Find out how the Foundation has adapted to the current global situation as well as how we are changing the face of education and get a good look at courses to come in the coming weeks and months.
The Descriptive Veterinary Courses scheduled for December 2020 in Brazil and Argentina have been cancelled due COVID19.
The Argentinean version of the course will be rescheduled for December 2021.
For the time being there is no new date for the Brazilian version of the course. We will keep everybody updated.
Please stay safe and I know that you will enjoy our offerings at this time…
Bruce Williams, DVM
CEO, Davis-Thompson Foundation
P.S. And as always, you can download the full, uncompressed file from the Foundation web site!
Enjoy the full-resolution version of the May 2020 newsletter - 
May_2020_Newsletter.pdf (6.5 MiB, 11 hits)
For archive copies of newsletters, visit: http://www.cldavis.org/newsletter_archive.html
Scrambling for CE? - our friends at the Joint Pathology Center have provided 12.5 RACE accredited CEUS in association with the 2019-2020 WSC.
Each set of results (25 in all) and accompanying 5 question self-assessment is worth 0.5 CEUS.
There are a couple of ways to get your CEUs - you can download (or view) the full results (it’s 611 pages, so don’t print it!) and the tests are after each set of results here: - http://www.askjpc.org/wsco/wsc/wsc19/WSCProceedings2019-2020.pdf
Or you can download all of the self-assessments here - http://www.askjpc.org/wsco/SelfAssessment.php and go through the individual cases here: http://www.askjpc.org/wsco/index.php
..Whichever works better for you.
Scan the set when you are done and send them to me at these two emails: bruce.h.williams.dvm@gmail.com (I’m working at home right now( and bruce.h.williams12.civ@mail.mil (my office email for record keeping) so I can grade and send you your RACE certificate!
Below is the link for registration for this Friday's seminar by Dr Leslie Woods on Avian Diseases. Please notice that the previous link shared on Facebook had the incorrect time.
The correct date/time is: May 22, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: My Favorite Avian Diseases - (with a short introduction on virulent Newcastle disease by Paco Uzal)
Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aMN88ZEnSnCR3sffPJrY9A
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Looking forward to "virtually" seeing everybody on Friday
We have just been granted the rights to rebroadcast lectures from the seminar for 48 hours following its conclusion - so our friends all over the world can participate!
Announcing our SECOND full Day-Seminar (with 8 hours of RACE-accredited CE) on 26 May 2020.
Subject: Dermatopathology
Speakers: Drs. Charles Bradley, Elizabeth Mauldin, Verena Affolter, and Keith Linder
Where: Your office, conference room, living room, man-cave, or she-shed!
Did you like the "Free Friday Seminar on "Stories from Zoos and Aquaria"? Well, you are going to LOVE this!
The Foundation's June 9th Virtual Day-Seminar is a FULL day on Diseases of Zoo and Aquatic Animals, and we have a fantastic lineup for you!
Plus(!) you can get 8 hours of RACE CE for only $50 if you sign up (and a beautiful certificate of attendance - if you print it on beautiful paper.)
Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/register/WN_RVBQirwVR1qGpUznUAAr7w
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
(Want to know if you can watch all the lectures afterward on a rebroadcast for free? Well, at least one of the four lectures will be LIVE-ONLY this go-round and we are waiting to hear on the the other three!
Please join us for a full day of clinical pathology with this great seminar sponsored by the DTF and ACVP, on Tuesday June 23.
The talks by four outstanding speakers will be mostly tailored for anatomic pathologists, but there will be something of interest for everybody.
Pre-registration is required (follow the link in the attached flyer).
The 65th Annual Pathology of Lab Animals Course is on, and this year, will be a telecourse! (Now there are no excuses for you NOT to participate).
5 days of lectures on the pathology and diseases of laboratory animals - rodents, non-human primates, laboratory fish, rabbits, minipigs, ferrets, and a mock exam! It's a great way to review classic diseases and get updated on the latest ones!
