2009 AAVA Annual Meeting
Raise your level of acupuncture with us at the AAVA Annual Meeting, March 13-15, 2009, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Location:
Embassy Suites Albuquerque
1000 Woodward Place NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States 87102
Tel: 1-505-245-7100
Fax: 1-505-247-1083
Local Attractions:

Nearby attractions include Old Town, an old pueblo town with Indian jewelry, pottery, restaurants and a beautiful park. Sandia Peak Tram provides a beautiful ride up the Sandia mountains. There’s also the Indian Pueblo Culture Center and New Mexico Museum of History and Science. Santa Fe is an hour car ride away!
The meeting hotel is within easy reach of shopping, tourist sites, and outdoor activity. Spend some time to enjoy some of these offerings…
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 1.9 mi NW
Historic Old Town 2.3 MI W
Nob Hill 2.6 MI E
Albuquerque Biological Park 3 MI W
Petroglyph Ntl Mon 10 MI W
Coronado State Monument 15.6 MI N
Sandia Peak Tramway 16 MI NE
Acoma Pueblo 50.7 MI W
See more at the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau
Tentative Scientific Program Schedule:
32 hours of Lectures and 8 hours of Wet Labs (Wet Labs have limited seating and require additional payment. First 10 members with completed registration and payment into the AAVA office will be enrolled.)
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df5hc2bq_33djkvbtcv
Registration:
Registration is now limited to on-site only.
Registration Form (100kb ~14sec on dial-up)
Conference Brochure:
Front Cover Page (4.8MB ~12min on dial-up)
Speaker Bios (362KB ~1min on dial-up)
Conference Schedule (362KB ~1min on dial-up)
Accomodations and Back Cover Page (4.8MB ~12min on dial-up)
Cantact:
AAVA Office
The American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture
PO Box 1058
Glastonbury, CT 06033
860-632-9911 8:30am-6:00pm Eastern Time (Work Ph)
860-659-8772 (FAX)
office at aava.org (email – remove spaces and substitute @ symbol for “at”)
Accommodations:
The Embassy Suites Hotel Albuquerque is a full service hotel located in downtown Albuquerque. The hotel is located off of I-25, between the University of New Mexico and the Downtown Business District, and only three miles from the Albuquerque International Airport.
Room rates are $125/night plus tax which includes a full cooked-to-order breakfast and Manager’s nightly two hour cocktail reception. For room reservations you can call the hotel directly at 1-800-EMBASSY, be sure and identify yourself as an AAVA meeting attendee and give the reservation code, ACU, to guarantee the AAVA room rate.
CE Credit:
RACE Credits – 16 (Equine), 18 (Canine)
AAVA Credits – 18 (Equine), 22 (Canine) total; 16 obtainable (Equine), 18 obtainable (Canine)
IVAS Credits – 18 (Equine) 20 (Small Animal)
Photo credits: 1. Balloon photo courtesy of MarbleStreetStudio.com 2. Historic Old Town Brick walkways and adobe architecture www.itsatrip.org 3. Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway The tram at dusk with a spectacular Albuquerque sunset Jay Blackwood 4. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Gourd Artist Demonstration www.itsatrip.org






We have now added the program schedule for the 2009 AAVA Annual Meeting: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df5hc2bq_33djkvbtcv
May 31st, 2008 at 8:38 amThere have been clinics added to the 2009 program schedule and changes made to reflect those changes on the online document:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df5hc2bq_33djkvbtcv
July 29th, 2008 at 6:10 pmWith the addition of Dr. Neal Sivula’s topic of Acupuncture in Neuromuscular Disease I & II for Saturday March 14, 2009, at 10:20AM to 12:10PM, the program schedule is now complete for the AAVA 2009 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 13-15, 2009.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:25 amWe now have the pdf copies of the AAVA Annual Meeting brochure and registration form online.
September 29th, 2008 at 8:41 amPlease note. The AAVA Office has moved and the address and fax to send registrations have changed…
AAVA Office
October 15th, 2008 at 4:13 pmThe American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture
PO Box 1058
Glastonbury, CT 06033
860-659-8772 (FAX)
We now have an online registration open at https://www.regonline.com/aava2009annualmeeting
November 8th, 2008 at 12:53 amThe deadline for early registration has been extended to Wednesday, December 10, 2008.
December 1st, 2008 at 7:18 pmPlease note changes to the lecture schedule for Sunday March 15:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df5hc2bq_33djkvbtcv
December 6th, 2008 at 9:06 pmDr. Fratkin has changed his Sunday, March 15 topics again. The first two lectures of the morning will be equine but the first title has been changed slightly. The third session of the morning will now be small animal only. Here is the titles:
Sunday March 15, 2009
8:00am- 8:50am Chinese Herbal Therapy in Trauma (EQUINE) –
Jake Paul Fratkin, OMD, LAc
9:00am-9:50am Chinese Herbal Therapy in Respiratory Disease (EQUINE) –
Jake Paul Fratkin, OMD, LAc
10:20am-11:10am
Chinese Herbal Therapy in Respiratory Disease I (SMALL ANIMAL) –
Jake Paul Fratkin, OMD, LAc
11:20am-12:10pm
December 12th, 2008 at 3:11 pmChinese Herbal Therapy in Respiratory Disease II (SMALL ANIMAL) –
Jake Paul Fratkin, OMD, LAc
Registration for the 2009 AAVA Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM, is now limited to on-site only.
March 9th, 2009 at 12:46 pmWe have been notified by the American Assoc. of Veterinary State Boards that the 2009 AAVA Annual Meeting has been RACE approved for 26 hours of continuing education credit.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:00 pm