There is no cost to attend this lecture but preregistration is required.

Lecture description:

Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) is a common cause of vision loss in dogs, yet remains a poorly understood condition for which no proven effective treatments are currently available. This lecture will include a review of clinical aspects of SARDS and an update on current research.

This program has been RACE approved for 2.0 CE credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.

Speaker bio:

Dr. Kristen Gervais is a native of central Massachusetts. She completed her undergraduate degree in biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2007, and received her DVM from Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in 2011. Kristen then completed a small animal rotating internship at Michigan State University, followed by an ophthalmology research fellowship studying retinal degenerative diseases in dogs. She then traveled to Columbus, OH for another research fellowship and ophthalmology residency at Ohio State University. Kristen completed her residency and obtained a Master of Science degree in Comparative and Veterinary Medicine at OSU in 2017, and after 6 years in the Midwest is thrilled to return to her home of New England.

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