September 2021
President's Message
Greetings all,

I hope this newsletter finds you well. I have two major items this month. The first regards our upcoming meeting. Hopefully, everyone saw the prior announcement that the meeting will now be 100% virtual. The COVID situation was certainly improving in the late spring when the decision was made to have a hybrid meeting. Fortunately, through flexible planning and tireless work of our meeting organizers, we left the option open to move all virtual. While I am disappointed I will not get to you see you in person, I am still looking forward to an engaging and enjoyable virtual conference. The hotel has given us some fiscal flexibility if we rebook with them in future years, so look forward to a New Orleans in 2023 and possibly again sometime after that.

The second major news item is the updated radiation safety statement. Led by committee chair Monica Jensen, members of the Radiation Safety committee updated the statement to reflect changes in radiation practice and provide a link to other useful resources. You can review the updated statement HERE. Provide me any feedback to pass to the committee. The statement is currently behind our website login, but once we have collected your input, we will convert the webpage to be publicly visible. This committee also reviewed the results of a radiation safety survey that was completed by members of our College some time ago. Results of that survey are available on the webpage link listed above. These results will stay behind our website login.

A reminder that committee reports are due September 20th ahead of our Executive Council meeting next month. Thanks to all who have volunteered/agreed to participate on committees. I will be reaching to you soon. If anybody else has an interest, please let me know.

Finally, voting has opened for Executive Council. Please vote HERE.

Take care,

Nate Nelson
Save the Date: ACVR Business Meetings!
All Business Meetings will be available members not registered for the Annual Scientific Meeting.

ACVR Annual Business Meeting (Diplomates Only)
Date: Friday, October 22
Time: TBD

ACVR Radiation Oncology Subspecialty Business Meeting (RO Diplomates Only)
Date: Thursday, October 21
Time: TBD

ACVR Equine Diagnostic Imaging Subspecialty Business Meeting (EDI Diplomates Only)
Date: Thursday, October 21
Time: TBD

Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging Society
Date: Tuesday, November 9
Time: 11:00 a.m. EST

CT/MRI Society
Date: Monday, November 8
Time: 2:00 p.m. EST
Register for the Virtual 2021 ACVR Annual Scientific Meeting!
The ACVR Program Committee and the ACVR Executive Council unanimously decided to change our 2021 Annual Meeting format to all virtual. ACVR is working quickly with our speakers and Vet Education to adjust our program to reflect this new change. Please plan for the meeting to run from October 20 – 23, 2021.

Approximately 4 to 6 hours of LIVE RACE content is available daily, starting at 8:00 am Pacific/11:00 am Eastern. All Annual Business Meetings will be held over Zoom and will be available for those who may not be registered for the meeting.
Tentative Schedule for Attendees on the Virtual Platform
October 20
Start: 8:00 am Pacific/ 11:00 am Eastern
End: 2:00 pm Pacific / 5:00 pm Eastern
 
October 21
Start: 8:00 am Pacific/ 11:00 am Eastern
End: 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern
October 22
Start: 8:00 am Pacific/ 11:00 am Eastern
End: 1:30 pm Pacific / 4:30 pm Eastern
 
October 23
Start: 8:00 am Pacific/ 11:00 am Eastern
End: 1:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 pm Eastern
For an in-depth look at the Annual Meeting agenda, visit our website.
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Societies:
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ACVR Calendar of Important Dates
January 31 - Resident Research Grant Application Deadline
January 31 – Residency Program Forms Deadline
June 1 - Resident Reporting for Residency Directors
June 30 - Diplomate Research Grant Application Deadline
August 25 – 2021 ACVR Certifying Exam
August 26 – 2021 ACVR Preliminary Exam
September 23 & 24 - EVDI Annual Congress

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