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Founded in 2003, the Veterinary Endoscopy Society is dedicated to advancing the practice of endoscopic surgery and interventions in order to provide the highest quality of care to patients.

20/02/2024

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN |
VES 2024 Annual Conference
July 29-August 1 in Santa Barbara, CA
With a gala dinner on July 31!

To register, visit:
veterinaryendoscopysociety.org/conference/

Remember to check out abstract submission criteria online and submit by April 1, 2024.

09/02/2024

We are headed to beautiful Santa Barbara, CA this year for the VES Conference! ☀️

NOW OPEN | VES Conference Abstract Submission

Guidelines
Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail (Word format) to [email protected] with subject line:Abstract for VES 2024. Abstract submission deadline: April 1st, 2024.

All abstracts must be accompanied by the primary author’s curriculum vitae (CV) at the time of the original submission. This should be submitted as a .pdf file.

Resident Abstract Competition:
The VES is excited to continue the resident abstract competition at the upcoming annual meeting! Resident project abstracts will be evaluated using common criteria by a preselected committee of attendees.
Two awards will be offered:
1st place award: $1,000 for the best abstract and presentation
2nd place award: $500 for the runner-up

Presenting authors of accepted submissions must register for and present their work at the meeting. This stipulation applies to oral and resident competition.

Abstract Format
Time New Romans 11, Word doc
* Title.(title case)
* Author One – Last Name and Initials, Author Two.
* Affiliation. (Note there is a period after the affiliation line. Flag each institution with a superscript number before the institution listing and use that numeral at the end of the author’s name. Use semi-colons to separate multiple institutions.)
* Skip a line
* Abstract text with Headers: Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusions
* Skip a line between each

26/01/2024

FOLLOW today’s Insta takeover!! ⭐️VES President, Dr Nicole Buote, Associate Professor in the section of small animal surgery will take you behind the scenes of a robotic surgery.

13/01/2024

Laparoscopic training day this past week practicing evaluation of the small intestine 🐴

20/11/2023

Check out VES president, Dr Nicole Buote’s, robot set up and team, ready for a robotic canine gastropexy!

01/11/2023

Happy Halloween! 🎃🍂 If the thought of approaching winter is scarring you, get excited for the 2024 VES conference in beautiful Santa Barbara, California ☀️ Check in and Welcome cocktail reception Monday, July 29;
Conference presentations Tuesday, July 30- Thursday, August 1; Gala dinner on Wednesday, July 31

16/07/2023

After starting the VES Instagram page 3 years ago, it is with a heavy heart that I’m passing the VES Social Media Chair position to the ✨wonderful✨ Dr. Rebecca McOnie!! A little bit about her… 😻
✨She is a Clinical Instructor for Large Animal Surgery at Cornell University CVM.
✨She enjoys trail running and exploring waterfalls of the Finger Lakes.
Welcome, Rebecca!!! 🎉🤗

Next, thanks to Dr. Ingrid Balsa, we have all 3 of our amazing Pioneer Award recipients (Dr. McCarthy, Dr. Freeman, & Dr. Dupre) together for a picture at the end of our 2023 VES Annual Conference! 🎊

Finally, THANK YOU to our outgoing President, Dr. Jeff Runge, and WELCOME to our new President, Dr. Nicole Buote!!! 🎉

14/07/2023

Thank you to one of our amazing sponsors and supporters of VES, Karl Storz! 🥳
✨Fun fact: Storz has been around since 1945, and they developed their first endoscopy instruments in 1952!
✨Through a grant from KARL STORZ, there is a weekly “ENDOSCOPY Talks: Conversations with Veterinary Experts” that is free to all vets!! It discusses current practices & emerging trends in the field of MIS — join us through CSU’s Veterinary CE Program!

25/06/2023

ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY from this incredible combo conference of VES ✨IPEG ✨ESPES in the beautiful Sorrento, Italy!!! 🇮🇹🎊

One of the amazing parts of this: we can attend ANY of the VES or IPEG / ESPES lectures!!! 🤯🥳🤩

So you can start planning, here are both VES and IPEG programs. 🤓

Reminders:
✨Welcome Reception: Wednesday 7:30 pm Lemon Garden of Hilton Sorrento Palace
✨We are not live-streaming (It will be recorded)
✨3 Pioneer Award Winners: Dr. Tim McCarthy, Dr. Gilles Dupre, Dr. Lyn Freeman
✨Main Event Gala: Friday Night!
✨If you plan to attend IPEG / ESPES lectures, human medical meetings are more formal with their attire for lectures

Start packing now! ✈️

04/04/2023

Are you thinking about joining VES for our annual conference in beautiful Italy? Want to share your research or a cool case with us? ✨ONLY 4 MORE DAYS TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS!✨
Details on website and listserv email from Dr. Runge.

