Dr. Samantha Evans, DVM, PHD, DACVP

Bio:

Dr. Samantha Evans is a native of Boulder, Colorado and attended Colorado State University for her BS in chemistry, followed by a combined DVM/PhD program at the University of California Davis, where her PhD dissertation focused on feline immunodeficiency virus latency. Next, Dr. Evans completed a medicine and surgery internship at Michigan State University and then circled back to CSU for a residency in clinical pathology. She was faculty at the Ohio State University for four years but is now back home in Colorado as an assistant professor of clinical pathology at CSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Evans lives in Fort Collins with 1 dog, 2 cats, 3 babies, and her husband David, and studies feline infectious peritonitis from both diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives.

Synopsis:

This lecture will provide an overview of the remarkable paradigm shift that has occurred in veterinary virology related to feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), including advances in FIP diagnosis and the use of antiviral drugs to effectively cure FIP. This is a rapidly evolving landscape, and current best practice in FIP therapy will be presented, as well as answers to frequently asked questions about treating cats in your own practice.