My Veterinary Life
315 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsTune in for inspiring stories from your colleagues across the profession. You’ll hear from guest veterinarians about the journeys, challenges – and often hilarious anecdotes – that got them to where they are today. Come away with a fresh look at our veterinary community and a renewed excitement to embrace your veterinary journey. Hosted by Drs. Marci Kirk and Annie Chavent.
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Being a Conservationist, a Veterinarian and a Rebel with Dr. Hayley Adams
September 17, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB“It’s never too late to take a pivot. It’s never too late to take a career change. You don’t ever have to be stuck. Anytime you find yourself saying the shoulds- well I should like this I should be successful I should be doing this- you need to reevaluate and step back.’” Our guest today is Dr Hayley Adams. Dr. Adams has had an amazing career which has encompassed so much of veterinary medicine. Her primary focus has been wildlife conservation. She has traveled the world and spent quite a bi...
Shelter Medicine and so much more with Dr. Simuel Hampton
September 10, 2020 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB“You can kind of tailor your experiences and that’s what I would encourage anybody interested in veterinary medicine to do, is to really…don’t just go in and kind of get it all knocked out, really try to gain a wide breadth of experiences so you really know what you want to do.’” Our guest today is Dr. Simuel Hampton. Since graduation in 2012 Dr. Hampton has worked as a shelter veterinarian, first at that Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago and now with One Tail at a Time. He shares some of the ...
Removing Roadblocks to Help Others with Kate Parker
September 03, 2020 09:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB“If you have this problem that you are trying to solve, just keep trying to remove roadblocks until you get there because It’s really shown me that if you put your mind to it, you really can figure anything out.’” Our guest today is Kate Parker. Kate is a hospital manager and partial owner at Animal Urgent Care in Arvada, Colorado. She joins us to talk about a counseling program she worked hard to bring to her clinic. It is incredibly inspiring to hear about the challenges she faced and how ...
How Mentorship Can Shape Your Career
August 27, 2020 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB“I mean they had already had things like Anatomy. I think there is just certain bonding that comes from being in the anatomy lab in the wee hours of the night and smelling like formaldehyde that I didn’t get to have with that class. And I was really afraid of also being an older person with already a doctoral degree.’” Our guests today are Dr. Valerie Marcano and Dr. Seth Andrews. Our focus in this episode is mentorship and the important role it can play in any career! We learn about how the...
How Volunteering Can Lead to Your Dream Job with Dr. Will McCauley
August 20, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB“The veterinary degree is so flexible and so useful, and it gives such a broad exposure to all these different topics. I wish I had known what opportunities were available to me when I left school. And to be fair, people told me, I just didn’t believe them, I just thought, I had this idea in my head ‘You know what, I’m going to be a clinician and that is it.’” Our guest today is Dr. Will McCauley. Dr. McCauley is a 2012 Graduate from Texas A and M University College of Veterinary medicine. H...
Creating the Vet Med You Want to be a Part of with Dr. Tierra Price
August 13, 2020 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB“I feel like the MPH is a degree that anyone needs if you are going to try to understand people and how they work.” Our guest today is Dr. Tierra Price. Dr. Price is a 2020 graduate from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Not only does she have her DVM, but she also completed her MPH while in school. As we recorded this episode, she was 1 day into her big move out to California to start her first job as a shelter veterinarian for the ASPCA. Dr. Price’s name may be familiar...
Keeping Your Career Fun and Ever Evolving with Dr. Tina Tran
August 06, 2020 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB“How did I end up as president? I think it’s one of those things where, you’re in a Zoom call, you make eye contact for too long. And then there is that long pause…’ok…so…. who wants to do this next’” Our guest today is Dr. Tina Tran. Dr. Tran is an Associate Professor and Clinical Relations Lead Veterinarian for the University of Arizona. Her career has taken her from small animal practice to academia, to business ownership and back to academia. It is so fun to hear about all the opportuni...