Be sure to register and reserve your hotel room today! 🥳🍷

12/02/2023

I don’t care that this is a stock photo of Sorrento, Italy from Google — we all should be getting SO EXCITED about going to Italy in less than 5 months!!! 🇮🇹🍷💕☀️🎊
A few important points:
1)✨Consider submitting an abstract! Deadline: April 4, 2023.
2)✨VES's conference registration allows you to attend both the Human and Veterinary lectures! One registration gives you full access! Link on the listserve email from our fearless leader, Dr. Runge.
3)✨Book your hotel — the rooms are selling out fast! Hilton special rate at the link on the email.
4)✨VES meeting days: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (July,6,7,8)
5)✨Conference welcome cocktail reception on Wednesday (July 5)
6)✨Gala/Dinner (with dancing?!) and open bar will be Friday (July 7)
7)✨Please visit the VES Conference website to start this process. Registration will send you to the Oxford Abstract website. Follow the steps in the email. (Be sure to have your membership updated via our VES website as we will check this)
8)✨Please DM me with any MIS cases or even fun patient stories that you may want shared with our VES social media!
9)✨Arrivederci! See you in Italy!

26/01/2023

IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR…
1. For getting excited about our annual conference (in conjunction with IPEG & ESPES) in the beautiful SORRENTO, ITALY in July 2023!!! 🥳
2. For New Year’s resolutions, which should include sending me your MIS cases to share on our VES social media! 😁
✨ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmwriatIa6G/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
✨See our VES email for links to reserve your hotel at conference rate and to register!

20/08/2022

Please follow us on our Instagram page, !!!

10/07/2022

Living in Houston, Texas unfortunately means seeing pets who have experienced heat stroke outside or in a car during these hot summer months. Please don’t let it happen to your or your clients’ pets.

28/06/2022

After such a successful annual VES conference in NYC just a few weeks ago, we are excited to announce our conference dates & location for next year…
✨WE ARE GOING TO ITALY!!!✨
Where: Sorrento Italy, (Near Naples)
When: July 5-8, 2023
Venue: Hilton Sorrento Palace Hotel

To make this an even more special experience, we will be collaborating with IPEG, the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group. 🎊🥳

Details to follow over the next few months! 🤩🎉

01/06/2022

Who else is this hardcore into MIS to get a tattoo with a skull and endoscopic instruments?! ☠️

Dr. Claudio Salva Briceno from Chile is representing VES at our conference!!! 🥳

01/06/2022

Who else is this hardcore into MIS to get a tattoo with a skull and endoscopic instruments?! ☠️

Dr. Claudio Salvo Briceno from Chile is representing VES at our conference!!! 🥳

01/06/2022

Welcome to 2022 VES conference!! We are about to start our amazing program beginning with the Airway Session! 🤩🤩🤩

01/06/2022

Welcome to our 2022 annual VES conference!!! 🥳 follow our story for updates or register for our virtual version!

16/05/2022

😂 Our VES President, Dr. Jeff Runge, wants to remind you that the upcoming VES conference in NYC (June 1-3, 2022) will be more fun than this rollercoaster!!! (Or, something like that… 😜)

Can’t wait to see you there (or virtually) in only 16 days!

See previous posts for details, and please DM with any questions. 😁

15/05/2022

Thank you to one of our amazing past VES presidents, Dr. Phil Mayhew, for taking the time to show his excitement for our upcoming VES conference on June 1 - 3, 2022 in NYC!!

