Date:  Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
Time:  7:00-8:00 pm EST

Topic: "The Use of hemp cannabinoids: from Farm to the Clinic"

For our next event, we will be hosting Dr. Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (nutrition), DACVSMR who will be speaking about cannabinoid use in veterinary medicine! More information below:

This presentation is appropriate for veterinarians and technicians.

Here are the quick details:

• This meeting is open to member veterinarians and technicians.
  
• After registration with the WMVMA, you will receive an email to register with Zoom. You MUST register with Zoom to receive the link to the webinar. 

About the event topic:

Cannabinoid use is growing in veterinary medicine with indications emerging around mobility, seizure control, and itchy dogs with evidence continuing to mount.  Understanding how and when it can be used is important in a time when clients are asking about it regularly.  The regulation of hemp as a supplement is complex, but the web is becoming untangled due to new AAVSB guidelines which will be discussed.  Most importantly veterinarians need to understand the quality control mechanism in place to ensure that what you are providing is hemp.  Consistency and research around the products and which species can use it effectively are important issues that will be addressed since the pharmacokinetics across species are highly variable.

About our speaker:

Dr. Joe received his Bachelors and Master of Science degrees from Montclair State College from his home state of NJ. He then attended Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine and then began an Anatomic Pathology residency after graduation in 1998. His passion for nutrition led to his non-traditional Veterinary Nutrition residency during his time at Cornell, as well as a PhD in pharmacology in 2005. Prior to this he did locum work in the Finger Lakes area and went into General Practice in Connecticut from 2005-2006 before returning to Cornell as an Assistant Professor on Nutrition at the College of Veterinary Medicine. During this time he rose through the ranks to become a Full Professor in 2018 while also becoming a founding member of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, not only serving on the Board from 2010-2014, but also helped lead the American College of Veterinary Nutrition during a similar time frame.

Dr. Joe has been service Chief of Service for the Nutrition Department at Cornell since 2007 and was Chief of Service of the Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation department from 2014-2018. He has been very active in benchtop and clinical studies at Cornell in the areas of obesity, cancer cell biology, nutraceuticals, sporting dog metabolism and nutrient requirements. He has authored over a dozen book chapters and well over 100 peer reviewed publications and is a perennial speaker at VMX and WVC on the cannabinoids in veterinary medicine which has been a research focus of his over the last 5 years.