Difficult Conversations in Vet Med with Dr. Risco and Dr. Marshall
August 04, 2020 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBToday we are joined by two very special guests. Dr. Carlos Risco is currently a Professor and Dean at Oklahoma State University, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences. Dr. Kemba Marshall is a previous guest of My Veterinary Life Podcast (see her episode from March 2019) and is a Director of Veterinary Services for Land ‘O Lakes Purina. Our focus in this episode is around participating in tough conversations relating to diversity in veterinary medicine. We are so grateful that they were able t...
From Wildlife to Public Health to Academia with Dr. Will Sander
July 30, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB“We all love to talk about our jobs. That’s what My Veterinary Life is about, really, is talking about the stories of these different veterinarians.” Our guest today is Dr. Will Sander. Dr. Sander is an Assistant Professor for Preventative Medicine and Public Health as well as the Director of the DVM/MPH program at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. His career has taken him to some incredible places and offered some unique experiences. We learn so much about what you...
A Chat with 2020 AVMA Convention Keynote Patrice Washington
July 28, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBWe are thrilled to bring you this episode with 2020 AVMA Convention Keynote Patrice Washington! We were first introduced to Patrice as a featured presenter at the 2019 Podcast Movement Conference, where we were blown away by her message and stage presence. Patrice has had an amazing career full of ups and downs and we only scratch the surface of everything she has going on. Not only does she have her own podcast, ‘Chase Purpose, Not Money’, she is also an author, TV personality and life coach...
Adaptability, Endurance and Allyship with Kelly Hewitt
July 23, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MB“Be nice, and you never know who you are going to meet, and your connections, and follow your passions. Never turn down something you’re really passionate about. Go and seek out certain opportunities because I think you’ll learn that you’ll meet some pretty great people along the way!” Our guest today is Kelly Hewitt. Kelly is a rising third year at Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine. Her interest in veterinary medicine may have come a little later than most but what you will learn a...
Meet Dr. Annie Chavent!
July 21, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBMeet Dr. Annie Chavent! She recently joined the Student Initiatives team with the AVMA. We talk about her experience with interviewing and starting a job during the pandemic. Prior to joining the AVMA, she was an equine practitioner. She talks about private practice and her internship as well as the important role mentors have played in her career so far. We have a blast learning more about her and how her roles in student organizations while at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine influen...
Cats, Curling and so Much More with Dr. Gary Marshall
July 16, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB“And I think that was actually, that 3 x 5 card, was actually the only resume I’ve ever made for a paying job to date.” Our guest today is Dr. Gary Marshall. Like Dr. Marshall’s career, we cover a lot of ground on this episode. We chat about everything from practice ownership to mentorship to cats to curling to documentaries and so much more. It’s hard not to smile when you are around Dr. Marshall. His enthusiasm for the profession is infectious and we feel really lucky that he is passionat...
Best Friends in Vet Med
July 14, 2020 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBWe are joined today by two very special guests! Francess Blake and Alexis Roach have been best friends since pre-school and just completed their first year of veterinary school together at NC State. Once we heard about their story, we had to know what it was like to attend veterinary school with your best friend. We loved hearing about their time together and how their different personalities really strengthen their relationship. It’s a great conversation that will have you laughing more than...
Adapting to International Learning and a Pandemic with Bryanna Andrews
July 09, 2020 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB“I am somebody who, like I think a lot of vets by the nature of the profession really struggles with being present in the here and now and not having 5 steps ahead planned. And that’s big things like internships and residencies and a career pathway. And it’s small things like the next placement I’m going to do or the next couple weeks what kind of work I have lined up for myself and how I want to take care of those things and COVID has really thrown all of that to the wind.” Our guest today ...
Starting a Practice in the Middle of a Pandemic
July 07, 2020 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOur guest on today’s bonus episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Alli Reid. Dr. Reid is a 2018 graduate from the University of Georgia. She was recently highlighted in an article in JAVMA where she discussed starting her own practice during a pandemic and so soon after graduation. She shares what her experiences were like and why she decided now was the time to make the leap into practice ownership. We had a great, honest discussion with her and cannot wait to share her journey with yo...
