Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Joe Bruner is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital with special interest in general Internal Medicine and Respiratory diseases. He has an extensive experience in private practice before joining the university to be a part of the Small Animal Internal Medicine service. Dr Bruner will present a lecture with an exceptional recent graduate, Dr. Grant Nickolson, to discuss the current approaches to hypercalcemia and recent therapeutic options for the more common causes.
Bonus Session! Joint session featuring a faculty member and new graduate that showcases the education and quality of new DVM graduates.
Got MIlk?… The Trials and Tribulations of Hypercalcemia with Drs. Joe Bruner and Grant Nickolson
This lecture will provide an overview to the diagnostic approach to Hypercalcemia in dogs and cats. It will further address the common scenarios seen with hypercalcemia, and present a ‘decision-making’ approach towards when diagnostic testing is warranted and when a spurious laboratory value should be suspected. In addition, newer therapeutics will be presented that can be used to treat the more common causes of hypercalcemia when surgical interventions are not possible.