“Shelter medicine is a lot of surgery. Which is also why I was like, yeah, I could definitely do shelter medicine, because, it’s everything. It’s just like the melting pot of the vet med field I feel like.” Our guest today is Dr. Rachael Wooten. After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee University, Dr. Wooten pursued a shelter medicine internship at the University of Illinois. From here, she’s worked at several different types of shelters and shares what she loves and ...
Aug 26, 2021•57 min
“It reflects, I think, the spectrum of pet ownership and just how different cultures care for pets and love pets. You know we didn’t really know what to do with this dog but we learned over time and we were so grateful for people who helped us. But it really convey that loving and owning a pet comes in a variety of ways.” Our guest today is Dr. Chumkee Aziz. Dr. Aziz is a graduate Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. After veterinary school, she completed a small animal ro...
Aug 19, 2021•46 min
“And then just be prepared to be adventurous, compassionate, and enthusiastic every day because the craziness will come your way and if you meet it with positivity you will really, really enjoy this type of career.” Our guest today is Dr. Traci Gilbert. Dr. Gilbert is a graduate from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation she was in small animal private practice until she learned of an opening for a veterinarian at a local animal shelter. She jumped at the op...
Aug 12, 2021•41 min
“I got to a point in my career, and I’m sure other people can relate to this, where I had to balance what was comfortable against the desire to do more, to stretch my wings, to learn more, to add more to the organization that I was working for, Hill’s, but to do that in a different way." Our guest today is Joann Fuller. Joann is the Brand Engagement Manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition and she joins us to talk about some of the incredible programs she is involved in that focus on working with Animal ...
Aug 05, 2021•47 min
“We call them insureds-veterinarians that have professional liability insurance and are insured by the company can call anytime. So, we take a lot of insured phone calls to answer questions or they are in a tough situation and need some advice. I really love reviewing the claims and it’s really like I’m back at school. My textbooks are all dusted off. We do a lot of research, particularly I think my small animal surgery book gets the biggest workout, finding research or support for certain claim...
Jul 29, 2021•42 min
“When we talk to clients, we can completely put ourselves in that situation and our heart breaks for everyone that we speak to. And so, believe me, there is absolutely no judgement.’” Our guest today is Dr. Jennifer Frey. We have an incredible conversation that not only includes a thorough look at how insurance claims are handled, but also touches on her passion for the profession…. Diversity. We learn what her experience was like joining the profession and some ideas she has for helping to brin...
Jul 22, 2021•34 min
We are thrilled to bring you this bonus episode! Our guest today is Sarah Culberson. Sarah is one of the keynote presenters at the 2021 Virtual AVMA Convention. She is also an author, an actor, a humanitarian, AND a princess of Sierra Leone! We discuss what it was like to write her book “A Princess Found” and draw some parallels between her experiences and those that some of us face in veterinary medicine. It is such an inspiring conversation! We are so excited to share this journey with you AND...
Jul 20, 2021•39 min
“And so my colleague and I did a whole bunch of research on the AVMA website and through former JAVMAs and prepared this great argument for why we should not have our salaries. And we walked into the meeting and our boss and the leader of the large animal team said ‘So, we’re going to sell off the large animal practice and we’d like you guys to buy it.’” Our guest today is Dr. Rebecca Stinson. We are continuing our conversation with AVMA Trust Veterinarians and boy does Dr. Stinson have a lot to...
Jul 15, 2021•49 min
“Delegate. Delegate. Delegate. You know, you’re a veterinarian, you just practice good medicine, and the business will come, and hire people that are experts in running businesses, or you know, HR and it might be you think you can’t afford it, but believe me it’ll pay it forward. You’ll have more business, if you are able to do what you were trained to do.” Our guest today is Dr. Nina Mouledous. This is our second installment in the 5-part mini-series focusing on AVMA Trust Veterinarians. We hav...
Jul 08, 2021•38 min
"That’s when I started remembering all of my contacts in industry and I used that network to finally land an equine tech services role at Merck.” Our guest today is Dr. Cynthia MacKenzie. She helps kick off this special series focusing on the AVMA Trust Veterinarians. Dr. MacKenzie shares what her journey to veterinary medicine looked like and how she handled some very unexpected challenges that came about in her career. We also discuss how her connections and network helped find her a job in in...