Finding Your Purpose and Creating Your Path with Dr. Michael Blackwell
July 01, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB“I’m the first and only veterinarian to be chief of staff of the office of the Surgeon General. But it’s again another testament to the DVM degree.” Our guest today is Dr. Michael Blackwell. Dr. Blackwell is a graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee University. He has had a truly incredible and inspirational career which has taken him to places he never expected. Following in his father’s footsteps, he started out in a mixed animal practice in Oklahoma, after that he spen...
From Influenza to COVID-19 Research with Dr. Jonathan Runstadler
June 30, 2020 14:39 - 42 minutes - 39 MBOur guest on today’s bonus episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Jonathan Runstadler. Dr. Runstadler is a professor of Virology, Immunogenetics, and Disease Ecology in the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. We had a great time learning more about infectious diseases and brushing up on some of our virology knowledge. It was incredible to learn how quickly his lab pivoted from working on influenza research to ...
Ice cream and the US Army with Dr. Austin Leedy
June 25, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MB“So that’s honestly, probably one of my favorite stories from my veterinary career so far. Is solely from that picture of me holding that tub of ice cream.” Our guest today is Dr. Austin Leedy. Dr. Leedy is a captain in the US army and a 2016 graduate from Auburn University. We had a great conversation and learned how she became interested in the US Army and what life has been like since graduation. We hear about some of her travels and what her ‘typical’ day to day responsibilities include...
A Conversation about Diversity and Inclusion in Vet Med
June 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBToday’s show is an insightful conversation about Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine. We are so grateful to our guests, Dr. Quincy Hawley and Dr. Andrea Gentry-Apple for joining us and sharing their experiences and thoughts on this topic. We learned so much and truly appreciate the time Dr. Hawley and Dr. Gentry spent with us. This episode runs a little longer than our usual ones, but it is such a great conversation and we think it is well worth the listen! We left this conversati...
Don’t Be A Crab with Kristina Williams
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB“When you put crabs in a bucket, none of them will escape the bucket and it’s because when one crab gets close to escaping the other crabs will pull it down. It’s kind of a good analogy for the ‘If I can’t have it then no one can’ attitude that people can get.” We have a very fun episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast today! We were joined by Kristina Williams a veterinary student at Colorado State University. We first met Kristina at the 2020 AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference where she p...
Visibility and Pride Month from a Student Perspective
June 16, 2020 09:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBWelcome to another special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast! We continue our focus on Pride Month with Alex Dhom. Alex is a third-year student at University of Georgia. He shares his personal experiences and the importance of visibility in the LBGTQ+ community. We talk about everything from mentorship, to joining national organizations to the importance of community. It’s a great conversation and we learned so much from Alex. We are so excited to share this journey with you! Remember ...
Focusing on Pride Month
June 11, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MB“We saw that the world can change overnight. If you get the entire world and all the people in the world to do something, you can make change in the blink of an eye.” Welcome to another episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast! This week we are joined by Dr. Dane Whitaker and Dr. Abby McElroy. They are both members of the PrideVMC team and they share their experiences as part of the LBGTQ+ community. They cover everything from pronouns and why they are important to the history of PrideVMC and w...
An Exciting and Star-Studded Career with Dr. Patrick Mahaney
May 28, 2020 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB“I just think it is really important to not get so stuck in only being a veterinarian. You’re a person. You have other skills to offer in the world, and also just really taking care of yourself is really important I think.” Our guest today is Dr. Patrick Mahaney. We had a blast chatting with him and can’t believe all the places his career has taken him! While it wasn’t always a direct route, he has definitely found his niche and followed his entrepreneurial spirit. While he holds many role...
