Introduction to Class IV Laser Therapy in Small Animal Practice
October 15, 2014
6:30 PM Registration & Dinner
7:00 PM Program Begins
2 CE Hours
Charlie’s on the Lake
4150 South 144th Street
Omaha, NE
Laser therapy has emerged as the fastest growing technology in veterinary medicine. Using a practical and easy-to-understand approach, the science behind why this modality is so successful will be presented. Learn how laser light interacts with tissue to reduce pain, reduce inflammation, and accelerate healing in acute and chronic conditions.
Veterinary laser therapy has moved to new, high power devices. Learn why practices like yours are using the new generation of high power Class IV therapy lasers. See how these devices let you treat patients with predictable and reproducible results. Clinical cases from veterinarians around the world will be presented, followed by a look at why high power laser therapy has been so profitable in practices like yours.
John C. Godbold, Jr., DVM
Dr. Godbold graduated from Centre College of Kentucky in 1974 with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and received his D.V.M. from Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1978. In 1980 he established Stonehaven Park Veterinary Hospital, a general small animal practice in Jackson, Tennessee, where he was a solo small animal practitioner for 33 years. Dr. Godbold currently works full time with Stonehaven Veterinary Consulting, teaching, and assisting colleagues as a consultant for laser surgery and laser therapy.
In 1999 Dr. Godbold developed a special interest in laser surgery. He has published several articles about the use of laser surgery in small animal practice. Previous publications have appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Newsletter of the Veterinary Surgical Laser Society and in 2002 Dr. Godbold published the widely distributed Atlas of CO2 Laser Surgery Procedures. In 2009 Dr. Godbold published the Atlas of Class IV Laser Therapy – Small Animal.
Dr. Godbold is in high demand as a laser trainer and has spoken at over 450 workshops, wet-labs and continuing education courses throughout the world.
