How to Be Your Pet’s Best Nurse
How to Be Your Pet’s Best Nurse
As a pet owner, you often take on the role of your pet’s nurse, whether it’s caring for them after surgery, managing their medications, or monitoring their recovery from an illness. Join us on Thursday, October 17th at 6pm ET as Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, Specialist in Oncology and Director of Pet Health Information at AMC, discusses how to be your pet’s best nurse. Learn the skills you need to excel in this role and ensure your pet’s well-being.
This is a free, online-only event hosted via Zoom (https://zoom.us/). The Zoom link will be emailed to all registered participants the day of the event. Please email UsdanInstitute@amcny.org with any questions.
Speaker
Ann Hohenhaus, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Oncology)
Senior Veterinarian, Specialist in Oncology
Director of Pet Health Information
Dr. Ann Hohenhaus is a third-generation veterinarian, double board-certified in Oncology and Small Animal Internal Medicine. As AMC’s Director of Pet Health Information, she writes AMC’s weekly blog, hosts a monthly “Ask the Vet” podcast, which has been ranked #4 on Feedspot’s 45 Top Pet Podcasts, and regularly speaks to national news media about animal health. In addition, she has contributed widely to research articles and textbooks, lectures internationally, and has won prestigious awards for her work in both veterinary medicine and journalism. In 2021, she joined the influential World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Oncology Working Group, which she currently chairs.
Dr. Hohenhaus is an active participant in AMC’s research mission and has written extensively in the veterinary literature. She is listed as an author on numerous publications in PubMed in the disciplines of oncology, internal medicine, and transfusion medicine, including: squamous cell carcinoma, mast cell tumors, melanoma, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and anemia. She authored many veterinary textbook chapters and is currently investigating immunotherapy for hemangiosarcoma in dogs. Dr. Hohenhaus lectures nationally and internationally, most recently in the Lima, Peru and Lisbon, Portugal.
In her spare time, Dr. Hohenhaus raises foster kittens as a member of the ASPCA Foster Kitten Team.
