Category Archives: Uncategorized

Dr. Gordon Strick, DVM

Kicking off the upcoming Continuing Education season for the QDVA on Wednesday, September 19th, Dr. Gordon Stick of Pfizer Animal Health will discuss current and future vaccine strategies in small animal medicine. Dr. Strick is Pfizer’s technical support veterinarian for companion animal vaccines in Canada. He is past President of the Calgary Academy of Veterinary Medicine and active within the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association.  Prior to joining Pfizer Dr. Strick served on the Board of Directors for the Western Drug Distribution Centre. He currently owns a small animal practice with his wife in Calgary and operates a cattle farm in High River Alberta.

The dinner meeting is free to area veterinarians and staff. The session will start as usual at 6 p.m. at the Belleville Club (see “Venue” page).

ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSED

The QDVA’s Annual General Meeting, held April 18^th, was largely focused on housekeeping issues and electing new officers for the coming year.

A number of minor changes were made to the association’s constitution to allow some redistribution of executive members’ duties. Rules governing quorums and voting requirements were also revised to reflect the number of attendees at business meetings. Anyone wishing to review the amended constitution should contact a member of the executive committee or simply make a request in the “comment” section below.

The upcoming roster of speakers for our Fall session was reviewed and is to kick-off Wednesday, September 19th with a talk on small animal vaccination issues by Dr. Gordon Strick, DVM of Pfizer Animal Health. Watch this page for details about this and other exciting meetings.

Those attending the AGM also approved organizing a survey about the fate of our annual Christmas Party.

In the absence of volunteers to take over their duties, the current members of the executive committee were re-elected and two new positions were filled. The QDVA executive for the coming year comprises:

President Dr. Vince Politi – Picton Animal Hospital

Vice-president/secretary Dr. Jinni Demine – Trenton Pet Hospital

Treasurer Dr. Naomi Scromeda – Bay Regional Veterinary Hospital

Continuing education co-ordinator Dr. Kristina Bennett – Foster Park Pet Hospital

Communications co-ordinator Dr. Fiona Gilchrist – Hillcrest Animal Hospital

Officer at large (new position) – Dr. Adrianna Sage – Hillcrest Animal Hospital

Kingston liason (new position) – Dr. Koos Toxopeus – Kingston Mills Veterinary Hospital

Erika Spuehler has volunteered to organize CE certificates for her RVT colleagues. More information about this will be provided here and at future meetings. Specific questions should be directed to Erika at Foster Park.

Don’t forget to sign up to “follow” this blog to get automatic notification of new posts.

New approaches to add value and boost client compliance

Heather Lowe has worked in the veterinary field for 30 years. In April, 2011, after serving as Veterinary Business Director forMedi-Cal/Royal Canin, she set up a consulting firm focused on practice management, client service and communication.

Believing that good business is good medicine, Ms. Lowe will discuss ways to add value to clinic services and increase client compliance.

For information on how to register for this session, use the “Contact Us” button above.