Oral and Dental Pain and Inflammation

Heidi Lobprise, DVM, DAVDC, is chief dental officer at Main Street Veterinary Hospital in Flower Mound, Texas. Lobprise graduated from Texas A&M University with her DVM in 1983. She worked in private practice in the Dallas area for nearly 20 years, including completing a residency in veterinary dentistry with the guidance of Robert Wiggs, DVM. She became a board-certified veterinary dentist in 1993 and continued to work in the general and referral practice until 2003, when she joined the Veterinary Specialty Team at Pfizer Animal Health. In 2010, she became the senior technical manager for Virbac Corporation in Fort Worth. In 2014, Lobprise returned to private practice in Texas. She is the author/coauthor of 3 dental texts, including the newly released second edition of Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion Small Animal Dentistry, and has written many chapters and articles. Lobprise has also lectured internationally and is an adjunct associate professor at both The University of Tennessee and Washington State University in support of their dental education programs for students.

Renea Lewis is the director of veterinary education for dvm360®—an MJH Life Sciences Company™. She develops the continuing education strategy and manages content development enterprise-wide in partnership with the Chief Veterinary Officer, Adam Christman, DVM, MBA. Lewis has over 20+ years of multimedia publishing, marketing communications, and copywriting experience, including 15 years in animal health care science. She earned her Bachelor of Science in communications at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio, and is an avid learner with professional certifications in communications, education, digital marketing, leadership, social media, and technology software platforms.

As a visionary strategist who is media tech savvy, she formerly built a Fortune 500’s marketing communication business unit leading successful communication and educational programs, marketing playbooks, media relations and event management deliverables, and served as the Managing Editor of 22 annual animal health supplier publications and catalogs. She has launched new products and services for 500+ global animal health suppliers, including, Bayer, Ceva, Elanco, IDEXX, Mars, Merial, Midmark, Purina, Vetoquinol, Virbac, and Zoetis, and has successful partnerships with AAEP, AAFP, AZA, CAETA, Catalyst Council, Canines for Companion Animals, The North Shore Animal League, Paws of Honor, Wounded Warriors, and VMAs. Having worked for a national group of animal emergency and specialty hospitals, Lewis was instrumental in co-delivering a new hospital operational initiative for creating the best possible veterinary-client-patient relationship (VCPR) during a national pandemic and has advanced her insights of veterinary practice management.

Respected for building growth strategies and profitable operations, launching products and services, and fostering relationships within the animal health industry, Lewis is enthusiastic about partnering on continuing education, DEI, leadership, and wellbeing initiatives to advance the veterinary profession.