The tuition is half of the in-person 2019 course - only $300 for Foundation individual, university, and corporate members, and $400 for non-members (this comes with a one-year membership in the Foundation). And handouts galore! (Some say this is the best part of the course - with great reference material you will use forever.)
This course has been submitted for (but not yet approved) for 32 hours of continuing educations in juridisictions which recongnize RACE. This course has also been pre-approved for credit for ACVP Maintenance of Certification for 2 hours per half-day attended.
These lectures will not be posted online following this course, so if you want this fantastic review, you had better clear August 3-7 on your calendar!
Beginning Friday 3 April, the Foundation will present the first in a series of biweekly one-hour webinars (with an additional 30 minutes for Q&A). These webinars will be presented at 12PM Eastern Standard Time.
These webinars are free, and there are currently 100 seats available for this first webinar on a first-come first serve basis. The webinar will utilize computer audio only (there are no dial-in numbers).
PLEASE, if you are not sure of your availability to attend, do not take a seat away from someone who can by reserving "just in case". We will make this lecture subsequently available through the Foundation YouTube channel.
Registration for this webinar is available at: https://us04web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R3Hi72ivSl-sq8SEZz90gg
We have excellent news concerning this year's Descriptive Pathology Course. This course will continue on 1-5 June, as planned, but will now be conducted entirely online as a telecourse. Lectures will be presented on the Zoom platform, gross and microscopic exams will be graded with personal feedback as in all iterations of this course, and virtual slides will be utilized in place of glass slides.
There are currently 34 seats remaining at this telecourse, and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Tuition for this course is $350 for individual, university, or corporate Foundation members, and $450 for non-members (which includes a one-year Foundation membership.)
For those of you that have already registered, an~ 50% refund will be issued (or if you prefer not to attend at all, a full refund will be offered). Dr Bruce Williams will be contacting each of you personally soon.
For more information and registration, please visit: http://www.cldavis.org/upcoming.html#242 .
Due to the likely unavailability of our planned venue, we regret to notify our registrants, faculty and our colleagues that the Foundation has decided to postpone the 2020 Gross Pathology Review Course.
We appreciate that The Ohio State University is acting with abundant caution in the face of the expanding COVID-19 outbreak in the US and we certainly understand their position. The uncertainty surrounding this global event is unfortunate, but we are confident that in retrospect, this will prove to be a prudent decision. The safety and welfare of our participants is our highest priority.
For our registrants – we will be processing your full refund starting today. The local course director, Dr. Krista LaPerle, and the course faculty have requested the opportunity to host this course in 2021, and we have already agreed.
We understand how important this course is to pathology residents and graduate students studying for certification examinations around the globe. Unfortunately, the opportunity to teach this course online has not presented itself at this time. I am hopeful that the over 150 hours of gross pathology lecture (available on the Foundation YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvGM1s5wysXq-HGLAyZzClQ?view_as=subscriber ) and the handout material from years’ worth of previous iterations of the Gross Pathology Review Course at: http://www.cldavis.org/syllabi_archives.html) will be helpful to you in your study.
After much consideration of the expanding coronavirus outbreak in Europe, Asia and around the globe, and in careful consideration of the safety and welfare of our course participants, the Foundation has decided at this time to postpone four Davis-Thompson Foundation meetings in 2020. The meetings include our Comparative Cytopathology Course (Zagreb 8 May), Diseases of Aquatic Animals (Valencia 16 May), Diseases of Exotic Animals (Moscow 12-14 May), and Microscopic Descriptive Techniques (Beijing, 7-8 July).
This is not a decision that we have come to lightly, as we consider the impact of the virus on regional and international travel as well as the potential restrictions that may be placed on exposed individuals upon entry or exit to areas in which the coronavirus has been identified. We believe that none of our registrants are in a position to be quarantined or delayed either abroad or at home, not to mention the possibility of exposure during travel, or in congregation at a Foundation course. The uncertainly surrounding this entire global event is unfortunate, but we are confident that in retrospect, this will prove to be a prudent decision.
