Mastering the Cardiorespiratory Patient: A Structured Clinical Approach
Enhance your professional skills with the guidance of specialists sharing their expertise through lectures, discussions and the latest evidence-based approaches.
11 and 12 May 2026 | Premier Hotel Midrand
11 and 12 May 2026 | Premier Hotel Midrand
Day 1: 11 May: Monday (Cardiovascular) |
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| 08:00 | Registration and refreshments (rusks, tea, coffee) | |
| 08:30 | Introduction: “Listening Beyond the Murmur: Introduction and recent advances in cardiac diagnostics and therapy” | Prof Johan Schoeman |
| 08:45 | Diagnostic Imaging: “Follow your heart, but remember to bring your brain along” – Important notes on radiography and echo for cardiovascular disease | Dr Nicolene Hoepner |
| 10:15 | Small Animal Medicine: “From Guidelines to Patients: Recent literature update on the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease” | Prof Johan Schoeman |
| 11:15 | Comfort Break (30 min) | |
| 11:45 | Small Animal Surgery: “Fixing the Broken Heart: Surgical approach to Cardiovascular Disease” | Dr Adriaan Kitshoff |
| 12:45 | Premium Sponsor talk: TBC | |
| 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 | Anaesthesia: “Understanding the Failing Heart: Oxygen Delivery and Haemodynamics in Cardiovascular Disease” | Dr Abdur Kadwa |
| 15:30 | Comfort Break | |
| 15:45 | Anaesthesia – “The Failing Pump: Practical Anaesthesia Tips and Strategies for Cardiac Patients” | Dr Chris Blignaut |
| 18:30 | Dinner (Optional – additional charge) | |
Day 2: 12 May, Tuesday (Respiratory) |
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| 08:00 | Refreshments (rusks, tea, coffee) | |
| 08:30 | Anaesthesia: “Fighting for Breath: Understanding Airway Resistance, Work of Breathing and Stabilising the Pulmonary Compromised Patient” | Dr Abdur Kadwa |
| 09:30 | Clinical Pathology: “Cardiac biomarkers in blood and respiratory cytology” | Prof Amelia Goddard |
| 10:30 | Comfort Break (30 min) | |
| 11:00 | Diagnostic Imaging: “Take a deep breath, even when your patient can’t” – (Trying to) Make sense of pulmonary changes on radiographs | Dr Nicolene Hoepner |
| 12:00 | Small Animal Medicine: “The approach to the coughing dog – further diagnostics and indications for stent placement in tracheal collapse” | Dr Liana Coetzee |
| 13:00 | Small Animal Medicine/Critical Care – “From Probe to Prognosis: Point of care ultrasound in the cardiopulmonary patient” | Prof Johan Schoeman |
| 13:30 | Anaesthesia: “When Every Breath Counts: Anaesthetic Strategies and Safe Management of Compromised Airways Under Anaesthesia” | Dr Chris Blignaut |
| 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 15:30 | Silver Sponsor Talk: TBC (10 min) | |
| 15:40 | Comfort Break | |
| 16:00 | Small Animal Surgery – “Breathing New Life: Surgical Approach to Pulmonary Disease” | Dr Elge Bester |
Black Friday Deal: Get R500 Off – Only for the First 15 Registrants
| Full attendance | R3,500.00 |
| Full attendance – Students/Pensioners | R2,500.00 |
| One-day Attendance | R2,000.00 |
UP Sponsorship Proposal by Vetlink Support