My Veterinary Life

We 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...

“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....

“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 curren...

We 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,...

“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...

We 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....

“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...

“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 profes...

“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 veterinar...

“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,...

“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 gre...

: “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 stude...

“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...

“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 co...

“It’s been an incredible journey and if someone had told me five years ago that I would be CEO of a company that sells globally, I would have said you must be joking. I have no training, no skills and an excel spreadsheet makes me break out into a cold sweat.” Our guest today is Dr. Liz Bales. Dr. Bales is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She has had a truly...

“and Dr. Mayer pulled out this massive jug of peanut butter and they stick to a pole and they stick it into the cage and the bear smelled the peanut butter and just immediately woke up and started licking the peanut butter.” Our guest today is Bryce Golsen. Bryce is currently a student at the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He reached out to us to share his experience with...

“Be a reasonable freaking human being, and it doesn’t seem like it should be a hard bar to fit, but I am often surprised when I encounter people who don’t meet that. And that is, you know, just be nice to people and don’t be dramatic and just take life as it is and just be a reasonable freaking human being” Our guest today is Dr. Erik Hofmeister. Dr. Hofmeister is a professor of Anesthesiology at...

“I had to actually to put into practice all of these things that I had learned in veterinary school that I didn’t necessarily think I would use. And I think it built my confidence pretty early in my practice experience” Our guest today is Dr. Heather Case. Dr. Case received her DVM from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She didn’t stop there. She also has her Master’s in...

“I’ve decided that since we are friends, I can hijack your podcast for just a moment and instead I would love to play with you guys two truths and a lie veterinary version” Our guest today is Dr. Emily Tincher. Dr. Tincher is a 2016 graduate from Auburn University. After veterinary school she pursued an internship with the intention of going on and practicing emergency medicine. Beyond clinical pr...

“I mean really anything could happen, I could be a relief vet. That’s the beauty of being a veterinarian is you can really do anything and you can reinvent yourself at any point in your career. And that’s the best part of being a veterinarian.” Our guest today is Dr. Jenn Bornkamp. Dr. Bornkamp is a 2009 graduated from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. After veterinary school she purs...

“I had no idea what public health was until the first couple weeks of vet school. I knew that I wanted to be a veterinarian. When I started vet school, I thought I was either going to be a wildlife vet or an equine vet. Which probably will sound familiar to many of your listeners because I think a lot of us started out thinking things like that” Our guest today is Dr. Katharyn Kryda. Dr. Kryda is...

"Prioritize your safety at all times. Even if that means you have to have an uncomfortable conversation of ‘I don’t feel comfortable doing this’ because there is likely somebody else in your environment that feels the same way and is just waiting for someone to be that safety champion. So I encourage folks to be that safety champion, to prioritize their safety.” Our guest today is Dr. Heather Fowl...

Welcome to another special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. We are so excited to bring you the final installment of our mini-series focused on Women Leaders in the Pet Health Industry. Today’s guest is Dr. Laura Pletz. Dr. Pletz is the Scientific Services Manager, Eastern Region for Royal Canin. She also helped develop the Royal Canin Women’s Veterinary Leadership Forum. We talk about what i...

“I think I was sort of Vice President of the class. And my primary role senior year was setting up the vet school happy hour and so I think I took it on mostly because Kinkos was right next to Dairy Queen and Thursday was dollar blizzard night and that’s when I would go up and get blizzards and photo copy the signs to paste all of the vet school that showed where we were to get together on Friday...

“The future is unknown in terms of my career there, but I’m actually very excited about it. It’s also very nerve-racking, you know like we mentioned before income is always good and I always need something to do. I’m not an idler at all” Our guest today is Dr. Kelly DeBaene. Dr. DeBaene is a 2011 graduate from the University of Illinois. Since graduation she has had an incredible career. She compl...