Financial Wellbeing During COVID-19
May 26, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBWe are pleased to share another bonus episode today! We are joined by Tom Seeko and CJ Burnett. They are co-founders of Florida Veterinary Advisors and Co-hosts of the Smarter Vet Podcast. While we recognize that financial wellbeing is important year-round, it has become top of mind for most of us during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tom and CJ take us through some practical items we can think about to that can help improve financial wellbeing. We truly appreciated their straightforward approach to ...
From Cows to Phish with Dr. Fred Gingrich
May 21, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MB“I think the biggest difference is that I don’t smell nearly as bad I used to being a bovine veterinarian, so that’s nice, I can go to lunch and not get dirty looks” Our guest today is Dr. Fred Gingrich. Dr. Gingrich is currently the executive vice president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP). We learn what his career looked like leading up to this role and what the day to day looks like now. We also learn what he feels some of the challenges facing the veterinary pr...
What Vets Can Learn from Leslie Knope
May 14, 2020 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB“So there’s this one episode where she called herself and left herself a voicemail and it said ‘Hey Leslie! It’s Leslie! Hang in there! I love you! Bye!’” We have another fun episode for you! This week we are joined by Dr. Mia Cary and we discuss what the veterinary profession can learn from Leslie Knope. If you aren’t familiar with Leslie, she is a fictitious character and the main protagonist from the sitcom Parks and Recreation. We felt that the positivity and passion she brings to her w...
How Vets are Responding to COVID pt 5
May 12, 2020 14:23 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBWe have another great episode for you today! Joining us are two more students who share their experiences with adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hanna is a rising third year at the University of Illinois and a member of the SAVMA executive board. Ashley is also a rising third year at Western University in California and a member of the SAVMA exec board. We really enjoyed our conversation and appreciated how they have adapted and taken such a positive attitude to all the changes going on aro...
Celebrating Moms During COVID-19
May 07, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBWelcome to a special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. We are so excited to have the team back together! Dr. Anna Reddish is fresh off maternity leave and shares her story of motherhood so far and how she and her new family are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We share stories from other veterinary mothers, highlighting the challenges and unexpected joys of parenting during a pandemic. We owe a huge thank you to Dr. Nicki Wise and the Moms with a DVM Facebook Group, who helped us col...
How Vets are Responding to COVID pt 4
May 06, 2020 15:38 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBWe are so excited to share another bonus episode today! We are Laura Venner who is just starting her fourth year of veterinary school at Ohio State and Victoria McKaba who is just starting her 4th year at the University of Illinois. They discuss how their schools and communities are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they are adjusting and focusing on their wellbeing. They are both leaders in the student AVMA and have been working on everything from special programs/events to regular...
From Coaching to Frogs to Kettlebells with Dr. Jen Quammen
April 30, 2020 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MB“I tease with people that the work I do now, helping veterinarians is kind of like herd health for veterinarians. So, I get to use a little bit of my math brain but it’s on a different than what I did before.” Our guest today is Dr. Jen Quammen. Dr. Quammen is was an amazing guest and so generous with sharing her story! Her career has taken many twists and turns, many of which have even surprised her! She is the type of person that can strike up a conversation with anyone and thinks physic...
How Vets are responding to COVID-19 Pt 3
April 28, 2020 20:47 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBWe are so excited to share another bonus episode today! Our guest is Dr. Nicki Wise. She is an associate professor at St. George University in Grenada. We discuss how she and her family had to make some quick decisions in response to COVID-19 as well as how the University is responding and continuing to support their students. Our conversation also covers what the day to day looks like now for the veterinary school as well as how they are planning for a virtual commencement. We had a great ti...
Leading by Example with Dr. Kimberly Therrien
April 23, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB“At the end of the day, people development, leadership skills, leadership development, and just making a greater impact in the profession, is definitely meaningful for me.” Our guest today is Dr. Kimberly Ann Therrien. She is the Vice President of Veterinary Quality in the Midwest Region for Banfield Pet Hospital. She is also the current president of the Women’s Veterinary Leadership Development Initiative (WVLDI). We discuss these roles as well as her transition from veterinary school int...