I can’t say it any better than his daughter… “COME TO NEW YORK, PEOPLE — IT WILL BE FUN!!!” 🥳🎊

See previous posts for details, and please DM with any questions. 😁

14/05/2022

GET EXCITED!!! Here is the program for our upcoming VES annual conference in 18 days!!!
🤩🎊🥳🎈

14/05/2022

Hello from our esteemed VES President, Dr. Jeff Runge! 😁

In less than 3 weeks, we will get to all see each other again for an amazing Veterinary Endoscopy Society conference in New York City!!! 🤩

VES Annual Conference is coming up in only 19 days!!! Registration is available on our website.
✨When: June 1-3, 2022
✨Where: Weston Grand Central (212 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017)
✨Abstract deadline: March 15, 2022
✨Interesting topics at the conference:
⭐️LATE
⭐️Minimally invasive neurosurgery
⭐️Scope-assisted nasal surgery
⭐️Nanoscopic surgery
⭐️Near-infrared image-guided surgery
⭐️Surgical navigation
⭐️Scope-assisted pituitary surgery
⭐️Exoscopic spinal surgery
We are so excited to see you there, but if you’d prefer, virtual registration is available! 🥳

Program to follow soon — GET EXCITED and please DM with any questions!!!

20/04/2022

A morning sunrise run in NYC is a great time to remind all of you: VES Annual Conference is coming up this June!!! Registration is available on our website.
✨When: June 1-3, 2022
✨Where: Weston Grand Central (212 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017)
✨Abstract deadline: March 15, 2022
✨Interesting topics at the conference:
⭐️LATE
⭐️Minimally invasive neurosurgery
⭐️Scope-assisted nasal surgery
⭐️Nanoscopic surgery
⭐️Near-infrared image-guided surgery
⭐️Surgical navigation
⭐️Scope-assisted pituitary surgery
⭐️Exoscopic spinal surgery
We are so excited to see you there, but if you’d prefer, virtual registration is available! 🥳

15/03/2022

Our VES President, Dr. Jeff Runge, is encouraging you to JOIN US for the annual conference in NYC on June 1-3, 2022!! It’s going to be amazing!! 🎊
✨Countdown to our exciting conference: 79 days
✨Countdown to submit abstracts: ONE DAY (but message us if you are interested but need an extension)
✨See our website for registration!

13/03/2022

A beautiful day in NYC is a great time to remind all of you: VES Annual Conference is coming up this June!!! Registration is available on our website, and if you have interesting MIS cases to share, please submit your abstract for the conference!! 🤩
✨When: June 1-3, 2022
✨Where: Weston Grand Central (212 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017)
✨Abstract deadline: March 15, 2022
✨Interesting topics at the conference:
⭐️LATE
⭐️Minimally invasive neurosurgery
⭐️Scope-assisted nasal surgery
⭐️Nanoscopic surgery
⭐️Near-infrared image-guided surgery
⭐️Surgical navigation
⭐️Scope-assisted pituitary surgery
⭐️Exoscopic spinal surgery
We are so excited to see you there, but if you’d prefer, virtual registration is available! 🥳

05/02/2022

We are very excited about our upcoming webinar, 'Laser assisted turbinectomies' coming up in TWO DAYS:
✨Sunday, February 6th at noon PST / 3pm EST.
✨Webinar will feature Drs. Heidi Phillips, Gerhard Oechtering, and Jane Ladlow - three individuals who have contributed massively to this topic.
✨Webinar will include patient selection, diagnostics including barometric plethysmography, procedural instructions, and tips for beginners.
✨Lecture portion will likely be ~60-75 minutes with an extended session with the panelists afterwards on unique cases, experiential tricks, and a discussion on the future of brachycephalic surgery.
✨Please see listserv email for complete details and instructions / links to attend!

See you there! 😎

04/12/2021

Happy holidays, everyone! We are taking this month to celebrate our incredible September ‘VES Member Spotlight’, Dr. Alex Fox-Alvarez.
Dr. Fox-Alvarez is from South Florida and graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2012. It was then in his rotating internship in Tucson, AZ that he “caught the surgery bug”, and he returned to UFCVM for his surgical internship, residency / MS, and now, faculty position. His wife is a veterinary medical oncologist also at UFCVM, and they have 3 dogs, 2 cats, and 9 chickens.
His current role is as a tenure-track assistant professor in surgery, and his research interests include procedural innovation and use of NIRF in veterinary surgery.
Dr. Fox-Alvarez incorporates MIS into his clinics by working with other services to provide a range of MIS procedures, and luckily at UF, they see many elective MIS patients for OE / gastropexy.
When asked about what excites him about MIS, he loves the use of technology and the challenge of performing familiar surgeries from a different perspective. He said that practicing MIS improves his open surgical approaches, and when he’s performing open surgery, he is always thinking of ways to adapt for MIS.
Dr. Fox-Alvarez enjoys being a member of VES and a part of a group of creative problem-solvers who fuel the expansion of MIS in veterinary medicine.
In the future, he would like to see a demand for more stand-alone MIS services and hospitals so that we could have jobs where all we do is MIS!
Outside of veterinary medicine, Dr. Fox-Alvarez enjoys gardening and has most recently ventured into carnivorous plants. He also loves making planters out of repurposed items, being out in the natural world, music (but not country), and Halloween! 🎃👻 Thank you for being our last ‘VES Member Spotlight’ of 2021, Dr. Fox-Alvarez! 🚣🏼‍♀️🌿🪴🍄🎄

