Description
This webinar will cover the basics of applied behaviour analysis and how these principles can be applied in clinical veterinary practice to client-owned birds to modify problem behavior.
Dr. Hess is one of approximately 150 avian specialists in the world board-certified by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. After graduating from Yale, she received her veterinary degree from Tufts. She completed an internship and residency in avian/exotic medicine at the Animal Medical Center in NYC where she became head of the Avian & Exotic Pet Service. She then practiced exotic pet medicine in several private hospitals until 2010, when she opened the only all-exotic animal hospital in the NY area, the Veterinary Center for Birds & Exotics (www.avianexoticsvet.com), in Bedford Hills, NY. The Center is the only American Animal Hospital Association accredited bird & exotic specialty practice in NY and only one of 4 in the world.
From 2009-2010, Dr. Hess was President of the Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV). She is currently AAV treasurer and Chairperson for the AAV Social Media Committee. She is also a member of the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians and the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. She lectures nationally and internationally about exotics and has published numerous articles and chapters on exotic species. She is a senior editor of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery and a guest editor of the Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, Veterinary Clinics of North America, and Exotic DVM Magazine. She appears as a guest expert on TV and radio regularly worldwide, including on Animal Planet’s exotic pet series, “Little Pets 101.” She also discusses exotic pets on her show, “Bird’s Eye View,” on www.petliferadio.com. She lives in Westchester County, NY with her husband, 2 children, 4 birds, and 4 cats.