Kauai, Hawaii 2025July 24 - 26, 2025
Original price was: $1,045.00.$945.00Current price is: $945.00.
Hotel: Royal Sonesta Kauai Resort
Topics:
Cardiology - Dr. Amara Estrada
InternalMedicine/Emergency Critical Care – Dr. Christopher Byers
NO PASSPORT REQUIRED! Learn about Veterinary Cardiology and Emergency Critical Care/Internal medicine while on your beach vacation in Kauai Hawaii. Escape to paradise at The Royal Sonesta Kaua’i Resort Lihue, surrounded by lush, verdant landscapes. Our Kauai beachfront resort is perfectly located just 2 miles from Lihue Airport. The Royal Sonesta offers a FREE shuttle service to and from the airport for guests. Stay mere moments from stunning stretches of golden sand and an array of thrilling outdoor adventures. Settle into the comfort of our well-appointed rooms boasting views of the ocean, gardens, or pool. Enjoy lavish amenities such as four on-site restaurants, beachside spa treatments, the largest one-level pool in Hawaii, and a fitness center.
July 24, 2025 | July 25, 2025 | July 26, 2025 |
Your Destination
Royal Sonesta Kauai Resort
Referring Code/Group Name: VetVacationCE
Room Rate: Room Rate: $389 King Garden View $419 2 Queen Garden View $439 King Pool View 1 bedroom suites available $899 upon request (plus $25 resort fee pn plus 17.962% tax, $10 porterage fee pp RT). Housekeeping gratuities are optional $2.00 per day. Children 17 and under stay free with existing bedding. Third and/or fourth person over the age of 17 is an additional charge of $50.00 + tax per day. Maximum occupancy is four (4) to a room.
Room rate is available 3 nights before and after the event based on availability. The hotel has shuttle availability from the airport.
Hotel check in time is 4:00 PM check out time is 12:00PM.
The cost for parking is $40.00 for valet and $30.00 for self-parking
The resort fee includes the following amenities:
• Daily Enhanced Internet Service (''Accept Fees to Access Account'' will not be charged)
• Local & Long Distance Domestic Calls
• Airport Shuttle on Demand
• Daily Fitness Classes (Alternating Yoga and Aqua Fit, up to 2 people).
• Cultural Classes
• 24 Hour Access to Fitness Center
• One (1) appetizer or dessert in Kukui's restaurant per room, per stay
• Two (2) Complimentary Mai Tais at Kukui’s Restaurant per room, per stay
The Hotel may charge Group’s attendees, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, (an ''Early Departure Fee'') equal to
the attendee’s room charge for one (1) night, plus tax, as compensation to the Hotel if the attendee checks out of the Hotel
prior to the attendee’s scheduled departure date, without notifying the Hotel at check-in of the change in scheduled departure.
Getting There
Distance from Airport: 2 miles from Lihue International Airport (LIH).
Cardiology
Amara Estrada DVM, DACVIM and DACVIM (Cardiology)
Dr. Amara Estrada is a tenured Full Professor of Cardiology and the Associate Chair for instruction in Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. She is board certified in veterinary cardiology by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and is actively involved in all four years of veterinary student education. She has been on faculty at the University of Florida for 20 years. She frequently speaks at continuing education meetings both on a national and international level. She enjoys her collaborations with her colleagues within the veterinary cardiology & pediatric cardiology disciplines as well as her colleagues engaged in Interprofessional Education and One Health in the Health Sciences Center at the University of Florida. Her research interests are centered on inherited cardiomyopathies, gene replacement and gene editing therapies and interprofessional education. She graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and completed her comparative cardiology residency program at Cornell University. Dr. Estrada is currently serving on the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education and is part of the executive committee for that organization.
Presentation Synopsis
1. ABCDs of Cardiology
2. Echo in General Practice
3. Updates on Chronic Valve Disease Part 1
4. Updates on Chronic Valve Disease Part 2
5. Updates on DCM
6. Cardiology on a Budget Part 1
7. Cardiology on a Budget Part 2
Internal Medicine/Emergency Critical Care
Christopher Byers DVM, ACVECC
Dr. Christopher G. Byers is a board-certified veterinary emergency & critical care and small animal internal medicine specialist, as well as a certified veterinary journalist, based in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his Bachelor of Science degree as a University Honors Scholar in Animal Sciences from Colorado State University and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University. Dr. Byers works as a teleconsultant in emergency/critical care and small animal internal medicine for VetCT. He is the Co-Editor of the textbook, Feline Emergency & Critical Care Medicine and has published chapters and articles in numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Byers also publishes a blog called CriticalCareDVM.com with goals to educate pet owners and promote the triad of care.
Presentation Synopsis
1. Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Cats
2. Pattern-Based Approach to Respiratory Distress
3. Practical Approach to the Acute Abdomen
4. Acute Pancreatitis in Dogs
5. Hyperadrenocorticism - Diagnosis & Management
6. Practical Diagnosis & Management of IMHA
7. Urethral Obstruction in Cats
8. Common Upper Airway Disorders
9. Pattern Recognition in Respiratory Distress
10. A Practical Approach to Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia
11. Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s disease)
12. The Problem of Persistent Puking
13. Remembering the Basics in treatment of shock
14. Delving into Diabetic Ketoacidosis
15. Feline Thyrotoxicosis
16. Fluid Therapy Update, including endothelial glycocalyx