2024 Spring Conference - Speakers
Craig A. Clifford, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology)
Dr. Craig Clifford is a graduate of Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine and received an MS degree in Animal Science/Virology from the University of Delaware. After completing an internship and a medical oncology residency at the University of Pennsylvania, he became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology) in 2003. He is a medical oncologist at BluePearl Pet Hospital in Malvern, PA, and has recently been named the director of BluePearl Science.
He is active in clinical research within a referral setting and serves as an advisory board member with both industry and non-profit foundations. He has authored/co-authored over 70 papers and book chapters and is a frequent lecturer at major veterinary meetings in the USA and abroad. Dr. Clifford is a member of the VCA Pet Cancer Care Alliance Committee, has served on many VCS and ACVIM committees, is a member of the Oncology Pathology Working Group, and was an Examiner for the Australian Scientist’s Oncology Specialty Exam.
Julius M. Liptak, BVSc, MVetClinStud,
FANZCVSc, DACVS-SA, DECVS
ACVS Founding Fellow, Surgical Oncology
ACVS Founding Fellow, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
RCVS Specialist in Surgical Oncology
Dr. Julius Liptak is a specialist small animal surgeon, surgical oncologist, and founding partner at Capital City Specialty & Emergency Animal Hospital in Ottawa, Canada. He is a board-certified specialist in small animal surgery in Australia, North America, and Europe; an ACVS Founding Fellow in both Surgical Oncology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; and an RCVS Specialist in Surgical Oncology. He has published over 100 papers and book chapters on surgical oncology related topics in peer-reviewed veterinary and human journals, and veterinary surgery and oncology textbooks; and presented at numerous local, national, and international conferences. Dr. Liptak was founding President of the Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology, and is co-editor of Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology.