CVMA General meeting reminder Be sure to come to the CVMA general meeting held at noon at the June 11, 2008 Continuing Education Seminar at the Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. WINGS UPDATE: The next monthly WINGS Pet Loss Support Group meeting will be Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at 7:30 pm.

Dermatology, the focus of our June 11, 2008 CE SEMINAR, will be held at the Drury Lane, Oak Brook. "Otology" and "Newer Diseases and Therapeutics in Dermatology" will be the topics of this two-part presentation by Dr. Rodney Rosychuk DVM, DACVIM. The otology segment will feature a discussion of video otoscopy, its value as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool, and current thinking on the management of chronic allergic otitis externa, pseudomonas otitis, canine and feline ceruminoliths, and feline aural polyps. The second part of Dr. Rosychuk's talk will include an overview of management of atopy in the dog and cat, conformational pododermatitis in dogs, canine and feline demodex, vasculitis and ischemic dermatopathies, dermatoses of the canine and feline nasal planum, and selected non-pruritic, non-inflammatory alopecia syndromes in the dog. The CVMA is pleased to welcome Dr. Rosychuk as a lecturer. Dermatology CE attendees, please note the change in location for all 2008 CE meetings. We are at The Drury Lane, Oak Brook; we are no longer at Hamburger University. The fee for the Dermatology CE program is $110 for CVMA members, $150 for non-members. Registration begins at 7:30 am and the session begins at 8:00 am. To pre-register for the June 11, 2008 lecture, please call (630)325-1231 or email cvma@chicagovma.org, no later than Friday before the Wednesday seminar.