Calgary Veterinary POCUS Training Academy

05/04/2026

We love it when people leave our courses feeling confident with POCUS! 💕

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04/27/2026

Dr. Serge Chalhoub gets roasted during a POCUS training session. And Dr. Julie Menard really does know everything! 😂

04/25/2026

Dr. Søren Boysen uses a virtual reality model to demonstrate how to obtain the right parasternal long axis 4-chamber view during cardiac POCUS. Our online modules include virtual reality and cutting-edge animations to make POCUS concepts easier to understand!

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04/21/2026

Dr. Søren Boysen discusses mirror image artifact, pericardial effusion, and the gallbladder halo sign during a POCUS lab hosted by in Guelph, ON last weekend!

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03/30/2026

03/24/2026

Another shout-out to all the volunteer dogs that make our POCUS labs special! 📸

03/22/2026

Thank you for hosting POCUS labs in Quebec City last weekend!

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03/03/2026

Published in the Canadian Veterinary Journal in March 2026, Dr. Søren Boysen, Dr. Serge Chalhoub, and colleagues demonstrated that three handheld ultrasound devices (Butterfly IQ+, Clarius C7HD3VET, and VScan Air) answered key questions for abdominal, pleural space and lung, and cardiac POCUS), although image quality varied between the devices for certain views and anatomical structures.

02/18/2026

POCUS training at WVC Vegas 2026!!! POCUS to live, live to POCUS! ❤️

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02/17/2026

Thank you to for hosting our POCUS labs in Brossard, QC on February 7 - 8, with a guest appearance from .kfoury!

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02/13/2026

Wonderful feedback from a POCUS lab participant!

POCUS is most valuable when there is a moderate to high pre-test probability that a certain pathology is present, which emphasizes the importance of patient evaluation and clinical reasoning to determine which binary questions to answer. For example, a cat presents with dyspnea. If we ask, “Why is this cat dyspneic?”, there are many differential diagnoses. But if we ask a binary question such as, “In this dyspneic cat, is pleural effusion present - yes or no?”, we can quickly and confidently rule in or rule out certain pathology. Avoid the temptation to randomly place the probe on a patient and “just have a look” without specific questions to answer. Human studies show that the likelihood of false negative and false positive results are markedly decreased when POCUS is guided by binary questions!

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01/29/2026

Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science in January 2026, Dr. Søren Boysen and colleagues describe two dyspneic cats with prominent asynchronous abdominal curtain signs in the absence of pneumothorax. Both cats had severe pulmonary hyperinflation secondary to expiratory flow limitation (feline lower airway disease and suspected anaphylaxis). Medical management resulted in complete resolution of respiratory signs and normalization of the abdominal curtain sign. Clinicians should consider pulmonary hyperinflation in cats presenting with asynchronous abdominal curtain sign to avoid misdiagnosis of pneumothorax.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2026.1707703