Career Conversations During COVID-19
April 21, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBWe have another special episode of the podcast today. We are joined by Dr. Patricia Wohlferth-Bethke. Dr. Pat manages the AVMA’s Veterinary Career Center and shares with us why career maintenance is so important, even during times of uncertainty. She has great perspectives and ideas on how to think about next steps for your career. It’s a great reminder to track our accomplishments and celebrate our successes, no matter what is going on around us! Throughout the conversation we mention AVMA’s...
What I Wish I'd Known, The Early Years
April 16, 2020 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MB“Really carving out time to spend in the things you enjoy. And also a big part of it is learning to be comfortable being by yourself. ” We are changing thing up again today! We are joined by Dr. Kristin Wuellner to talk about what we wish we’d known when we had graduated. Put another way, what advice would you give yourself as you enter into the veterinary profession. We have a great time swapping stories and thoughts on this topic. The transition from student to doctor is not always as smo...
Aquamedicine and Much More with Dr. Jessica Fox
April 09, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB“Even if you think AHHH a fish, a fish, I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what to do it has fins, its slimy. You know the basics, right? You know whether it is a bird or a fish or a cow or a horse, we know the basics.” Our guest today is Dr. Jessica Fox. She is a 2015 graduate from University of Minnesota and since graduation she has packed a lot into her career! This includes attending and becoming Aquavet Certified in at all three levels, receiving a certificate in Fish Health Medici...
How Vets are Responding to Covid-19 pt 2
April 08, 2020 20:11 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBWe have another special episode of the podcast today. We are joined by Dr. Melinda Merck. She has an incredible story of how she is responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dr. Merck is a veterinarian who typically works in the area of Veterinary Forensics. Once she realized how COVID-19 was going to impact our communities, she stepped up and started looking for ways to help. She is currently working at a local grocery store and it is truly incredible how she is applying her veterinary skills for...
Positive Impacts on People with Dr. Rebecca Steers
April 02, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MB“Don’t tell me that you want to do something, but you can’t, that’s just going to make me want to figure out how you can.” Our guest today is Dr. Rebecca Steers. She is 2010 graduate from Cunning School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. During school she was very active with the Student AVMA and was national SAVMA president. After graduation, she served as a veterinarian in the U S Army. From here she spent time as an associate veterinarian and as a relief veterinarian before star...
A Dream Career with Dr. Ellen Lowery
March 26, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB“Often people see potential in us that we don’t see ourselves and if you can kind of lean into that and just embrace that, it just opens up so many opportunities.” Our guest today is Dr. Ellen Lowery. Dr. Lowery shared so many wonderful perspectives from her time in the veterinary profession. We are so excited to announce that Dr. Lowery is in a new role since recording this episode. She is currently the Director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Purdue University. What an awesome new...
Veterinarians Responding to COVID-19
March 23, 2020 20:52 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBWe have another special episode of the podcast today. We are joined by three different veterinarians from across the country. They share what adjustments their clinics and organizations have made in response to COVID-19 concerns. We kick things of with Dr. Melanie Bowden. She owns her own veterinary relief business and is currently located on the west coast but does have clients on the east coast, which has required increased communication in the past weeks. She discusses the challenges she h...
What Can Veterinarians Learn from Football?
March 19, 2020 09:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB“Sometimes taking a hit in your life can be one of the most beautiful things that happens to you.” Those wise words are from Dr. Kristin Wuellner. She joins us on a fun episode where we discuss what veterinarians can learn from the Football Industry. Even if you aren’t a football fan, there are some great insights shared today. We learned so much from each other’s perspectives. We can’t wait it to share this journey with you! Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe t...
Wellbeing in a Time of COVID
March 18, 2020 15:25 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBWe have a special episode for everyone today. We chat with Dr. Jen Brandt, AVMA’s Director of Member Wellbeing and Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives about wellbeing tips during the time of uncertainty around COVID-19. Please visit AVMA.org or AVMA’s social media accounts for up to date information on the corona virus and the impacts on the veterinary profession. Our Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr. Gail Golab and our entire Marketing and Communications Team have been working tirelessly to prov...