Jul 01, 2021•35 min
“Let me share that our groups are completely free to attend. They’re confidential. They’re virtual. They’re one hour in length and they are facilitated by clinical psychologists, myself, Dustin, and then we’ve recently been fortunate to add three other experts to our team, and we all have a background in grief and loss, work-life balance, mood symptoms and traumas.” Our guests today are Drs. Katie Lawlor and Dustin Kieschnick. They join us to discuss the Veterinary Mental Health Initiative, wher...
Jun 24, 2021•44 min
“My vision for this profession in 10 years, so by 2030 we’ll say, I want to see more people joining the profession than leaving the profession. So, I really want to see the script flipped.” Our guest today is Dr. Jacqui Horner. Dr. Horner shares how her career has taken her in new and unexpected places. After graduation, she started in small animal practice, and while she began to hit her stride, she also faced several challenges, that were only amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. This led her t...
Jun 17, 2021•43 min
“I mean I try. I still try to help him out when I can. He figured a lot of it out. He’s in such a unique position. I came straight into veterinary school from undergrad, so it was a very clean, or I guess cleaner transition and so he put in a lot of effort to get into vet school and get all his prerequisites done while working and it’s very impressive. I’m very proud of him.” Our guests today are Craig and Alex Barnett. They are currently students at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine and C...
Jun 10, 2021•39 min
“I learn too. I get to say ‘Wow that’s a great idea. I have never done that.’ I think it’s important for people to see that even if you are a specialist, you never stop learning. You never have all the answers. You don’t have every case go perfect. You know you flub up on stuff. It’s just really important to visualize that because I think people think ‘oh specialist, well you know it all.’ Our guest today is Dr. Ashley Bourgeois! Dr. Bourgeois a board-certified veterinary dermatologist. We discu...
Jun 03, 2021•49 min
“And it’s really, it’s a universal experience. We all have to learn how to bear the things we think we cannot bear over the course of our lives. And I think in so many ways that is why Wild resonated with so many people around the world because it’s not necessarily they all want to go hike the PCT. They all are thinking, you know, I’ve had that moment in my life too where I thought I couldn’t take it, or lift it, or do it and I did.” Our guest today is Cheryl Strayed. Cheryl is the author of sev...
May 31, 2021•42 min
“And so then I went full vet. Right? I’m like ‘oh yeah, I’ll show you.’ And I went and I took classes and I’m like I’m going to be the best. I just got really into it. And then I realized, this is great because I said before I don’t like surgery. And it’s not because I’m not precise, it’s because I don’t like things bleeding and being able to think about things. And when you make a cake, you can take as long as you want.” Our guest today is Dr. Jessica Vogelsang. Dr. Vogelsang has had an incredi...
May 27, 2021•53 min
“So, the way I think about, you know, just our mission statements, is how do we alleviate pressure on the veterinary team by allocating responsibility to pet parents. And they are happy to do so, these are their furry children. They call them as such and so we can, in fact, five them more responsibility. It just is important that we actually utilize them as resources for our patients.” Our guest today is Dr. Zay Satchu. Dr. Satchu is one of the co-founders of Bond Vet. She talks about why it was...
May 20, 2021•53 min
“So, the same process happened again. I had an interview but then got wait listed again. And I say this because I hear so many stories of people, of how they got somewhere and they just succeeded, and I feel bad because I’m like, ‘Why is everyone else just getting what they want and I’m not and so I think it is important to share the stories of failure or, you know, not being accepted into something because I think that is so important. And then when I actually talk to people and they tell me oh...
May 13, 2021•52 min
“You get really good at being efficient with the things you want to get done. You move those things that have to get done- cleaning bottles or whatever- up to the top of the list. I guess you kind of triage your house so to speak when you’re a mom.” Our guest today is Dr. Amanda Hampton! Dr. Hampton is a small animal practitioner and a new mom! Her partner is also a veterinarian, so we talk about what the transition into parenthood has been like and how they are planning to balance two full time...
May 06, 2021•40 min
“Really thinking about financial tools as tools, not as the goal. Right? So, you know when you build a home, the goal is to build a home, it’s not to buy tools. But you need to buy tools in order to build a home. And I think when it comes to financial stuff, when it comes to 401Ks and investment accounts, bitcoin and auto insurance, homeowner’s insurance- all of it. They’re all products. They’re all what they consider financial products. And when you have products, recognizing that they in and o...
