Lecture Specialist Lecture In Melbourne

[Charles Kuntz]

Charles Kuntz, one Australia's most highly respected veterinary surgeons, will present a seminar for pet owners on current trends in the treatment of injuries and diseases in animals. In a light-hearted and entertaining format, Charles will discuss the latest in orthopaedics, cancer surgery, advanced imaging (computed tomography and MRI), radiation therapy and many more, available to animals today in Australia. Specifically, Charles will show that with appropriate diagnosis and treatment, diagnoses like cancer, cruciate rupture, elbow dysplasia, hip dysplasia, heart defects and many more are treatable and often curable diseases. Charles will also discuss a procedure that he developed for the treatment of epilepsy where the brain is split in half using the assistance of a small camera to reduce the incidence of seizures and need for medications. The discussion will be case-based and will include lots of video and surgical photos (not for the queasy or faint hearted).

I have enclosed a brief biography.

Dr. Charles A. Kuntz, DVM, MS, MACVSc, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Specialist of Small Animal Surgery, Fellow of Surgical Oncology

Dr. Kuntz graduated from the University of Florida in 1990. He then did an internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. He completed a residency and Master's degree in surgery at Virginia Tech in 1994 and achieved specialty board certification in surgery in 1996. He did a one year fellowship in cardiovascular research and surgery. He completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Colorado State University, is one of 20 people world wide to have received this training. He was then a professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Colorado State University before he left for Northern Virginia where he started a surgical referral practice which was among the busiest in the Washington DC area. Charles moved to Australia 4 years ago and is the director of Specialty Surgery for Animals in Melbourne.

Dr. Kuntz has published many scientific articles, summary articles, abstracts, proceedings and book chapters on topics of surgical oncology. He was the chairperson of the oncology section of the National Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is the section editor of the oncology section of the current edition of Slatter's Textbook of Small Animal Surgery. He was the surgical expert on panel discussions of feline vaccine associated soft tissue sarcomas at recent meetings of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He was asked to write a chapter for a human surgical oncology textbook in bone cancer because of his reputation and expertise in cancer surgery. He started and currently runs Australia's first deep radiation therapy unit for animals. He has 5 United States patents for devices used in the treatment of diseases in animals. He has personally operated on over 5,000 patients with cancer with local cure rates of over 95%. Charles has been seen on "Talk to the Animals", "Animal ER", "A Current Affair", "National Nine News", "The Today Show" as well as numerous appearances on ABC radio. He receives referrals from all over Australia and consultations by phone and email world-wide.

[springdog]

Can you please advise of time, date, venue, cost and booking details.

Many thanks

[Charles Kuntz]

26 Feb 2009 7:00 pm

KC Park at Skye (near Cranborne) in the pavillion

No charge- Just happy to have you come.

Thanks for the interest,

Charles