Take Risks and Know Your Worth with Dr. Katy Nelson
March 12, 2020 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB“I would just say know your worth. Know your worth and realize it is probably bigger than what you actually think it is.” Our guest today is Dr. Katy Nelson. We had a blast chatting with her! She is no stranger to media outlets, and we hear how taking a chance and putting herself out there has led to an amazing career, which includes hosting her own television series. She shares so much wisdom and insight throughout our conversation. She also manages to sprinkle in some truly hilarious stor...
Big Goals with Dr. Cindy Barnes
March 05, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB“My big goal is to prove to the profession that you can provide a flexible schedule for our emerging female workforce so that they can have a work-life balance- allow them to be a mom and a veterinarian and not have to choose between the two.” Our guest today is Dr. Cindy Barnes. Dr. Barnes is a 2012 graduate from Colorado State University. She has fit in so much throughout her personal and professional life and we were really inspired by our conversation. She’s held so many different roles...
Dr. Ericka Mendez- The Purposeful Vet
February 27, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB“It’s not always about you, right? Sometimes it’s about diarrhea and sometimes it’s about that other person and what’s going on in their head. and you know it’s just kind of, it’s a funny story that I-I just love, because it just helps me remember that little token of advice.” Our guest today is Dr. Ericka Mendez. She is the author of The Purposeful Vet Blog which tackles tough topics in veterinary medicine. Dr. Mendez is very open about her “love-hate relationship with my profession” and h...
Vet Med True False with Dr. Emily Tincher
February 20, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB“Veterinarians make the best cocktail or dinner party guests.” We are changing things up on this week’s episode! Dr. Emily Tincher joins us for Vet Med True False. In this episode, each of us shares a statement or misconception about veterinary medicine and we debate if we believe it is true or false. We have a great time digging into these topics and we hope you enjoy our conversation. Next week, we will return to our regular show style and hear about another amazing journey from one of o...
A Conversation with VLC Keynote, Aaron Dignan
February 13, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB“The question is- what’s stopping us from doing the best work of our lives? And just let that hang in the air.” We are so excited to bring you this week’s episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast with special guest, Aaron Dignan. If you attended VLC, you are hopefully familiar with Aaron’s work as he was the Keynote for the 2020 conference. If you are not familiar with his work, this episode is a great introduction. His entire presentation and body of work centers around one question- What is ...
Diversity and Inclusion in Vet Med with Sean Gadson
February 06, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB: “If a profession limits itself to only including a certain group of people, then the problem with that is you get a limited number of ideas and perspectives and values. And over time, you know, you’ve kind of doomed yourself to becoming stagnant and halting your own growth” Those wise words are from Sean Gadson, our guest today on My Veterinary Life Podcast. Sean is a third-year veterinary student at UC Davis. He reached out to us to discuss diversity and inclusion within the veterinary p...
Living Large Through Relief Work with Dr. Cindy Trice
January 30, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB“But I always say relief vets are a little like pollinators. We will take ideas from practice and bring it to another, we will share things and I think the whole veterinary profession can grow as a result of that.” Our guest today is Dr. Cindy Trice. Dr. Trice is a graduate of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. She is the founder and CEO of Relief Rover and a HUGE advocate for relief medicine. Throughout her career she has had the privilege of working in over 50 unique settings across...
Vet Med Would You Rather with Dr. Emily Tincher
January 23, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MB“Cows are just so resilient. I think for 2020 I’m going to try to have a more cow-like mind set.” We are changing things up on this week’s episode! Dr. Emily Tincher joins us for a game of Vet Med Would You Rather. We have a great time sharing our perspectives and thoughts on different scenarios. We hope you will play along too and reach out to us with your thoughts or suggestions for shows. We cover everything from clinical cases to meeting vet med royalty and even talk television. We hope...