04/09/2021

Happy belated August, everyone! Our ‘VES Member Spotlight’ for the month of August was Dr. Adam Ogilvie.
Dr. Ogilvie is from Prince Edward Island, Canada and graduated from Dalhousie University and the Atlantic Veterinary College. He then completed a rotating internship, surgical residency, and DVSc at Ontario Veterinary College. He became a diplomate of the ACVS-SA in 2015 and has worked in both private practice and academia since residency.
Dr. Ogilvie is currently an Associate Professor of small animal surgery at AVC at University of PEI. His research is broad and includes developing novel MIS instrumentation and methods to improve neurosurgical interventions.
MIS excites him by making meaningful impacts in a minimally invasive manner, especially recently offering MIS treatment for chylothorax. He loves being a VES member for the listserv, global membership, and online CE delivered by leaders of the discipline.
Innovations in equipment and procedures keep him fascinated and make the future of MIS exciting.
Fun fact about Dr. Ogilvie: he enjoys island life with his wife by going canoeing and golfing, and they also enjoy travel and spending time with friends and family.
Thank you for being our August ‘VES Member Spotlight’, Dr. Ogilvie! 🥳🏌🏼‍♂️🇨🇦🚣🏽

18/04/2021

Happy April, all! Our first ‘VES Member Spotlight’ for this month comes from sunny California, Dr. Erin Gibson.
Dr. Gibson is from Seattle, WA, attended vet school at UC Davis, then completed her rotating internship at University of Minnesota, which confirmed her desire to pursue surgery as a specialty. She returned to UC Davis for her small animal surgery residency, where Ingrid Balsa was credited as being her residency mentor and helping her discover MIS.
Dr. Gibson is now a staff surgeon within the Soft Tissue Surgery Service at UC Davis, where she contributes to student and resident training.
One of the main aspects she loves about MIS is the minimal morbidity to patients, and she would like to see MIS achieve the role in surgery as it has in human medicine.
Fun fact about Dr. Gibson: she has an Australian Shepherd named Kato who is pictured here and gets to join her in fun California activities!
Thank you for being one of our ‘VES Member Spotlights’, Dr. Gibson! 🥳🍷🍃

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Amazing work, Dr. Runge and team at Guardian Veterinary Specialists in Brewster, NY!!! 🥳🤯 Thoracoscopic removal of atrial hemangiosarcoma from an 8yo FS Labrador retriever — very impressive!!! 🤩👏🏾🎉 #minimallyinvasivecardiacsurgey #heartsurgery #thoracoscopy #veterinarysurgery #veterinaryendoscopysociety #mis #ves #guardianveterinaryspecialists

Welcome to 2022 VES conference!! We are about to start our amazing program beginning with the Airway Session! 🤩🤩🤩 #tuneinnow

Welcome to our 2022 annual VES conference!!! 🥳 follow our story for updates or register for our virtual version!