Apr 29, 2021•45 min
“Ashley and I have been doing these IG lives lately on these medical cases and one of the things that we say is ‘Bring your curiosity, and drop your judgement, medicine is not a place for judgement.’’ Our guest today is Dr. Monica Tarantino. She joins us for our fourth installment of welcoming the class of 2021 to the profession. Our topic today is mentorship, something Dr. Tarantino and her business partner Dr. Ashley Gray know a lot about. If you haven’t heard about their book, website, and ne...
Apr 22, 2021•50 min
“I also think reflecting on asking yourself the question ‘When I’m healthy, when I feel, when I feel good, when I feel like I’m thriving, how do I know? What does that look like for me?” Our guest today is Dr Jen Brandt. Dr. Brandt is the Director of member wellbeing at the AVMA. She has PhD in social work and is a licensed clinical social worker. This is not her first time on the show! Be sure to check out her episode from March 2020 where we discuss Wellbeing tips during a pandemic and Decembe...
Apr 15, 2021•42 min
“What makes a great team? The first one is trust. And trust is really important and trust is not something that is given by default and I think for the associate veterinarian and newer grads, you’re going to walk into a new practice and probably be really nervous about your first day and may have some distrust starting out from the bat and that is totally human.” Our guest today is David Liss. David is a certified veterinary technician and double boarded in emergency and critical as well as smal...
Apr 08, 2021•54 min
“So I think for me what was most challenging after graduation was the leadership role that I was thrown into and having to lead a team on day one or day 7.” Our guest today is Dr. Tierra Price. This is the second time Dr. Price has been on the show. In her first episode, we talked about her move across country to start a job in community practice just after graduation. Today, we are kicking off our mini-series focused on welcoming the class of 2021 to the profession. The topic at hand is the tra...
Apr 01, 2021•44 min
“COVID clinics is an experience in and of itself, honestly. Every school handled it a little bit differently and I think at the end of the day one of the biggest priorities for a lot schools were making sure students were getting the hands-on experience they needed. It’s still looming in our brains of are we prepared to go out into the workforce?” Our guest today is Marie Bucko. Marie is a currently a fourth-year student at the Universality of Wisconsin’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a...
Mar 25, 2021•47 min
“Also, for new graduates, remember, we’re not finished veterinarians when we come out of veterinary school. The things that I knew back then and the things that I know now, it’s a continual path that we’re on learning and I think that’s what keeps us engaged in our profession the whole time.” Our guest today is Dr. Doug Kratt. Some of you may already know Dr. Kratt. He is the current president of the AVMA. He shares his reflections and lessons learned from the past 12 months. We also chat a litt...
Mar 18, 2021•45 min
“Do your research, that’s an obvious one, you know, if you are going to make a big change. A lot of people are afraid to ask for help, so try to shake that, because that’s not a good habit.” Our guest today is Shawn Wilkie! Shawn is the CEO and founder of Talkatoo and a cohost of the Veterinary Innovation Podcast. He brings his entrepreneur and innovation lens to the conversation as we reflect on the last twelve months and how it has impacted the veterinary profession. He shares some great insig...
Mar 11, 2021•35 min
“Networking is not a bad thing, and it also doesn’t have to feel like schmoozing. It should feel like you are finding your people, and there’s nothing wrong with that and if you make those connections, hold onto them because they are really important and they could totally change your career.” Our guest today is Dr. Katie Berlin! Dr. Berlin wears a lot of hats in the veterinary profession and beyond. She is a small animal practitioner who focuses on fear free procedures and acupuncture as well a...
Mar 04, 2021•40 min
“Hey, when you come into veterinary school, your path is going to change. What you think that you are going to do at the beginning is going to be totally different than what you end up doing once you graduate. And I guess my story is definitely- you know- is that I did not do what I thought I was going to do.” Our guest today is Dr. Brittany Moore-Henderson. Dr. Moore-Henderson is the Director of Admissions at Mississippi State College of Veterinary Medicine. She shares her journey to veterinary...
Feb 25, 2021•51 min
“This is one of the uncelebrated aspects about veterinary surgery, is the symphony of the team. You’re not doing surgery by yourself, right? So, preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively throughout the entire process there’s an entire team of people who are educating scheduling, helping find instruments, working together to create and…and do what’s best for that patient.” Our guest today is Dr. Courtney Campbell! Some of you may be familiar with Dr. Campbell already. He has been a gu...
Feb 18, 2021•58 min