Please be advised that we are also at this time evaluating our entire slate of 2020 courses as this event unfolds. It is our promise, having already discussed this matter with our speakers and local hosts at these courses that we will reschedule these meetings at the earliest time when it is appropriate to do so.
With sincere regret,
Bruce Williams, DVM
CEO, Davis-Thompson Foundation
Francisco Uzal, DVM
President C.L. Davis Foundation
Did you know that the Foundation has made a Spanish Translation of Gardiner and Poynton's Metazoan Parasites in Tissue Section available on its website for FREE as a .pdf?
You can find it at: http://cldavis.org/PDFs/atlas_esp.pdf If you are looking for the softbound version of this book in the original English, these are available for only $40 (plus shipping) at the Foundation's online bookstore (https://store.cldavis.org) and you will be supporting the Foundation's many global initiatives!
The Foundation is very proud to announce the publication of a brand-new, absolutely FREE e-book explaining gross (macroscopic) description entitled "Opening Pandora's Box", by Drs. Paul Stromberg, Dr. Dan Rissi, Dr. Claudio Barros, and with minimal contribution (explained in the preface) by Bruce Williams.
This beautifully illustrated e-book is available to view online at http://www.cldavis.org/pandora or available for download in multiple electronic formats including .PDF, .epub, .azw3 (Kindle) and .mobi at: http://cldavis.org/pandora/ebooks.html
Chapters include Gross Description of Tissue Changes, Interpretation of Tissue Changes, Writing a Pathology Report, as well as an informative preface, introduction, and postface. The text is illustrated by over 80 beautiful gross images.
We believe this is going to be a fantastic help for pathology trainees, veterinarians, veterinary students, and anyone wishing to improve their gross descriptive skills.
If you are not familiar with the Joint Pathology Center's (JPC's) Wednesday Slide Conference, it is weekly slide conference (well 25 weeks a year) in which over 125 institutions submit two cases and writeups each year. Now in its 65th year, the results are a fantastic trove of information on pathology of all types in all species. They are always available via the JPC at https://www.askjpc.org/wsco/index.php, and here are this results from the last 3 conferences.
WSC #19 - 19-20_Conference_19_illustrated_final.pdf (3.6 MiB, 32 hits)
WSC #18 - WSC_1920_Conf_18_illustrated_final_reduced.pdf (2.8 MiB, 72 hits)
WSC #17 - WSC_1920_Conf_17_illustrated_final.pdf (3.3 MiB, 35 hits)
Vol 2 of the Surgical Pathology of Tumors of Domestic Species: Mammary Tumors is now on sale.
Mammary tumors, the second volume of the of the Surgical Pathology of Tumors of Domestic Species, has an international slate of co-authors (Drs. Valentina Zappulli, Laura Pena, Roberta Rasotto, Michael Goldschmidt, Adelina Gama, Jennifer Scruggs, and Matti Kiupel) and contains the latest classification schema and criteria for mammary tumors of the domestic species. This book is a vast improvement over its second edition counterpart with 150 additional pages, all color images incorporated directly into the text (no more flipping to the back of the book and hunting for the right images), and includes not only histology, but cytology, immunohistochemistry, and far more explanatory material on normal anatomy, embryology of common tumors and much more.
A 60-page, reduced resolution sample of the 1st edition is available at http://www.cldavis.org/PDFs/Surg_Path_Vol_2_sample.pdf to give you an idea of the sweeping improvements in the new series.
This second volume will be priced at $40 (plus shipping and handling.) Two books ship for the same price as one!
Online orders: http://store.cldavis.org/surgicalpathologyoftumorsofdomesticanimalsvol1mammarytumors.aspx
Fax or email orders - download your form here!: http://www.cldavis.org/PDFs/Surg_Path_Vol_2_order_form.pdf - email to cldavisdvm@comcast.net
If you have any problems with ordering online (sometimes it says we don't ship to a particular location BUT WE DO!!!) - please use the order form and send by email.
