Spay/Neuter: improving efficiency, unusual complications, literature review on the optimal age for spay/neuter

Phil Bushby is a 1972 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.

Phil is a Board Certified Veterinary Surgeon who served on the faculty at Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine for 36 years.  Although he recently retired from Miss State he still holds the Marcia Lane Endowed Chair of Humane Ethics and Animal Welfare at Mississippi State University and works at the College part-time.  His primary focus has been on spaying/neutering, taking junior and senior veterinary students to animal shelters in north Mississippi providing basic wellness care and spay neuter services for animals eligible for adoption for over 20 years.  The service significantly increases the adoption rates at the participating shelters, provides the students with an exceptional surgery experience and sensitizes the students to the plight of animals in shelters.  His program was honored in 2013 to be a featured display in the Smithsonian Institute’s folk-life festival in Washington DC.

Dr. Bushby’s interest in shelter medicine and spay neuter dates back to his internship and surgical residency at the Henry Bergh Memorial Hospital of the ASPCA in New York City.  He states that his primary goal is to make sure that the next generation of veterinarians understands the problem of overpopulation of unwanted dogs and cats and recognizes their role in assisting in addressing the problem.

Dr. Bushby serves on the Board of Mississippi Spay / Neuter and previously served on the Board of PetSmart Charities, Inc. and the Board of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians.  He was a member of the organizing committee for the specialty board in shelter medicine and received the ASPCA’s Henry Berg Award in 2008, the AVMA’s national Animal Welfare Award in 2012 and the Association of Shelter Veterinarians Meritorious Service Award in 2015.

A strong advocate of spay / neuter including pediatric spay neuter, Dr. Bushby speaks extensively nationally and internationally on the importance of spay / neuter, efficient spay / neuter techniques and pediatric spay / neuter.

PREREGISTRATION ENDS NOVEMBER 1, 2017.