Annual Meeting Information
Society of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery 21st Annual Scientific Meeting. June 16th - 18th, 2022
2022 SVSTS Meeting:
New Orleans
Hotel Information: Bourbon Orleans Hotel
Use this link for hotel reservation system so as to get the SVSTS convention rate.
Please book prior to May 15th to get the discounted room rate. The hotel will still take reservations after May 15th, but the price will increase to the normal hotel rate.
Please register with the following form, and be sure that your dues are current and registration fee is paid.
**Last day to pre-register online is June 1, 2022. After this date, you can still register on-site.**
COVID precautions: At the current time, New Orleans is requiring masks in all indoor spaces. Additionally, proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours is required to access certain businesses (restaurants, bars, event spaces, performance venues). Please be aware of these requirements when making arrangements to travel to the meeting. The latest guidelines for the city of New Orleans can be found here: https://ready.nola.gov/incident/coronavirus/safe-reopening/.
Abstract Guidelines:
Abstracts should be submitted using this online submission form by March 7th, 2022.
Make sure that you receive a reply to confirm your abstract has been received and can be opened.Abstract Format:
Times New Roman, 12-point font and single spaced, 1-inch margins
Abstracts are limited to 250 words
Title: Times New Roman, 12-point font, Bold, Capitalized
Authors: Listed in order of contribution
First and Middle initials, Last name, Credentials
Underline name of presenting author
Author Affiliations
Name of department and institution followed by city and state or country if outside of the USA
No spaces between each affiliation line
Abstract Text:
"Abstract" (bold, underline) heading should precede the abstract
Include and underline each subheading:
Objective: 1-2 sentences
Study Design
Animals
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Do not bold, underline or italicize within the text of the abstract.
Do not insert additional blank lines between lines or headings
Example Abstract
Short Communication/Case Report Format:
Times New Roman, 12-point font and single spaced, 1-inch margins
Abstracts are limited to 250 words
Flowing text is acceptable for Case Reports, if abstract subheadings do not apply
These 15 minute (max) presentations can be short case summaries about an interesting case or procedure, complications or creative use of an instrument or gizmo to perform a procedure
If you have an interesting case or lesion and would like to share it with the group, please consider a short video format
Please start the presentation with your objectives and proceed from there
These presentations are great for generating discussion! So, keep your eyes out for cool and interesting cases in your practice and save those images for SVSTS ANNUAL - ONLINE in 2020!
Abstracts should be submitted using this online submission form by March 7th, 2022.
Resident Research Competition:
The SVSTS holds a Resident Research Competition at the Annual Meeting
Resident project abstracts will be evaluated using common criteria by a committee of Diplomate attendees who do not have residents presenting in the competition.
Two awards will be offered, winners will receive a certificate and...
First place award: $1,000
Runner-up award: $500
Congratulations to the 2021 SVSTS Resident Research Competition Winners!!!
First Place: Dr. Christian Folk, Cornell University, for “Effect of Perioperative Antimicrobial Use on Postoperative Complications in Dogs and Cats Undergoing Total Ear Canal Ablation with Lateral Bulla Osteotomy (TECA-LBO)”
Runner-up: Dr. Caroline Dumartinet, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Saint Martin, for “Outcomes and Postoperative Complications after Transpelvic Urethrostomy Used as First-line Surgery in 38 Male Cats with Obstructive Lower Urinary Tract Disease.”
