Integrative Medicine Virtual CE Weekend January 24-25, 2026
NYSVMS
The 2026 Integrative Medicine Virtual CE Weekend will be held January 24-25, 2026 on Integrative Approaches to Tick-Borne Diseases. It will be live on Zoom and you will earn 12 CE Credits. Elevate your clinical skills this January with a focused weekend of evidence-based integrative medicine. The 2026 Integrative Medicine Virtual CE Weekend brings together leading experts in nutrition, botanical medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine to tackle one of the most challenging areas in small-animal practice: tick-borne diseases. Across two days, you’ll explore practical, multimodal strategies to better diagnose, manage, and treat Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and other co-infections. Sessions cover everything from immune-supportive nutrition and herbal therapeutics to TCM frameworks that help you understand and treat complex, chronic cases. This program is ideal for veterinarians looking to expand their toolbox and gain clinically applicable skills that enhance patient outcomes—without leaving home. Earn 12 hours of high-quality CE, connect with colleagues across New York and beyond, and walk away with new approaches you can put into practice immediately. Strengthen your integrative practice. Improve outcomes for your tick-borne disease patients. Join us live online January 24–25, 2026. Register now at: https://members.nysvms.org/events/2026imseminar.
Baker Institute marks 75 years of helping save animals’ lives
Cornellians
For 75 years, Cornell’s Baker Institute for Animal Health has made key advances that have contributed to the wellbeing of dogs, cows, horses, and other species—including humans. Located near campus on Ithaca’s Snyder Hill, the facility was founded in 1950 as the Veterinary Virus Research Institute. Twenty-five years later—after the passing of its founding director, veterinarian and virologist James “Drew” Baker, PhD ’38, DVM ’40—it was renamed in his memory.
AAEP panel addresses underutilization of veterinary technicians
AVMA
How can veterinary practices better leverage veterinary technicians? The question drew much debate and dialogue during a panel at the 2025 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) convention, held December 6-10, 2025, in Denver. Dr. Jennifer Quammen, AVMA president-elect who began her career as a licensed veterinary technician, was a panelist in the December 9, 2025 “AAEP-American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians and Assistants (AAEVT) Joint Roundtable: Improving Retention and Utilization.” Better leveraging veterinary technicians will be critical to the future sustainability of veterinary medicine, she said.
Lewis Berman, veterinarian to both high-profile and everyday folk, dies at 90
AVMA
Lewis Berman, DVM, a New York City veterinarian and NYSVMS member whose clients included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Tennessee Williams, Lauren Bacall, and Betty White, died December 16, 2025. Dr. Berman was a 1957 veterinary graduate of Cornell University. He founded Park East Animal Hospital on the Upper East Side of NYC, in a neighborhood that was home to celebrities galore. He treated small animals for more than 50 years, with a reputation that preceded him.
Heartworm incidence survey seeks veterinarian participation
DVM360
The American Heartworm Society (AHS) is seeking insight from veterinarians about their understanding of heartworm disease in the US with a request to participate in the 2025 AHS Heartworm Incidence Survey. Using information collected from the survey, a heartworm incidence map will be created.
The ins and outs of severe equine asthma
The Horse
Imagine trying to breathe through a straw while walking at a brisk pace or even running. Desperately trying to suck enough oxygen into your lungs to get a good, deep breath, then blowing what air you’ve managed to inhale out through that same tiny tube. This is precisely how asthmatic people describe their attacks and how horses appear during asthma flare-ups—the panicked look in their eyes as they stand quietly, focusing all their energy on trying to fill those lungs with clean, fresh air, and the massive, concentrated effort needed to take each breath.
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