2025 Companion Animal Antimicrobial Stewardship Workshop
May 12-13, 2025 Raleigh, North Carolina
This represents the second meeting of companion animal antimicrobial stewards and provides an important opportunity to develop strategies for cohesive and collaborative efforts moving forward. Attendees will build upon progress made towards previously identified challenges and opportunities within companion animal antimicrobial stewardship with three main areas of focus:
- Hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs
- Research opportunities and needs
- Antimicrobial stewardship curriculum
Conference Overview
- Who: Representatives from veterinary schools and key partners
- What: A one-and-a-half day, in-person companion animal antimicrobial stewardship workshop. Topics will include working group updates, including progress made and challenges to implementation of hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs, research opportunities and needs, and antimicrobial stewardship curriculum. A half day will be focused on infection prevention and control using carbapenem-resistant organisms as a model.
- When: May 12–13, 2025
- Where: College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State University. (Raleigh, North Carolina)
- Contact: This workshop is hosted by North Carolina State University, the University of Minnesota, Tufts University, and the Ohio State University. Email ceregistration@ncsu.edu with questions or concerns.
Agenda
Monday, May 12, 2025
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30am | Check-In and Breakfast | |
| 8:30am | Welcome | Dean Kathryn Meurs | North Carolina State University Erin Frey, DVM, MPH, DACVPM | North Carolina State University |
| 8:45am | Keynote – Guidelines and Organized Antimicrobial Stewardship: An International Perspective | Fergus Allerton, BVSc, CertSAM, DipECVIM-CA, FRCVS |
| 9:30am | 2023 Workshop Review and Working Group Updates | |
| 10:30am | Break | |
| 10:45am | Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: Lightning Talks Can regulation support antimicrobial stewardship workforce development in the veterinary microbiology laboratory? Claire Burbick, DVM, PhD, DACVM | Washington State University Choose to Culture Silene St. Bernard, DVM, DACVPM | VCA Animal Hospitals Developing AMR Dashboards for the Rural and Regional Veterinary Practice Babafela Awosile, DVM, MVSc, PhD, DACPM(Epi) | Texas Tech University Antimicrobial Stewardship Education for Companion Animal Practices in Iowa Jenna Bjork, DVM, MPH | Iowa State University Center for Food Security & Public Health AMS Program Implementation in a Large Organization: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned Ben O’Kelley, DVM, DACVECC | Bluepearl Pet Hospitals | |
| 11:45am | Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: Advancing Priorities Large Group Discussion | |
| 12:15pm | Lunch | |
| 1:15pm | Research: Progress Barriers and Lightning Talks A Decade of Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Across >50,000 Culture Submissions in a University Tertiary Veterinary Hospital Ilya Slizovskiy, DVM, PhD, MPH | Purdue University The Impact of Diagnostic Testing on Antimicrobial Selection Dubraska Diaz-Campos, DVM, PhD | Ohio State University Equine Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices at a Teaching Hospital 2021 Gillian Perkins, DVM, DACVIM | Cornell University A survey of veterinarians and LVTs in Virginia on antimicrobial stewardship practices and barriers to implementation in companion animal practice Cassidy Rist, DVM, MPH, DACVPM | Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Do pet owners properly dispose of a pet’s antimicrobial medications? Brandy Burgess, DVM, MSc, PhD, DACVIM, DACVPM | University of Georgia | |
| 2:15pm | Research: Advancing Research Discussion | |
| 2:45pm | Break | |
| 3:00pm | Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum: Progress and Barriers Lightning Talks Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Challenges in Implementing Updated Breakpoints through Education and Collaboration Cassie Donnell, PharmD, RPh | North Carolina State University Using a Social Learning Platform to Promote Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Students Patricia Dowling, DVM, MSc, DACVIM, DACVCP | Western College of Veterinary Medicine Integrating Interactive Teaching Modules into Preclinical Curricula in Veterinary Medical and Veterinary Nursing Programs Lynn Guptill, DVM, PhD, DACVIM | Purdue University Integrating Pharmacology and Microbiology in Antibiotic Decision Making Sara Lawhon, DVM, PhD, DACVM | Texas A&M University What makes veterinary students confident antimicrobial prescribers? Tessa LeCuyer, DVM, PhD, DACVM | University of California, Davis | |
| 4:00pm | Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum: Advancing Priorities Discussion | |
| 4:30pm | Day 1 Debrief | |
| 4:45pm | Poster Session Ice Cream Social and Optional Small Animal Hospital Tour |
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00am | Welcome | |
| 8:05am | Anti-infective stewardship: Beyond bacterial pathogens | Jane Sykes, BVSc, PhD, MPH, MBA, FNAP, DACVIM (SAIM) | University of California-Davis |
| 8:30am | CRE Happened to Me: Recognition and approach to CRE infections in veterinary hospitals | Stephen Cole, MS, VMD, DACVM (Bacteriology/Mycology, Immunology, Virology) | University of Pennsylvania Jason Stull, VMD, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM | University of Prince Edward Island |
| 11:10am | Operationalizing Infection Prevention and Control and Epidemiology Update | Ian DeStefano, DVM, DACVECC | Tufts University |
| 11:30am | Working Group Tasking for Next Steps | |
| 12:00pm | Adjourn, box lunch to go |
Registration Closed
$50.00 – Includes 2 breakfasts & 2 lunches
Location and Lodging
All presentations held at NC State Veterinary Medicine. 1060 William Moore Drive. Raleigh, NC 27607
2 options for lodging with Workshop rates
Aloft Raleigh 2100 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607
Group Rate: $189 night + tax.
Set in the heart of Raleigh, the hotel is across from NC State University. There is a free Wolfline Bus stop one block away that will take you to and from the Workshop (Route 60)
Hilton Garden Inn Raleigh /Crabtree Valley 3912 Arrow Drive Raleigh, NC 27612
Group Rate: $169 night + tax
Next to the Crabtree Valley Mall, by the intersection of I-440 and Highway 70. The hotel offers a free shuttle to and from the workshop as well as local restaurants
Stay for the 2025 NIAMRRE Conference
Extend your stay in Raleigh and join CAAMS at the 2025 NIAMRRE Conference May 13-15, directly following the 2025 Companion Animal Antimicrobial Stewardship Workshop. CAAMS workshop attendees save $50 on non-member pricing and NIAMRRE members save 10% through March 1 when registering for the NIAMRRE Conference. Contact events@niamrre.org with questions.
