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Mount Rushmore – Badlands National Park – Rapid City SD 2025

September 4 - 6, 2025

Original price was: $1,045.00.Current price is: $945.00.

Topics:
Cardiology - Dr. Camden Rouben
Internal Medicine - Dr. Catherine Cortright

Discover Mount Rushmore and Badlands National Park

Conveniently located within an hour’s drive of six national parks, Rapid City is close to outdoor adventure while offering plenty of big-city comforts and attractions.

Take in views of the Badlands and pose for a picture with larger-than-life dinosaur sculptures at Dinosaur Park. Stroll through downtown’s colorful Art Alley to see murals, and then explore museums such as the South Dakota Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Geology. Little ones will love the themed playgrounds at Storybook Island (open seasonally), while all ages will get a thrill at wildlife attractions such as Bear Country USA and Reptile Gardens.

 

September 4, 2025
12-12:30pm REGISTRATION: Sign in and Pick a seat! Vista Ballroom
12:30-12:40 Welcome
12:40-1:30pm I Just Heard a Murmur, What Do I Do?
1:40-2:55pm ECGs for GPs
2:55-3:15pm BREAK AND SNACK
3:15-4:30pm
4:40-5:30pm
5:45-6:45pm WELCOME MINGLE Governor's Lawn/Beach North

September 5, 2025
7-8am BREAKFAST BUFFET for Hyatt Place Guests in Restaurant
8-8:50am
9-9:50am
10-10:50am
10:50-11:10am BREAK AND SNACK
11:10–12noon Updates on Feline Cardiomyopathy: Realistic Expectations, Medications, & More!
12:10-1pm Diet Associated Cardiomyopathy
1pm EXPLORE AND ENJOY MOUNT RUSHMORE - BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK RAPID CITY!

September 6, 2025
7-8am BREAKFAST BUFFET for Hyatt Place Guests in Restaurant
8-8:50am Managing Complicated Heart Failure Patients - When Furosemide Is Not Enough
9-9:50am Seizure Versus Syncope
10-10:50am Managing Complicated Heart Failure Cases: Case Based Lecture
10:50-11:10am BREAK AND SNACK
11:10–12noon
12:10-1pm
1pm VetVacationCE Concludes: BOOK YOUR NEXT VET VACATION!

Save with Early Registration

Super Saver Rate: $945 with 90 days advanced registration
VetVacationCE Rate: $995 from 89 days to 45 days advanced registration
JetSetter Rate: $1045 less than 45 days advanced registration

Technician Discount

If you are a technician, use Coupon Code TECH75 for $75 off the regular registration rate.

RACE approved CE

15 Hours of RACE approved for CE for Veterinarians and Technicians.

Your Destination

Hyatt Place Rapid City Downtown

Rapid City Block5 Hyatt
Call in:
Referring Code/Group Name: VETVACATIONCE
Room Rate: $199 for double occupancy hotel room plus 7.2% sales tax plus 1.5% tourism tax plus $2 occupancy tax per night.

WIFI
Cozy corner sleeper sofa
Mini refrigerators in-room
Hyatt's signature mattress
Complimentary self-parking

Getting There

Rapid City (RAP) Airport is 9 miles away from Rapid City.

Cardiology

Camden Rouben, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)

Born in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky, Dr. Camden Rouben caught the veterinary medicine bug at the age of 15 when he first began assisting at his local veterinary clinic. After veterinary school at Auburn University, Dr. Rouben completed a rotating internship at VCA Aurora in Illinois, followed by a cardiology residency at the University of Florida where he received specialty training in medical and interventional management of canine, feline, equine, food animal and exotic animal cardiac disease. He achieved Diplomate status of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) in 2022. He is currently working at a busy private practice referral hospital in Charlotte, NC. His primary interests in this specialty are interventional cardiology, congenital heart diseases and reptile cardiology. His hobbies include anything/everything outside, travelling, and all things soccer/football.

Presentation Synopsis

1. Seizure Versus Syncope
2. ECGs for GPs
3. I Just Heard a Murmur, What Do I Do?
4. Managing Complicated Heart Failure Patients - When Furosemide Is Not Enough
5. Diet Associated Cardiomyopathy
6. Updates on Feline Cardiomyopathy: Realistic Expectations, Medications, and More!
7. Managing Complicated Heart Failure Cases: Case Based Lecture (75 minutes)

Internal Medicine

Catherine Cortright DVM, DACVIM

Dr. Cortright studied Zoology and Ecology at Ohio Wesleyan and Case Western prior to attending Veterinary school at The Ohio State University. She completed an internship at Purdue prior to heading to Ithaca to complete an Internal Medicine residency at Cornell. After meeting her husband in Ithaca, she decided to put down roots in central New York and has been with VCA Colonial Animal Hospital since shortly after finishing her residency in 2014.
Dr. Cortright has three children and various unremarkable but loveable 4-legged companions. She enjoys traveling to amusement parks with her kids and her husband, eating out, volunteering with the Ithaca chapter of the Street Dog Coalition, and all things Internal Medicine, but especially endocrine disease and liver disease.

Presentation Synopsis

1. Feline Diabetes Mellitus
2. Cushing’s Disease
3. Adrenal Diseases in Cats
4. Lyme Disease
5. Chronic Enteropathy in Cats
6. Chronic Enteropathies in Dogs
7. Immune-Mediated Polyarthropathy in Dogs
8. Review of lLver Enzymopathies in Dogs