2021 Virtual Spring Conference - Speakers
Patty Lathan, VMD, MS, DACVIM
Patty Lathan is an associate professor of small animal internal medicine at Mississippi State University. Her primary interest is endocrinology, specifically the management of adrenal disease and diabetes mellitus. She has published several articles and book chapters, given lectures throughout the United States and internationally, and currently serves as the President of the Society for Comparative Endocrinology. Her students also publish educational endocrine music videos as an assignment for her elective, and those can be viewed on her YouTube channel.
Renee Rucinsky, DVM, DABVP (Feline)
Renee Rucinsky is a 1994 graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, and has been a board-certified feline specialist since 2002. As a private practice veterinarian, she understands the day to day challenges and management of both primary and referral cases, and enjoys sharing practical tips for managing feline patients. Dr. Rucinsky is the owner of Mid Atlantic Cat Hospital in Queenstown, Maryland, and is in the process of opening the Mid Atlantic Feline Thyroid Center. She has authored multiple national guidelines, including AAHA Diabetic Management guidelines, AAFP Hyperthyroid guidelines, and AAFP Nursing Care guidelines, and also has authored the feline hyperthyroidism chapter in the upcoming Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult, 7th edition.