My Veterinary Life

This week’s episode is an interesting one! Dr. Pallavi Oruganti is a recent graduate currently working as a Federal Regulatory Vet for the USDA in Colorado. The discussion goes from her anthropology undergraduate degree at Ohio State, to getting her NPH before going on to Vet school. We talk about how COVID affected her schooling and her experience with the Multicultural Veterinary Medical Associa...

This week’s episode involves a special story of dogs finding turtles! Our talk with Dr. Matt Allender dives into his passion for wildlife preservation and how he got there. The discussion leads us to residencies and his opinion on finding one to fit your life and learning style, all the way to him developing a research program with the University of Illinois and the Brookfield Zoo. The discussion...

This week’s episode is a special one! Today we talk with Dr. Sean Callanan, the current dean at Ross University in the West Indies, about his journey in veterinary medicine. From his childhood in Ireland, his start in pathology, his passion for teaching, and finally to becoming dean, Dr. Callanan discusses how being intentional and being aware of opportunities leads to where he is today. Along the...

We are so excited to bring you a special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. We are calling these drop-in episodes the Vet Debt Sessions. Throughout the year, we will talk to veterinary colleagues about how they are managing their educational debt. Our guest today is Dr. Jessica ward. She shares with us how she decided to manage her debt by utilizing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program....

Welcome to this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. We have another amazing crossover episode with fellow veterinary podcaster, Dr. Katie Berlin. Dr. Berlin hosts AAHA’s Central Line podcast. In this episode we talk about non-clinical veterinary careers- how we found our current jobs, what our day to day looks like and tips for things to consider if you are looking for new opportunities beyond...

Welcome to this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. Our guest today is Dr. Marie Holowaychuk. Dr. Holowaychuk is a board-certified critical care and emergency veterinarian and has a passion for wellbeing in the profession. We look at her career and the different twists and turns it took. Throughout the episode, we discuss what she wished she would have known then that she knows now. This is suc...

Welcome to this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. Our guest today is Dr. Kim Farina. Dr. Farina is the CEO and Founder of Flying Fur Veterinary Consulting. In this episode we discuss how she got to veterinary medicine, which involves a detour into MTV and trips to the Grammys, Academy Awards and much more! She has lots of advice to share about the twists and turns that life and careers can ta...

Welcome to a special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. We are joined by two special guests to discuss some of our key takeaways from the 2023 Veterinary Leadership Conference. Dr. Moriah McCauley is the host of That Vet Life Podcast, a small animal private practitioner, a speaker at this year’s VLC and much more! Dr. Stacey Cordivano is the host of The Whole Veterinarian Podcast, an equine pr...

Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Jenni George. Jenni is a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager. Our focus today is the impact that listening to your team can have on the workplace. Jenni shares some great perspectives and stories that help show case some of the steps you can take to start to understand and establish the workplace culture. This is such a great conversatio...

Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Matt McGlasson. Dr. McGlasson is the Chief Veterinary Officer with Noah’s Ark Animal Clinics. He is also a certified veterinary practice manager. We talk about the importance of mentorship and a growth mindset both personally and professionally. He also shares how important it is to be intentional in all areas of your life. This is suc...

“There are so many things that being a veterinarian can mean and I think in my single-minded focus to becoming a practicing vet, I really didn’t look at that very thoroughly, didn’t explore that and see what that would look like for myself.” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Diane Marshall. Dr. Marshall is a Senior Manager of Veteirnary Affairs with Hill’s Pet Nutritio...

“And you know for me, I tend to be a fixer. You know I want to fix everything. Us veterinarians want to fix what is broken or with my tow legged kiddos, I want to fix when they’ve got a cut or scrape and that’s kind of my mentality. And I think I went into being a manager as if I need to fix everything and problem solve for everybody. So that was definitely a little bit of a learning curve.” Our g...

“Even though you are from small, central European country, the world is open to you, and you should never set up low goals. I would much rather try for big goal and fail, then never try for anything and just settle on the situation that just may not be the best for me at that time.” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Iveta Becvarova. Dr. Becvarova is the Director of Glo...

“I didn’t know I was an adrenaline junky, and it turns out that my calling was actually emergency medicine. I befriended several specialists in our local area and was asked if I wanted to do an ER job.” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Heather Loenser. Dr. Loenser is the Chief Veterinary Officer at Suveto. We talk about how veterinary medicine helped her realize she i...

“And so I felt like I had this amazing group of people and I’m just... I’m not there. I’m not happy, I’m not enjoying this and fortunately, again I had amazing, AMAZING bosses who said ‘Well, let’s find your happy. What is it that makes you happy in practice? Let’s have you focus on that.’” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Catherine Ruggiero. Dr. Ruggiero is a board-c...

“When I was young, I knew that I was going to be one of two things growing up, either a teacher or a veterinarian. Of course, at the time, I was very unaware that you could actually do both. I have a very vivid memory of giving all of my toys a test and those that failed, I threw out the window. Now, thankfully for my current students, I have vastly changed my teaching style.” Our guest on this ep...

“You’re not just a vet student to study. You are not just, I hate that word-get that word out of your vocabulary, you are not just a veterinarian. You are dynamic. You have lots of interests. And just be curious about what’s out there. Talk to people.” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Megan Sprinkle. Dr. Sprinkle is a board certified veterinary nutritionist. We talk a...

: “In this role, I would be able to, not just treat the one sick Harbor seal or the one sick dolphin, but I can help our 100,000 members treat all of their patients, including zoo and aquatic animals. And I was like, that is a spectacular opportunity, to not only impact our profession, but to also just reach out to our clients too and help educate them as well because social media is an amazing im...

“You do not have to be a veterinarian 24/7. When I graduated, we got into this profession because we love animals and we want to save everything and we want to be there for everybody all the time, and that’s the way it was when I graduated, I was going to save the world. And just having to be on, be a veterinarian all the time, you get burnt out and you get tired of it. And so, making sure that yo...

We are so excited to bring you this special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. We are talking to Dr. Kara Escutia. Dr. Escutia is a Trust Veterinarian with AVMA’s PLIT and our focus today is navigating anger in the workplace. This is a continuation of our conversations with Dr. Escutia which we will be sharing throughout the year to help you understand some of the most common claims seen and h...

“Just not getting the advice of have fun. It is so fun and rewarding and cool to be a veterinarian. It. Just. Is. And that’s what we have to start preaching and teaching and believing. And that’s it.” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Cat Foret. Dr. Foret is the Vice President of Communications with Suveto. Prior to this she co-owned a growing veterinary clinic with he...

“Never underestimate your ability to make an impact. A moment in time, that’s all it takes sometimes. I think we should empower each other more and speak that positivity more to all those who are interested who don’t feel like they’re big enough. We all have something in us that we can give and there’s someone that really needed it.” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. T...

“Finding a new job is a life changing decision. This is a very impactful decision, so you need to take your time, you need to be thoughtful with it.” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Paul Diaz. He is the founder and primary consultant of Hire Power Consulting. He is passionate about building teams and finding their strengths and understanding workplace culture. He brings...

“A couple things, one I do want to say is, yes, networking has definitely helped open a lot of doors and the more you are in this profession, the more you realize you can do with our degree and that you really shouldn’t limit yourself. And I think being open to opportunity allows you to also be open to continuing to find joy and sustainability in this profession. So, I just want to emphasize that...

“I think that the skills that I have learned, is working within a budget, which especially in veterinary medicine that’s something that we have to accommodate all the time and I think just being appreciative and respectful of people from different backgrounds too.” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Ashlea Tenorio. Ashlea is a veterinary student at Texas A and M. we talk ab...