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10/22/2026

The glue that holds it all together. 💙🐾

Today the ACVNU is celebrating National Veterinary Technician Week, by recognizing the Cornell Extracorporeal Therapies and Blood Purification Unit technicians, Patricia Smith, LVT, VTS (ECC), and Alisha Farham, LVT, Hemodialysis Academy graduate.

Dr. Jethro Forbes, ACVNU Legacy Candidate, The Extracorporeal Hour host, Hemodialysis Academy faculty member, and all-around great guy—shares this tribute to them:
“The countless hours of dedication, loving patient care, unit support, friendship, and overtime that Patricia and Alisha put into their work, make all the amazing things we do in the Cornell Extracorporeal Therapies and Blood Purification Unit possible. I can’t imagine doing what we do with anyone else and they make me better both personally and professionally.”

Patricia and Alisha, thank you for the expertise you bring, the comfort you provide, and the heart you put into every patient and every treatment. Your impact reaches far beyond your unit.

10/22/2026

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The glue that holds it all together. 💙🐾

Today the ACVNU is celebrating National Veterinary Technician Week, by recognizing the Cornell Extracorporeal Therapies and Blood Purification Unit technicians, Patricia Smith, LVT, VTS (ECC), and Alisha Farham, LVT, Hemodialysis Academy graduate.

Dr. Jethro Forbes, ACVNU Legacy Candidate, The Extracorporeal Hour host, Hemodialysis Academy faculty member, and all-around great guy—shares this tribute to them:
“The countless hours of dedication, loving patient care, unit support, friendship, and overtime that Patricia and Alisha put into their work, make all the amazing things we do in the Cornell Extracorporeal Therapies and Blood Purification Unit possible. I can’t imagine doing what we do with anyone else and they make me better both personally and professionally.”

Patricia and Alisha, thank you for the expertise you bring, the comfort you provide, and the heart you put into every patient and every treatment. Your impact reaches far beyond your unit.

10/02/2026

Join Dr Jethro Forbes, DVM, DACVECC and Dr Cedric Dufayet, DVM, for The Extracorporeal Hour (formerly IRRR), this, Friday, Oct.2, 2026 at 11am eastern.

The Extracorporeal Hour is a free, online forum held every other Friday where veterinary experts and novices alike, connect to discuss all things extracorporeal: dialysis, apheresis, hemoperfusion & more!
All participants are encouraged, but not required, to bring any questions or cases they may have for real-time review and discussion.
Come learn, share, and collaborate!

09/26/2026

ACVNU expertise will be well represented at IVECCS 2026!

From urosepsis and feline fluid therapy to fluid intolerance and beyond, Leo Londono, Jiwoong Her, Serge Chalhoub, Jethro Forbes, and Joanna Finstad will bring their knowledge and clinical insights to the IVECCS stage, September 14–17.

Heading to Savannah? Keep an eye out for these ACVNU Founding Members, Diplomates, Residents, and Legacy Candidates throughout the program!

09/26/2026

The ACVNU Neph-Uro Bros are in full effect at IVECCS 2026!

ACVNU’s Dr. Jethro Forbes, Dr. Cedric Dufayet, and Dr. Leo Londono are making sure everyone at IVECCS knows: “It’s a great day to remove toxins!” 🩸🔄

Nothing like a little nephrology, extracorporeal therapy, and toxin-removing teamwork!

09/26/2026

Veterinary nephrology legend Dr. Larry
Cowgill thinks Renal Week 2027 is THE conference to
attend next year and we think you’ll agree!

Join an international community of veterinary
nephrology and urology professionals for an
unforgettable week of expert-led education, hands-on
learning, scientific exchange, and meaningful
connection.

Secure your spot today - register now at
acvnurenalweek.org

📅 April 12–17, 2027
📍 Bethesda, Maryland

09/26/2026

Veterinary technicians, nurses, and assistants interested in ECT—this track is for YOU!

Renal Week 2027 introduces its first-ever dedicated Technician Track, developed with technicians and generously supported by Hill’s Pet Nutrition. Build practical skills in nephrology and extracorporeal therapies—with all scheduled lectures, hands-on labs, and workshops included in your Technician registration!

09/16/2026

What an incredible collaboration between the Hobbs laboratory team at Texas Longhorns veterinary medicine, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and the ACVNU to highlight the amazing life saving and life changing work with extracoproeal therapies in large animal species!!!

Did you know extracorporeal therapies aren’t just for small animals?

For the first time ever at Renal Week, we’re expanding the conversation to include large animals and farm species!

Join Kallie Hobbs, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-LAIM, at ACVNU-IRIS Renal Week 2027 for a fascinating look at the use of dialysis and hemoperfusion in the treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) in large animals and farm species—bringing extracorporeal therapies to a whole new scale.

From Great Danes and Singapura to Shire horses and Boer goats, kidney care knows no size!

REGISTER NOW!
📅 April 12–17, 2027
📍 Washington, DC
🌐 acvnurenalweek.org

09/09/2026

Incredibly proud of our extracorporeal therapies and blood purification team. What an amazing collaborative effort!

🔬 What do you do when a 2-day-old foal with neonatal sepsis isn't responding to standard treatment? At Cornell Equine, the answer was to try something that had never been done before in a septic neonatal foal.

A new case report recently published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine describes the first use of polymer-based extracorporeal hemoperfusion (HP) in a septic neonatal foal. A 2-day-old Miniature Horse filly presented in critical condition at Cornell Equine Hospital. When conventional therapy failed to bring improvement within 24 hours, the team implemented hemoperfusion using the VetResQ device to remove inflammatory cytokines and other harmful compounds from the blood. The treatment was well tolerated and was associated with improved physical examination findings and reduced cytokine concentrations - offering important proof-of-concept even in the face of a heartbreaking outcome.

This case is part of a broader program at Cornell, where a team led by Dr. Barbara Delvescovo and Dr. Jethro Forbes in collaboration with Dr. Kallie Hobbs at Texas A&M University is pioneering the clinical and research application of hemoperfusion in large animal medicine. From sepsis and endotoxemia to selected toxicities, the goal is to bring advanced blood purification therapies to equine patients who need them most.

Congratulations to the full team on this publication: Hanna Sfraga, Jethro Forbes, Kallie Hobbs, Marta Cercone, Elizabeth Williams Louie, Jamie Lemus, Gillian Perkins, and Barbara Delvescovo. 🌟

Check out the full paper:🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/jvimsj/aalag158

08/02/2026

Amazing work from this group of lifesavers!! Thanks for helping us practice the best approach to Hemoperfusion!

It's Spotlight Saturday! ✨

Learn how over the past 5 years, Dr. Butty and the extracorporeal therapy team at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals have successfully treated hundreds of cases of dogs and cats with toxicities with a hemoperfusion device that uses carbon instead of charcoal to selectively extract toxins from the blood: jav.ma/ect