Feline Diabetes - Thinking Outside the Bottle
Even though diabetes in cats isn’t new, some of the options for treating diabetic cats are. How do you know when to use insulin, or when it’s ok to choose a sodium-glucose cotransporter2 (SGLT2) inhibitor? After a quick review of the unique characteristics of feline diabetes mellitus and the associated risk factors, the course will examine this new class of drugs of SGLT2 inhibitors, and how the new treatment exerts its action in the kidneys to increase excretion of glucose in the urine and lower blood glucose levels. The course will cover safety and effectiveness results and answer how to make the best treatment decisions to dramatically improve life for diabetic cats, their caregivers, and veterinarians.

WEBINAR OBJECTIVES
After attending this webinar, participants should be able to:

• Be comfortable in identifying which cats are appropriate for treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor.
• Understand the key points of monitoring cats who are on SGLT2 inhibitors.
• Get tools to communicate with clients and staff about the safety and efficacy of this new class of treatment for diabetic cats.

SPEAKER
Renee Rucinsky, DVM, DABVP (Feline)
Dr. Renee Rucinsky is a graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, and has been board certified as a feline specialist by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners since 2001. She has been in private practice in Maryland for the last 20 years, and has special interests in endocrinology and geriatrics. Dr. Rucinsky has been a part of multiple national guideline publications, including both versions of the AAHA Diabetes Management Guidelines, as well AAFP Hyperthyroid Management Guidelines and Nursing Care Guidelines, and co-chair of the 2023 AAHA Selected Endocrinopathies Guidelines. When not taking care of ungrateful feline patients at her regular practice, she co-owns and runs an I131 treatment center with her longtime registered technician. She is also very active within leadership of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, and is the current president.

Although Dr. Rucinsky is a cat specialist and frequent lecturer on all things feline, she is still very much a dog person, and is currently owned by a very needy plain brown dog who has probably decided in her small dog brain that mom is never coming home. When not doing cat things, Dr. Rucinsky can be found trail running or mountain biking, trying not to think about all the things on her to do list that she's ignoring.

CE APPROVAL
This course has been certified by or provided by the following Certified Organization/s:
• AAVSB-Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) - 1.00 Hours
• New York State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - 1.00 Hours