FRIDAY                  

12:00 pm                  On-site Registration

5:00 pm                    Ice breaker

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm    Evening speakers

 

Daniel E. Keyler, PharmD, FAACT 
Title: Introduction to the Symposium:  When a Snake Strikes and You're in the Middle of Nowhere!

 

Michael D. Cardwell, MS    
Title: Clinically Significant Reptiles of the American Southwest

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SATURDAY      

08:45 am – 09:00 am  

Introduction

 

09:00 am – 09:30 am  

Stephen P. Mackessy, PhD                                                                            

Title:  Pitviper Venoms: Composition, Variation and Its Influence on the Symptoms of Envenomation

 

09:30 am – 10:00 am  

William K. Hayes, PhD                                                                                  

Title:  The Kiss of Death: How Snakes Use Their Venom                          

 

10:00 am – 10:30 am  

Elda E. Sánchez, PhD                                                       

Title:  The Natural Toxins Research Center: A Resource to Support Snake and Snake Venom Related Research

 

BREAK 10:30 am – 11:00 am Geronimo Event Center

 

11:00 am – 11:30 am  

Jude T. McNally, RPh, DABAT  

Title: 100 YEARS OR SO TREATING SNAKEBITES WITH ANTIVENOM  

                                                                                                                             

11:30 am – 12:00 pm      

Sarah E. Carotenuto, DVM, DABVP (CF)    
Title: Treatment of Rattlesnake Envenomation in Small Animals: Lessons From a Lifetime

 

LUNCH 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Geronimo Event Center or On Your Own
 

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm      

Kimberly Wyatt, MS  
Title:  National Snakebite Support: A Social Media Platform for Improving Snakebite Education and Treatment

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm      

Nicklaus P. Brandehoff, MD                                                                             
Title: Evaluation of Pitviper Envenomation: Pre-hospitalization Protocols

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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm      

Spencer C. Greene, MD, MS, FACEP                                                                          
Title:  Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) Venoms and Envenomings

 

BREAK  3:30 pm – 4:00 pm    Geronimo Event Center

 

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm      

Daniel E. Keyler, PharmD, FAACT, Elizabeth A. Grossart, MD, Frank G. Walter, MD, and Bob Ashley 

Title:  Regional Case Study: A Bite from a Juvenile Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus morulus)

 

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm      

Craig W. Woods, DVM, MS, MBA  
Title:  Veterinary Medicine’s Snakebite Landscape

 

PRIVATE WORKSHOP    

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm      

Geronimo Event Center

 

BANQUET                  
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm      

Geronimo Event Center

Speaker:  Sean P. Bush, MD         

Title:  Nuances in the Medical Management of Pitviper Envenoming