Veterinary Medicine Trips

Learn Veterinary Medicine while enjoying adventure travel in Chile, Costa Rica, Peru or Africa! Join Dr. Sean Smarick in Chile or Dr. Michael Lappin in Peru, Costa Rica or Africa for a 19 hour CE Credit course in Veterinary Medicine. Bio Bio Expeditions has over 8 years of experience guiding CE course trips for medical professionals including physicians, nurses, paramedics, veterinarians and other paraprofessional specialists.

These exciting new courses are designed to offer a high-quality veterinarian medicine learning experience combined with the fun and excitement of outdoor adventure. The combination of a small class size, outstanding faculty, and a “hands-on” style of learning make these courses an excellent choice for Veterinarians who enjoy the outdoors.

These Veterinary Medicine journeys are off the beaten path and may include camping in tents or staying in primitive, rustic lodges accompanied. We serve delicious local fresh local cuisine. The hallmark of our Bio Bio trips is the level of camaraderie and friendly atmosphere you encounter while on them. You will be able to share perspectives with other students and faculty one-on-one and have opportunities to get to know local villagers. In addition, you will receive lots of individualized attention from your Bio Bio Expeditions Trip Leader. By the end of the trip, you will probably have made some good friends as well as had lots of fun fishing, rafting, kayaking or perhaps horse back riding in an adventurer’s paradise while learning Veterinary Medicine. Education has never been so sweet!

Find out more about our Veterinary Medicine learning adventures:

• Veterinary Medicine in Chile. Multi Sport trip on the Futaleufu river in Patagonia - : February 2nd - February 10th 2011 - Faculty - Dr Michael Lappin DVM, PhD,DACVIM and Catriona MacPhail DVM

Course Title - Small Animal Internal Medicine.

In this lecture Series Drs. Lappin and MacPhail plan to present a variety of new information concerning problems in small animal  internal medicine and soft tissue injury. The lectures will be presented using cases and there will plenty of opportunity for attendee participation. The focus will be on the gastronintestinal, respiratory and urinary systems.

About Dr. Sean Smarick

Dr. Sean Smarick is currently the Director of Allegheny Veterinary Emergency Associates in Pittsburg,. Pennsylvania. A founder of this 6,000 patient. 24-hour critical care and emergency hospital in 1994. Dr. Smarick is also a consultant and attending clinician at the Veterinary Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Dr. Smarick received his V.M.D, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991 and his Residency Certificate from the University of California at Davis Veterinary Teaching Hospital I 2003. Dr. Smarick has pursued grant research while at Davis and was a visiting scientist at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research at the University of Pennsylvania between 1996 and 2000. In addition, he has been published in numerous JAVMA and JVECC publications focused on small animal critical care and emergency care.

About Dr. Michael Lappin

After graduating from Oklahoma State University in 1981, Dr. Lappin completed a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Georgia.  After 2 years in a small animal practice in Los Angeles, he returned to the University of Georgia where he completed a small animal internal medicine residency and a PhD in Parasitology.  Dr. Lappin was board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 1987.  He is currently Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University.  Dr. Lappin studies feline infectious and immune-mediated diseases and has written over 200 primary research manuscripts and book chapters.  His principal areas of interest are prevention of infectious diseases, the upper respiratory disease complex, infectious causes of fever, infectious causes of diarrhea, and zoonoses of cats.  Dr. Lappin on the editorial board of Feline Medicine and Surgery and Compendium for Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian and is the editor of the textbook, Feline Internal Medicine Secrets.  Dr. Lappin has received the Beecham Research Award and the Norden Distinguished Teaching Award.  Dr. Lappin is the Kenneth W. Smith Professor in Small Animal Clinical Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University and is currently the Assistant Department Head for Research.  He was the chairperson of the AAFP Panel on Feline Zoonoses and the AAFP Bartonella Panel Report.  Dr. Lappin is the director of the “Center for Companion Animal Studies.”  He was selected to receive the European Society of Feline Medicine International Award 2008 for Outstanding Contribution to Feline Medicine and the Winn Feline Research Award in 2009.

About Catriona M. MacPhail DVM

Dr. MacPhail graduated from Texas A&M University in 1996. She completed a rotating small animal medicine and surgery internship at Colorado State University (CSU) followed by a small animal surgical residency. After completing her residency in 2000. Dr. MacPhail did a 2-year fellowship at CSU in soft tissue and oncologic surgery. Dr. MacPhail was board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2002. She has been on faculty at CSU as an assistant professor in small animal soft tissue surgery since 2002. Dr. MacPhail’s primary clinical interest is soft tissue surgery with an emphasis on upper and lower respiratory disease. wound management, and reconstructive surgery.

Justine A Lee DVM DACVECC

Dr. Justine Lee is a board-certified emergency critical care specialist, and is currently on faculty as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She obtained her veterinary degree at Cornell University and pursued her internship at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital, which is affiliated with the MSPCA. She has also completed an emergency fellowship and residency at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lee has been published in numerous veterinary journals and has authored severall veterinary book chapters. She has been aired on radio and television to promote preventative medicine, animal health, and the overall well-being of pets. Dr. Lee is a contributing author for various sled dog magazines and newsletters. She lectures throughout the world on emergency and critical care, and her research interests include acid-base balance, ventilator management, acute abdomen, coagulation disorders, fluid therapy, and exercise physiology. Dr. Lee has also written a book which will be released by Random House in April 2008 entitled It’s a Dog’s Life, but It’s Your Carpet: Everything you ever wanted to know about your four-legged friend, which is a humorous reference book that provides scientific answers to some of the most common, offbeat questions about our pets.