What’s to come at AAHA: January 2026

New year, new learning opportunities! This January, AAHA is offering new webinars, podcasts, and more to kick off the new year with an educational bang. 

Webinars 

Guidelines to Growth- Elevating Cancer Care in General Practice 

Wednesday, January 21 @12:00 PM MST 

Sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition 

Cancer is one of the most common and most emotionally challenging diagnoses in veterinary medicine. For general practitioners, navigating diagnostic options, staging, treatment planning, and client communication can feel complex and overwhelming. The newly released AAHA Oncology Guidelines are here to change that. 

This informative and practical webinar will walk participants through the key recommendations from the guidelines and show how they can be seamlessly integrated into everyday general practice. Attendees will gain clear, actionable strategies to improve diagnostic accuracy, streamline case management, and communicate more effectively with clients facing difficult decisions. 

By embracing a standardized, evidence-based approach, veterinary teams can enhance the quality and consistency of cancer care while building stronger trust and long-term relationships with pet owners. 

To learn more and sign up, click here. 

ICYMI: New podcast episode 

The first episode of From the SOAP Box features Amanda Donnelly, DVM, MBA, a veterinarian, speaker, and business consultant. Donnelly wrote a white paper years ago about referrals and has a lot of thoughts on what has and hasn’t changed since then. In this episode we talk about everything from cost of care to client communication. You can read the 2025 AAHA Referral Guidelines here. 

You can listen to the latest episode and subscribe to From the SOAP Box on Spotify, YouTube, and AAHA’s LMS.   

VMX 

The five-day VMX conference kicks off on January 21st in Orlando, FL! Several AAHA staff members will be there, so if you see one of us, feel free to say hi!  

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