery. Conversely, a poorly executed first surgery can have irreversible effects on prognosis.
Delegates will have plenty of opportunity to practice surgical techniques in a wet-lab setting.
Tristram is a surgical specialist/surgical oncologist based at SASH in Sydney. He graduated from Massey University in New Zealand in 2010 and spent a number of years in general small animal practice before he completed his American College of Veterinary Surgeons residency at Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre. Tristram then undertook a Fellowship Surgical Oncology at Colorado State University. He has been working as a surgeon at SASH in Sydney since 2017.
After graduating from the University of Sydney, Sandra worked as an associate veterinarian at Gladesville Veterinary Hospital. Sandra went on to complete her residency in Medical Oncology at Cornell University, and while there won the Veterinary Resident Award for dedication to veterinary student training and service to patients and clients. She achieved Diplomate status of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Oncology in 2010.
