Don't Skip A Beat

16/05/2025

Happy to share that I’m stepping into a new teaching role in Cardiac Emergency and Critical Care training.

While large conferences remain valuable for expanding knowledge and upskilling, they sometimes fall short when it comes to addressing individual doubts and delving into finer clinical details.

Vivaldis Animal Health, in collaboration with IIMAST, Mumbai, organized a focused training program on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) — an incredible opportunity to work closely with 22 veterinarians from across the country.

The program included sessions on:

Basic Life Support and Post-Cardiac Arrest Management by the experienced Dr. Makarand Chousalkar

Advanced Life Support and Early Recognition of Cardiopulmonary Arrest, which I had the privilege to conduct.

Thoracic POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) with T-FAST techniques practiced on state of the art simulators.

Participants also had hands-on practice on simulators and dummies to refine their CPR techniques.

It was immensely rewarding to engage with veterinarians in such a focused, interactive setting — equipping them with practical, immediately applicable skills.

Looking forward to expanding these training modules in the future, covering Emergencies, Anaesthesia, and Cardiology.

Here’s to continuous learning and raising the standards of critical care in veterinary medicine!

24/10/2024

In a world where Human Electrophysiologists are rare, finding experts in veterinary electrophysiology is close to impossible. Thanks to Prof Roberto Santilli, Prof Sydney Moise, Dr Romain Pariaut and Dr Manuela Perego, I had an opportunity to learn from the best in this field! The Arrhythmia boot camp 2024 was a true step up in my understanding of ECGs and Arrhythmias as also the treatment of some common and not so common arrhythmias in dogs and cats. Thoroughly enjoyed the course and learnt so much!! Thank you Prof Roberto Santilli, Dr Romain Pariaut , Dr. Sydney Moise and Dr Manuela Perego for authoring such fantastic books, they are a true wealth and I can't wait to start reading the new book !

11/10/2024

Dr. Deepti Deshpande was recently invited by SAVA Goa to conduct an advanced Cardiology lecture series and ECG workshop following the Basic Cardiology lecture series a few years ago.

It was a pleasure interacting with all the enthusiastic Vets from Goa and most importantly a big thank you to all the organizers of SAVA Goa who took all the efforts to make this conference a huge success.
Last but not the least, a big thank you to our four legged volunteers who calmly sat through the ECG workshop.

18/02/2024

Indian Society of Veterinary Cardiology (ISVC) conducted it's second Symposium in Puducherry. It was an amazing conference where all veterinary cardiology enthusiasts from all over India gathered to talk about their work in this field. It was a brilliant platform to interact with fellow colleagues and students and share research Ideas that would change the course of veterinary cardiology in India. I am very proud and honoured to have actively contributed in this conference with a lead paper presentation. Looking forward to more such conferences. Thank you ISVC committee for organising such a fantastic conference. It was a true success.

30/01/2024

Calling all Cardio Nerds !
The Indian Society For Veterinary Cardiology is having it's 2nd National Symposium in Puducherry (Pondicherry) this 15th & 16th February 2024.
This year's symposium's topics are Advances in Diagnostic Approaches & Therepeutic Management of Cardiac Diseases in Farm & Companion Animals.

It's an honour to be invited to present the lead paper in this Symposium, along with amazing speakers across India.
It would be a great platform for Veterinarians interested in the field of Vet Cardiology and to interact with everyone.

See you in Puducherry !

05/11/2023

23/09/2023

Back from Ahmedabad after an exciting event.
Pet Practitioners Association Of Gujarat (PPAG) and Vivaldis Animal Health had organised a one day event on Balanced Anaesthesia and Recent updates in small animal cardiology. I enjoyed speaking on two of my favourite topics!

06/09/2023

...and It's a Wrap !

End of an amazing day post the interactive Neurology and Cardiology Conference in Pune conducted by Dr. Prathmesh Deshmukh & Dr. Deepti Deshpande. A big thank you to all the delegates from Pune, Mumbai, Nashik and Rest of Maharashtra for coming all the way for this conference.

Last but not the least a Big Big Thank you to the Pet Doctors Association Of Pune (PDAP) & Pet Practitioners Association Of Mumbai for organising the event so well and your warm hospitality.

15/08/2023

Save the Date.
Join us for a Neurology & Cardiology conference hosted jointly by The Pet Doctors Association of Pune (PDAP) & Pet Practitioners Association of Mumbai (PPAM). Dr. Prathmesh Deshmukh & Dr. Deepti Deshpande would be covering various topics on Vet Neurology & Cardiology.

Day & Date : Sunday, 3rd September 2023.

Venue : Grand Sheraton, Pune.

Registration : For registration kindly contact
Dr. Hitesh Swali : +91-9821120058 /
Dr. Aditi Chitnis : +91-9552539709.
Registration closes on 30th August 2023.

Hope to see you there.

# Mumbai

11/08/2023

So thrilled to have conducted a 2 day Cardiology course at WVS, Ooty! What a fantastic place with brilliant vets!
I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend!
I hope I managed to convince you that ECGs can be fun ! Thank you
Dr Illona Otter , .shreyavet and everyone at ,Ooty for your wonderful hospitality !

16/07/2023

Truly humbled, honoured and grateful to announce that I am now a Diplomate of the Asian College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Cardiology (AiCVIM).

It brings me immense joy to be the first Board Certified Veterinary Cardiology Specialist from India to become a part of this prestigious organisation and represent India on an International platform. This only comes with responsibility to learn more, train more, improve the standard of care for cardiac patients in India and make advanced veterinary cardiology training easy and accessible for vets in India.

None of this would have ever been possible without all my mentors in NCSU, Massey University and ESAVS, my referral Vets who have trusted me with their patients for so many years and only encouraged me to do more,my dear friends , my ever supportive and very optimistic Parents and In-laws and my husband and a friend of 16 years who has been my biggest cheerleader! You all play a very important part of my story and none of this would ever be possible with either of you missing. I hope this inspires more young vets to take up specialization and together we all improve the standard of care for our patients and also have a better representation Internationally.