Sneak peek at Fetch Kansas City 2025

We’re officially less than 2 weeks away from Fetch Kansas City! The dvm360 team can’t wait to welcome attendees and faculty for a weekend of learning, networking, and fun. From keynote addresses to our first-ever Women’s Symposium, there’s a lot to see and do, so we condensed the highlights into this exclusive preview just for readers.

Keynotes

From Passion to Purpose: Discovering What Truly Drives Me

On Day 1 of Fetch Kansas City,Kenichiro Yagi, MS, RVT, VTS (ECC), (SAIM), kicks off the show officially with his keynote address. On the keynote stage, Yagi will share what truly drives him in veterinary medicine, and how he was able to find it with hopes attendees can use what they learn to refine their purpose.

Heartworm Preventive Resistance: Where Do We Go From Here?

Day 2 of Fetch Kansas City will welcome Michael W. Dryden, DVM, PhD, MS, DACVM, to the stage to share more on the current state of heartworm preventive resistance, where it emerged, and where veterinary professionals go from here. Dryden will provide attendees with insights into the changing understanding of heartworm preventive resistance, plus new prevention programs that have the potential to limit the severity and spread of resistance dramatically.

Consult & Connect

While attending a Fetch Conference, including Fetch Kansas City, attendees have access to participate in Consult and Connect with Fetch faculty. Set up in a booth in the exhibit hall, attendees can have extra time with speakers to discuss things from their lectures or labs, consult with them on a real-life case they have questions about, and more. Consult & Connect is not RACE-approved, so participants will not receive CE credit.

The following faculty will be available at the Consult & Connect booth, all in central time:

Friday August 22

• 10:25-10:55 AM: Christopher Lee, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
• 12:20-12:50 PM: Jason Pieper, DVM, MS, DACVD
• 12:55-1:25 PM: Jamie Kopper, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (LAIM), DAVECC-LA
• 4:00-4:30 PM: Renee Schmid, DVM, DABT, DABVT
• 5:45-6:15 PM: Rachel Venable, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology)

Saturday August 23

• 10:25-10:55 AM: Michael Dryden, DVM, PhD, DACVM
• 12:20-12:50 PM: Shadi Ireifej, DVM, DACVS-SA
• 12:55-1:25 PM: Melissa Evans, CVT, LVT, VTS (ECC)
• 4:00-4:30 PM: Adesola Odunayo, DVM, MS, DACVECC

Sunday August 24

• 10:25-10:55 AM: Michael Petty, DVM, CCRT, CVPP, MAV

Labs

The GP Ophthalmologist Workshop

On Friday August 22 from 1:30-3:30 PM CT, Joshua Broadwater, DVM, DACVO, Natalie L. Marks, DVM, CVJ, CCFP, Elite FFCP-V, and Shelby Bossler, DVM, will lead an interactive workshop where attendees will work in teams to solve real-life ophthalmologic cases. Throughout the lab, Broadwater and Marks will use their expertise to guide attendees through the program, plus Broadwater helping attendees learn the difference between cases that need an emergency referral and those that can be managed in general practice or with home care.

This lecture, sponsored by Domes Pharma, has no prerequisites and can only hold 50 participants, and is approved for 2 hours of continuing education (CE) credit.

Mechanical Ventilation Made Easy

This lab, which will take place on Saturday, August 23, in 2 groups, with Group 1 from 9:15-11:15 AM CT and then Group 2 from 1:30-3:30 PM CT, will explore the risks of anesthetic hypoventilation, practical guidance for choosing and then operating a ventilator, empowering practitioners to elevate patient safety and optimize anesthetic outcomes in their practice, and more. Gianluca Bini, DVM, MRCVS, DACVAA, will lead both groups of this lab.

This lab, sponsored by Mindray Medical USA Corp, does not require any prerequisites but is limited to only 20 veterinarians, with one assistant, per group. This lab is free, and is approved for 2 hours of CE credit.

Patella Luxation, Introducing RidgeStop

Bruce Nwadike, DVM, DACVS, MRCVS, will lead this lab on Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 1:30–4:30 PM CT. This three-hour, hands-on lab includes a one-hour lecture followed by two hours of practical laboratory work, plus a required three-hour online prerequisite. Each lab participant will deepen their understanding of patellar luxation through coverage of diagnostic techniques and treatment selection. With a strong emphasis on the novel and minimally invasive alternative to traditional sulcoplasty, RidgeStop, the lecture will show that this product utilizes a medical-grade ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene implant to provide stability but also minimal joint interference.

This course has limited seating available at 16 per group and is for veterinarians only. There is a 3-hour prerequisite online course that is included in the fee, and registrants will be emailed access to the online course. Sponsored by OrthoMed North America, Inc, participants will earn 6.0 hours of RACE-approved CE credit, 3 from the prerequisite online course work and then 3 for the live presentation during the lab, and costs $600.

Thriving as women in veterinary medicine

For the first time at Fetch, there will be a women’s symposium available to our attendees. For 3 hours, women within the symposium will hear from women leaders in veterinary medicine, such as Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB, and Natalie Marks, DVM, CVJ, CCFP, Elite FFCP-V, as well as Laura Neff, CPCC, on topics such as discovering internal core values system, self-discovery and interpretation of unexpected care values in the system, and more. This symposium is limited to 50 veterinarians and will be held in the Convention Center, and at the end there will be a book signing with Lynsey Rinelli, DVM, author of Goodbye For Now, a children’s book about love, loss, and saying goodbye to a pet.