😂 Our VES President, Dr. Jeff Runge, wants to remind you that the upcoming VES conference in NYC (June 1-3, 2022) will be more fun than this rollercoaster!!! (Or, something like that… 😜) Can’t wait to see you there (or virtually) in only 16 days! See previous posts for details, and please DM with any questions. 😁 #ves #newyork #gethype #minimallyinvasivesurgery #16moredays

Thank you to one of our amazing past VES presidents, Dr. Phil Mayhew, for taking the time to show his excitement for our upcoming VES conference on June 1 - 3, 2022 in NYC!! I can’t say it any better than his daughter… “COME TO NEW YORK, PEOPLE — IT WILL BE FUN!!!” 🥳🎊 See previous posts for details, and please DM with any questions. 😁 #ves #newyork #gethype #minimallyinvasivesurgery #18moredays

Hello from our esteemed VES President, Dr. Jeff Runge! 😁 In less than 3 weeks, we will get to all see each other again for an amazing Veterinary Endoscopy Society conference in New York City!!! 🤩 VES Annual Conference is coming up in only 19 days!!! Registration is available on our website. ✨When: June 1-3, 2022 ✨Where: Weston Grand Central (212 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017) ✨Abstract deadline: March 15, 2022 ✨Interesting topics at the conference: ⭐️LATE ⭐️Minimally invasive neurosurgery ⭐️Scope-assisted nasal surgery ⭐️Nanoscopic surgery ⭐️Near-infrared image-guided surgery ⭐️Surgical navigation ⭐️Scope-assisted pituitary surgery ⭐️Exoscopic spinal surgery We are so excited to see you there, but if you’d prefer, virtual registration is available! 🥳 Program to follow soon — GET EXCITED and please DM with any questions!!!

Our VES President, Dr. Jeff Runge, is encouraging you to JOIN US for the annual conference in NYC on June 1-3, 2022!! It’s going to be amazing!! 🎊 ✨Countdown to our exciting conference: 79 days ✨Countdown to submit abstracts: ONE DAY (but message us if you are interested but need an extension) ✨See our website for registration!

Who wants to participate in a fun competition for the best surgery video?! (No, this video of a kitten playing doesn’t qualify… 🙄) ✨ACVS Diplomates and residents are able to submit their most creative, engaging, and interesting videos for the ACVS 2021 Video Contest! ✨Let's show the animal-owning public the wonderful and rewarding work that board-certified surgeons do every day. ✨Do you have a fun and informal video presentation of a veterinary surgery success story? Your video could win you amazing prizes and land in the spotlight on the ACVS website and social media. ✨Deadline: September 1, 2021 For more information, rules, and a list of prizes, visit the ACVS website. #acvsvideocontest

Let’s get this VES conference / World Veterinary Congress party started!! Our VES President, Dr. Jeff Runge, is here in Fort Collins, CO enjoying one of the 30 fantastic breweries and getting excited about this week’s speakers! If you weren’t able to join us in person, please attend virtually via the links sent out in the listserv email. See you at CSU’s TMI!! #newbelgiumbrewing #minimallyinvasivesurgery #veterinaryendoscopysociety #tmi #focofun

Only TWO more days until our exciting April webinar: MIS CHYLOTHORAX!! 🥳 When: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: Chylothorax Presenters: Michele A Steffey, Boel Fransson, J Brad Case Moderator: Mandy Wallace Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lZhUplkFTo20vYw39E4VQw Hope to see you there! 🤩

Laparoscopic right adrenalectomy in a cat

Happy Monday, everyone! This laparoscopic right adrenalectomy is courtesy of Dr. Hiroo Kanai out of Hyogo, Japan. The patient is an 8yo MC mixed breed cat who had an incidentally discovered right adrenal mass. He had no clinical symptoms, despite his 1.3cm diameter R adrenal gland. The right adrenal gland was removed laparoscopically with a 4-port technique (see last image), and biopsy revealed an adrenocortical adenoma. The cat is reportedly in good health over 2 months post-op. Dr. Kanai used the E-Z Purse bag as his retrieval device and recommended the use of ultrasonic instrumentation (he used Thunderbeat). Tips for a successful lap adrenalectomy from Hiroo: (1) don’t grab the tumor directly during dissection and (2) it is crucial to have knowledge of the microanatomy around the adrenal gland. Thank you for the contribution, Dr. Kanai! #mis #adrenalectomy #laparoscopicsurgery #ves

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Founded in 2003, the Veterinary Endoscopy Society is a scientific and educational association with more than 500 members representing over 25 countries worldwide. The VES is dedicated to advancing the practice of endoscopic surgery and interventions in order to provide the highest quality of care to patients.

Members represent specialty veterinarians from numerous specialties, including surgery, internal medicine, emergency and critical care, dermatology, radiology, general practitioners, and human physicians.

The society’s core purpose and mission is to work with its members to deliver patient-centered care through minimally-invasive interventions.

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