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*Please note: this recording is not approved for CE credits
Join Dr. Tanja Nuhsbaum for a one hour, interactive, case-based discussion centered on ocular disease in cats. This lecture will focus on the most common diseases with practical take-aways for next day use in the clinic. Topics include feline conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, glaucoma, and systemic hypertension.
As we all know, a key to working with cats is keeping medication plans simple for both client compliance and successful patient outcome. Information about medical best practices changes constantly. Learn what treatment protocols are being used today to help cats in a busy, three doctors, veterinary ophthalmology specialty practice, in Denver, Colorado.
Dr. Nuhsbaum was born in Englewood, Colorado, and attended Dry Creek Elementary School before her family moved to northern Illinois. Her parents are immigrants from Germany and she was raised in a bilingual home. Dr. Nuhsbaum has always enjoyed meeting people and loves animals. At the University of Illinois, she graduated at the top of her undergraduate class with a Bachelor of Science, in Biology, while competing on the University of Illinois Indoor and Outdoor Women’s Track and Field Team. She participated in the heptathlon and pentathlon and celebrated with the Indoor and Outdoor Big Ten Championship Team two years in a row. After undergraduate school, Dr. Nuhsbaum returned to Colorado to earn her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, at CSU. She completed four more years of advanced training at the University of Guelph, Toronto, and Colorado State University to become a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist.
At CSU, Dr. Nuhsbaum was the final resident of one of the founding fathers of veterinary ophthalmology, Dr. Glenn Severin. She was awarded the Clinical Resident Teaching Award two years in a row and went on to partner in her own veterinary ophthalmology practice in Denver, where she worked with a team of ophthalmologists for 20 years. “I am forever grateful for the opportunity to cross paths with five other veterinary ophthalmologists. I am a better surgeon and clinician for the experience.”
Dr. Nuhsbaum shares her passion and expertise in veterinary ophthalmology teaching at local and national meetings.
In 2024, she was invited to open the Ophthalmology Department with Apex Veterinary Specialists. “I work best in a team and am thrilled to be a part of the largest, out-patient ophthalmology, dentistry, and dermatology practice serving Colorado. The specialty doctors in Apex Dentistry and Apex Dermatology are the best of the best. It is an honor to work alongside them every day.”
Dr. Nuhsbaum has 24 years of experience performing intraocular surgery with a special interest in cataract removal. “One of my dreams is for this practice to become the premier cataract surgical center for animals in the United States. Alongside fellow surgeons, Drs. Gearhart and Michau, this dream is becoming a reality. As I watch our business grow and see more and more blind patients find our care for cataract surgery, it reminds me how it important it is to have a dream.”
Her interests outside of work include any non-motorized activity, in beautiful Colorado, laughing and spending time with her family, friends, and pets.
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