The Association for Veterinary Orthopedic Research and Education
AVORE News and Upcoming Meetings
Winter 2026
- January 15 - 17, 2026
San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter
660 K Street, San Diego, California 92101
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January 2026 Meeting Agenda -
*Subject to changes.
Thursday Jan 15th:
2:00-4:00 pm: AVORE Council Business Meeting
4:00-6:00 pm: AVORE Sponsored Event (open to all AVORE members/attendees)
Friday Jan 16th:
AM: Keynote (3 hours): Karen Perry
8:00-9:00 am: Feline Medial Humeral Epicondylitis: What We Know, What we are
Questioning, and What we Need to Know (60 min)
9:00-10:00 am: Complex Feline Traumatology of Long Bones and Joints: A Case Based
Discussion (60 min)
10:00-10:30 am: Exhibitor Showcase
10:30-10:45 am: Coffee/Restroom Break
10:45-11: 45 am: Complex Feline Traumatology Complications: A Case Based
Discussion (60 min)
11:45 am-1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00-1:20 pm: Scott Fetherston – Case presentation on bilateral thoracic limb partial
amputation using custom external fixation based prothesis (20 min)
1:20-1:40 pm: Christina De Armond - Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty using the BFX
Stem in Small-Breed Dogs and Cats: Early Radiographic and Clinical Results (20 min)
1:40-2:00 pm: Massimo Petazzoni – Clinical Use of a Transarticular dynamic external
skeletal fixator to treat MPL with tibial rotation in 17 dogs: A retrospective case series
(20 min)
2:00-2:20 pm: Matt Brunke – Arthramid and Synovetin research updates (20 min)
2:20-2:35 pm: Exhibitor Showcase
2:35-3:15 pm: Coffee/Restroom Break/Visit Exhibitors
3:15-3:30 pm: Massimo Petazzoni - Hip Replacement and Intraoperative Navigation (15 min)
3:30-3:50 pm: Caleb Hudson - TBD (20 min)
3:50-4:05 pm: Gia Diaz - Effect of Calibration Marker Position and Radiographic Beam
Centering on Accuracy of Computer-Assisted TPLO Planning: A Radiographic Study
Using a Canine Tibia Model (15 min)
4:05-4:25 pm: PJ Rocheleau – TKR surgical criteria and TKR pilot data (20 min)
4:25-4:40 pm: Exhibitor Showcase
4:40-5:00 pm: Coffee/Restroom Break/Visit Exhibitors
5:00-6:00 pm: Guest Speaker
Total CE Hours Day 1: 6
Saturday:
AM: Keynote (1 hour): Karen Perry
8:00-9:00 am: Interlocking Nail in the Feline (60 min)
9:00-9:30 am: Jaron Naiman – Strategies for distal tibial fracture fixation with I-loc (30
min)
9:30-9:50 am: Ming Lu – Angular deformity correction using bone lengthening and
angulation correction (20 min)
9:50-10:05 am: Exhibitor Showcase
10:05-10:20 am: Exhibitor Showcase
10:20-10:30 am:
Coffee/Restroom Break
10:30-10:50 am: Gabriel Ramirez – Arthroscopic versus Open Surgical Techniques for
the placement of EVOlig Using Objective Gait Analysis (20 min)
10:50-11:10 am: Annie Pankowski - Custom Alignment Guide Improves Accuracy of
Distal Bolt Capture in Contoured Angle Stable Interlocking Nail (20 min)
11:10-11:30: Gabriel Ramirez – Long term effectiveness of the INOAT Protocol in
Managing Osteoarthritis (20 min)
11:30-1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00-1:20 pm: Stephen Jones - The Combination of BMP-2 and Calcium Sulfate Beads
-Trochanteric Fracture Repair Complication Post THR (20 min)
1:20-1:35 pm: PJ Rocheleau – Stifle hyperlaxity data (15 min)
1:35-1:50 pm: Zac Smith – Case Presentation of using a Steroid Joint Injections for a
Dog with Severe Elbow Dysplasia and Uncontrollable Diabetes (15 min)
1:50-2:10 pm: Lia Domeny – THR cup revision abstract (20 min)
2:10-2:30 pm: Andrew Levin - TBD (20 min)
2:30-2:45 pm: Exhibitor Showcase
2:45-3:15 pm: Coffee/Restroom/Visit Exhibitors
3:15-6:15 pm: Mini-Fragment Implants Systems Hands On “Playground” Dry Lab
Total CE hours Day 2: 7
Total CE Hours: 13 hours
About our meetings:
Exact times of presentations may change based on topic flow and time availability.
Meeting attendees are expected to present a case report, retrospective case series, practice tip, journal article review or share a summary from another meeting. Please see the meeting agenda for meeting details.
Free communications: AVORE encourages participation from all attendees. If you have something you would like to present but didn’t get onto the program, time has been set aside in Free Communications at the end of both days. Please contact Fred Pike or David Dycus with your topic.
* “The course will be submitted for 15** hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB’s RACE approval; however, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions of certain methods of delivery of continuing education.”
Registration and Fees
Registration will be limited to the first 50 registrants.
To register for the AVORE meeting please email .
You will be placed on the registration list and an invoice for the registration fees will be sent.
Registration fees $600 if registered and paid before the meeting
Registration fees if registering at the meeting $650
Technicians and nursing staff $100
(AVORE Council Members’ dues cover the meeting registration fees.)
If you wish to pay with a check:
Please mail your check payable to AVORE to: Kibby Brackman, 4519 NE 24th Street, Renton, WA 98059
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Meeting Information
AVORE sends out email announcements with the dates, place, agenda and meeting particulars. You do not have to be a member to attend the meetings. To receive meeting announcements via email please contact the Executive Secretary to be placed on the distribution list. The Executive Secretary oversees the meeting registration and dinner/special events reservations as needed for each meeting. If you have any questions or special requirements for a meeting, please see the "Contact" page of this website.
