Thursday, June 18, 2026
6:15pm – 8:30pm

“CANINE FORELIMB SOFT TISSUE INJURIES AND OSTEOARTHRITIS —
What Can You Do in Your Practice?”

Sponsored by:

PiezoWave^2T Vet & The Sams Clinic

Speaker:

Dr. Sherman Canapp, DVM, MS, CCRT, DACVS-SA, DACVSMR (Past President)

Dr. Sherman Canapp is an internationally recognized pioneer in canine sports medicine, minimally invasive arthroscopy, orthopedic surgery, and regenerative medicine. He is widely known for advancing the diagnosis and treatment of complex orthopedic, osteoarthritis, and soft tissue injuries in canine athletes, working dogs, and active companion animals.

Dr. Canapp is double board-certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and a Charter Diplomate and Past President of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation.

In 2006, he co-founded the Veterinary Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Group (VOSM), one of the first specialty veterinary practices in the United States dedicated exclusively to canine sports medicine, rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery, and regenerative medicine.

Today, Dr. Canapp practices at The Sams Clinic and HART for Animals, where he focuses on complex and often difficult-to-diagnose musculoskeletal injuries in canine athletes, working dogs, and active companion animals. While he is particularly recognized for diagnosing and work spans the full spectrum of orthopedic and sports medicine conditions.

One unique area of focus includes the use of minimally invasive diagnostic arthroscopy to identify early and partial cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) injuries that may benefit from regenerative medicine therapies and proactive joint preservation strategies. One of the advanced technologies Dr. Canapp has integrated into The Sams Clinic is objective temporospatial gait analysis technology, which helps identify subtle lameness and movement abnormalities that may not always be detectable during a traditional orthopedic examination. By objectively measuring stride characteristics, limb loading, weight distribution, stance time, and movement symmetry, this advanced gait analysis system provides valuable data for early injury detection, baseline performance assessment, treatment planning, rehabilitation monitoring, and long-term management of orthopedic and osteoarthritis conditions. This performance-based and data-driven approach is one of the many factors that distinguishes the advanced sports medicine and orthopedic care program at The Sams Clinic.

Dr. Canapp has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and is a frequent invited lecturer and workshop leader at major national and international conferences including the ACVS Surgery Summit, VMX (NAVC), Western Veterinary Conference (WVC), ESVOT (Europe), BVOA (UK), and advanced orthopedic and sports medicine programs throughout Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America.

In addition to his clinical and educational work, Dr. Canapp has developed and clinically validated veterinary technologies in orthobiologics, minimally invasive diagnostics, arthroscopic systems, and orthopedic instrumentation. His work includes canine-specific platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) platforms, needle-scope technologies, and the design of the Everost LibertyLock TPLO plate system.

He previously served as the founding National Director for Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Regenerative Medicine for Thrive Pet Healthcare, a national network of more than 350 veterinary hospitals, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Howard County General Hospital.

Sherman O. Canapp Jr., DVM, MS, CCRT
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons (SA)
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation (Past President)

Canapp Sports Medicine, LLC
Concierge Medicine, Virtual Medicine & Web-based Learning Offices: Maryland – California

Phone / Text: (240) 374-9705
drs@canappsportsmed.com
www.canappsportsmed.com