Dr. Kari Foss – Neurology

About Kari Foss, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology)

Kari Foss, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology) is an associate professor of neurology and neurosurgery at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Foss earned her veterinary degree from the University of Illinois and completed a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Blue Pearl Irvine in Irvine, California. She then moved on to a residency in neurology and neurosurgery at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio while simultaneously earing her master’s degree in veterinary clinical sciences. Dr. Foss is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the specialty of Neurology.

Dr. Foss has an interest in neuroimaging and how advances in magnetic resonance imaging may improve diagnostic capabilities for diseases such as cancer and epilepsy. She also has an interest in anticonvulsant therapy and has published several pharmacokinetic studies investigating newer anticonvulsants and alternate delivery methods.

Dr. Foss cohabitates with her husband along with a dog with scoliosis (of course!) and a cat named Betty White. She enjoys traveling, going to concerts, hiking, and brewery-hopping wherever she travels.

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Presentation Synopsis

1. Nuggets of the Neurologic Examination
2. Neurolocalization 75 min
3. Seizure Management – What’s in My Toolbox
4. Approach to the Vestibular Patient
5. Approach to the Down Dog
6. When You Can't Refer the Neurologic Pet
7. Collapsing Patients – Seizure Versus syncope?
8. Neurologic Emergencies