Robert Goggs

BVSc, Ph.D., DACVECC, DECVECC

About

Dr. Robert Goggs is a small animal emergency and critical care specialist. He has a Ph.D. in pharmacology and is presently an associate professor in the section of emergency and critical care at Cornell University. His clinical and research interests include hemostasis and thrombosis, canine immune-mediated hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenia, sepsis, and antimicrobial prescribing in ECC. Dr. Goggs is part of the CURATIVE initiative and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia and Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia consensus committees.

Topic: Emergency Critical Care

Speaking Schedule

Small Animal Medicine

Friday, June 9, 2023

3:00 PM-3:50 PM

The Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Critical Illness

On a per-cell basis, our patients may be more microbe than dog or cat! The nature of the bacteria that form the gastrointestinal microbiome are therefore crucial to the overall health of our patients. This session will discuss the effects of the microbiome in health, the potential roles the microbiome plays in critical illness, and the effects that our therapies have on this intestinal ecosystem.

4:10 PM-5:00 PM

Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship in Emergency and Critical Care

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health and is an important cause of treatment failure that can be life-threatening in patients with sepsis. Antimicrobial stewardship aims to limit the development of AMR and improve patient outcomes by promoting the appropriate use of antimicrobial drugs. This session will focus on dealing with the specific challenges of prescribing antimicrobials safely and effectively in critically ill small animals.

‡ This course satisfies the one hour of California CE requirement on the judicious use of medically important antimicrobial drugs.

5:10 PM-6:00 PM

Sepsis in 2023—Towards Personalized Medicine?

Sepsis is still a major cause of mortality in dogs and cats, despite advances in our understanding of the disease. This session will provide updates on current best practice for the identification and management of patients with sepsis, including the use of biomarkers, and will suggest areas where improvements in our current approaches can be made.

Saturday, June 10, 2023

10:20 AM-11:10 AM

Managing Disorders of Primary Hemostasis

Disorders of platelet number and function can be challenging to diagnose and treat. This session will review common primary hemostatic bleeding disorders, including how to make the best use of point-of-care tests and your reference laboratory, and how to manage bleeding in patients with abnormalities of platelet number or function.

11:20 AM-12:35 PM

Pathophysiology and Management of Shock Syndromes

Shock is perhaps the most common life-threatening syndrome in emergency and critical care practice. This session will review the pathophysiology of the shock syndromes and use these insights to help attendees better diagnose and manage the distinct types of shock seen in emergency rooms and intensive care units and achieve better patient outcomes. We will cover use of biomarkers and imaging and discuss fluid resuscitation strategies and use of vasoactive agents.

2:00 PM-2:50 PM

A Case-Based Guide to Immune Thrombocytopenia

Our understanding of the pathogenesis of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has improved in the last few years and this is beginning to offer new diagnostic testing possibilities and therapeutic options. The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine will publish consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of ITP in dogs and cats in 2023. This session will update attendees on recent advances and provide real-world illustrations of the application of the new guidelines in a case-based format.

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