Join us for the last General Body Meeting of the year!
WHEN: Thursday, December 4th from 5:30p - 6:30p
WHERE: Bethesda Regional Services Center. Conference room A.
4805 Edgemoor Ln, Bethesda, MD 20814 (Directions here)
HOW: Register at https://www.ncabaalas.org/event-643654
Presenter: Dr. Alan Chedester, DVM, DACLAM
Topic: DIY High Precision Rodent Surgery Table and Accessories
Summary: The construction of a DIY high precision rodent surgery table with infrared heating using little more than a few hand tools, some sandpaper, and a 8 foot piece of angle aluminum will be discussed. In addition, a few general accessories and several procedure specific accessories made from syringe cases, hypodermic needles, a few small magnets, and some plastic or brass tubing will be discussed. Together the table and the accessories can be used to perform almost any rodent surgery including many requiring higher surgical precision than provided by commercially available surgery tables and instruments.
But Wait! That’s not ALL! This talk isn’t just for tool toters and serious surgeons. NO. This talk is for YOU!! If you’ve ever thought, “There has got to be a BETTER way!”, you are almost certainly right. Why shouldn’t YOU be the one to invent it? Numerous examples will show how the same somewhat unconventional thinking, material selection, and production practices used to make the surgery table can be used to solve many of life’s problems/ opportunities at work and at home. MacGyver shyer, come hear how YOU just might become the next big CEO on Shark Tank!
Speaker Bio: Dr. Alan Chedester, DVM, DACLAM
After graduating from veterinary school in 1979, Dr. Chedester served in the United States Air Force working for the Navy in Italy, transferred to the US Army and completed multiple assignments in the United Sates and Thailand before transferring to the US Public Health Service and finally finding a job he could hold. During his 35 years with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, he has actively participated in animal facility design and management as well as research support. He is responsible for numerous innovations in facility design and research support equipment, some of which have actually worked. In his off hours he enjoys bird watching, canoeing, and
teaching as many fish as possible the difference between his flies and real food.
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