Welcome to the NCASAM website! This association of veterinarians, formed in 1970, is a non-profit organization whose purpose and objectives includes the advancement of the individual's skills and knowledge of small animal medicine and surgery through post-graduate study; the promotion of the highest standards of veterinary medicine and services; and the promotion of fellowship opportunities for veterinarians with similar interests.

Here is our calendar of one-day meetings:
Click here for directions to the Dennis Wicker Civic Center in Sanford, NC

February 1, 2012   Click Here to RSVP	8:30am to 12:30am Jaime Tarigo, DVM, DACVP and Jennifer Neel, DVM, DACVP from the NCSU CVM, will be lecturing on "Cytology",-Principles and practices of cytology in small animal medicine, the basic concepts and commonly diagnosed diseases using cytology 1:30 to 4:30pm Shila Nordone, MS, PhD will be lecturing on "Immunology"Vaccine Principles and Practice, How vaccines work and how protocol decisions are made. Overview of immune response to vaccine antigens, Canine (AAHA) and Feline (AAFP) 2012 guidelines and updates. Lecture in Sanford, is for 7 hours of continuing education. Lunch is sponsored by Merial. To make your reservation for this meeting, a FREE LUNCH, printed notes, and CE certificate, click on the RSVP to the left.
March 7, 2012   Click Here to RSVP	Douglas Palma DVM, DACVIM (SAIM) Animal Medical Center, New York, will be lecturing on "Respiratory Talks" with topics to include: Upper Airway Disease, Case Studies in Respiratory Disease, Getting the Most From Respiratory Diagnostics, Dealing with Chronic Respiratory Infections, Palliative Care for Respiratory Disease, Identification and Localization of Respiratory disease, Medical Management of Tracheal Disease, New Topics in Respiratory Disease, Bread and Butter: Practical Management of Feline Asthma, and Chronic Bronchitis. Lecture will be from 8:00am to 4:30 pm in Sanford for 8 hours of Continuing education. Dr. Palma has requested additional lecture time that he feels will be clinically helpful to the practitioner so breaks and lunch will be shortened to accommodate his presentation in Sanford. To make your reservation for this meeting, a FREE LUNCH, printed notes, and CE certificate, click on the RSVP to the left.
April 4, 2012   Click Here to RSVP	Fred Metzger, DVM, Diplomate ABVP, will be lecturing on "Practioner Challenge: Diagnosing and Managing the Difficult Senior Patient" from 8:00am to 4:30 pm in Sanford for 7 hours of continuing education, To make your reservation for this meeting, a FREE lunch, printed notes and CE certificate, click on the RSVP to the left.
May 2, 2012   Click Here to RSVP	Michael Willard, DVM, MS-in InternalMedicine, Professor of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Texas A&M University will be lecturing on "Internal Medicine" from 8:00 am to 4:30pm in Sanford for 8 hours of continuing education. Note that breaks and lunch will be shortened to accomodate the length of this presentation. Topics include: Difficult to diagnose and treat causes of regurgitation and vomiting, canine pancreatitis, hepatobiliary tract diseases of dogs: diagnosis and treatment of the more difficult cases including congenital shunts, chronic hepatitis, septic cholecystitis and things that mimic them. To make your reservation for this meeting, a FREE LUNCH, printed notes, and CE certificate, click on the RSVP to the left. This meeting is sponsored by Nutramax Laboratories
September 5, 2012   Click Here to RSVP	Terah Webb, DVM, DACVO, ophthalmologist at Medvet Columbus, Ohio, and specialty internship and residency programs director will be lecturing on "Ophthalmology" with topics to include: ocular exam techniques and tips, ulcers, to grid or not to grid that is the question, retinal exams, interpretations, and disease, Trauma: when to treat, refer, or enucleate, glaucoma diagnosis, medical and surgical treatments, ophthalmic surgery for the general practice, from 8:00am to 4:30pm in Sanford, for 7 hours of continuing education. To make your reservation for this meeting, a FREE LUNCH, printed notes, and CE certificate, click on the RSVP to the left.
October 11-14, 2012   Click Here to RSVP	NCASAM GREAT SMOKIES VETERINARY CONFERENCE held annually at the Asheville Renaissance Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina.
November 7, 2012   Click Here to RSVP	M. Joseph Bojarab, DVM, MS, PhD., surgeon from Las Vegas, Nevada, will be lecturing on "Surgery" with topics to include: superficial cosmetic surgery and wound management, herniorrhaphy-inguinal, perineal, diaphragmatic hernia repair and New Products review, from 8:00am to 4:30pm in Sanford for 7 hours of continuing education. To make your reservation for this meeting, a FREE LUNCH, printed notes, and Ce certificate, click on the RSVP to the left.
December 5, 2012   Click Here to RSVP

Please be advised that, despite the fact that the Academy has already posted notes for the speakers for this upcoming meeting, speakers are infrequently subject to change due to emergencies or other circumstances beyond the Academy's control. While last-minute speaker changes are rare, the Academy does not guarantee in any way that any particular speaker will actually speak at the upcoming meeting.