Vet Life Reimagined

Send us Fan Mail Question from Vet Life Reimagined podcast listener: Advice for building a resume/CV for internships and trying to get more experience in the field? Resources: Episode on YouTube American Veterinary Medical Association has a vet school admission 101 list to help you get the best chance of getting into vet school.  Website for the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges ...

Send us Fan Mail How does this phrase make you feel? "There's nothing else we can do." Have you ever faced a moment where you felt that you had run out of options and were powerless to help someone or something? Our guest on Vet Life Reimagined, Dr. Marlene Siegel, believes there are always options. Dr. Siegel, a 1985 graduate of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medic...

Send us Fan Mail This text link is a one-way messaging About our guest on Vet Life Reimagined: Dr. Corey Blake is an Executive Leadership and Pleasure Coach, Veterinarian, former hospital owner, and founder of Sacred Leadership Institute. Dr. Corey Blake earned her DVM in 2002 from the Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine.  She spent 10 years in referral and emergency practice as an associate DVM,...

Send us Fan Mail About our guest on Vet Life Reimagined ... Rhonda Bell is a seasoned veterinary practice management professional and CVPM (certified veterinary practice manager) who has combined her passion for people, pets, and veterinary businesses into a thriving social media and brand consulting company. But a sudden, scary incident happened that led her to pave a unique career path that is r...

Send us Fan Mail About our guest on Vet Life Reimagined: As a former ER veterinary technician, licensed psychotherapist, and leadership performance coach, Crystal works directly with veterinary leaders to reduce turnover, prevent burnout, and improve the wellness of their team. She is on a mission to bring vet med professionals Full Circle, back to the passion for improving the lives of animals wh...

Send us Fan Mail “NOMV was created to bring a simple truth to light, that you are not alone. The resources we have are ourselves – peer support,”  Dr. Brian Bourquin commented as the new president of the Not One More Vet (NOMV) organization. About our guest: Brian grew up with animals and later graduated from vet school at Cornell University in 2001. After 13 years as a Boston Veterinarian, he fou...

Send us Fan Mail About the guest on Vet Life Reimagined: Dr. Dennis Chmiel, DVM, MBA graduated from Tufts University vet school in 1998. He worked in small animal and exotic veterinary hospitals. In 2011, he earned his MBA and became a Pfizer speaker. In 2013, he joined Zoetis later becoming a senior marketing manager in parasiticides where he led the launch of Revolution Plus. In 2022, he co-foun...

Send us Fan Mail About the guest on Vet Life Reimagined: Dr. Levente Degi is a veterinarian originally trained in Romania where he was a practice owner. Inspired by a t.v. show from America, he decided to move his family, life, and career to North America to enhance the quality of care of his patients. He later started his own practice as a solo doctor building it from the ground up. A couple of y...

Send us Fan Mail Medical culture may encourage and reward perfectionist and self-sacrificial tendencies. Our expert guest had to learn how to overcome these beliefs. Dr. Taylor Miller is a veterinarian and a board of directors member for Not One More Vet (NOMV). She works in clinic relief but spends most of her work in 1:1 mental health counseling with caretakers, individuals whose job description...

Send us Fan Mail About the guest on Vet Life Reimagined podcast: Dr. Latonia Craig, CDP, EdD, MEd, MA is an educator and scholar who is AVMA’s first chief diversity, equity, & inclusion (DEI) officer. Before taking the role in 2022, she served as assistant dean for inclusive excellence at the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Craig brings over 17 years of experience designing, impleme...

Send us Fan Mail About the guest on Vet Life Reimagined: Dr. Adam Stern is a board-certified veterinary anatomical pathologist and is a professor of veterinary forensic pathology at the University of Florida.  In this episode, Dr. Stern talks about his veterinary career path, what he does as a veterinary forensic pathologist, and some futuristic projects in forensic science and medicine. Get this...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up for this mic drop episode with Dr. Cherice Roth! Dr. Cherice Roth is the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of Digital Pet Health for Mars Veterinary Health. She is also a Mom & author.  She is well-known in the veterinary industry as a strategic leader and a Telemedicine innovator. Dr. Roth works daily with telemedicine and believes in strong community and social servic...

Send us Fan Mail “'Cause that’s how we’ve always done it!" This is not the best way to run a hospital or even your career. Whether there is a need for change or not, it’s about being curious and leaning into possibilities. This is a huge part of Dr. Lauren Jones’ career story. Because of her belief that there is an opportunity for good change, Dr. Jones knew early on that she was interes...

Send us Fan Mail How can we joyfully have both the career we desire and be fully present with our family? Well, our guest today has found out how it works for her. Dr. Alexandra McClaughry is a practice owner of a general practice with a clinic that is open only 4 days a week, and it’s the most profitable she’s ever been. Because client communication is such a high priority, she also worked with h...

Send us Fan Mail "If we are pretending that parenting is not part of how we make our professional decisions, we're just being naive. " About the guests: Emily Singler, VMD, R-PLC is a 2005 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She has navigated five pregnancies while working in veterinary clinical practice and has been a working mom throughout the...

Send us Fan Mail 65% of veterinarians decided before the age of 13 that vet med was the career path they wanted to pursue. (1) 93% of veterinarians say that shadowing was important in helping them in their decision to become a veterinarian and get into vet school.  About the Guest: Dr. Chris Carpenter knew he wanted to be a veterinarian from a young age and graduated from veterinary school at Aubu...

Send us Fan Mail Today on Vet Life Reimagined, host, Megan Sprinkle, DVM talks to guest, Phil Richmond, DVM about his veterinary career journey and his journey through burnout and substance abuse. We discuss how to identify and help ourselves and others through burnout and how to overcome the stigma around substance abuse. Resources: Phil Richmond on LinkedIn ProQOL Professional Quality of Life As...

Send us Fan Mail Vet Life Reimagined brings guest, veterinary oncologist, Dr. Craig Clifford. About the guest: Dr. Craig Clifford graduated from Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine and received an MS degree in Animal Science/Virology from the University of Delaware. In 2003, he became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology). He is a me...

Send us Fan Mail About our guest on Vet Life Reimagined: Rob Best is a certified expert in Neuroleadership, the science-based field centered around emotional intelligence. His work focuses on increasing the emotional and psychological safety within professional environments to help attract, retain, and develop talent.  He has been a world explorer, trekking six of the seven continents and is the C...

Send us Fan Mail This episode on Vet Life Reimagined is with guest, Registered Veterinary Technician Brian Goleman who has found a niche in veterinary bandaging. He went from zoo keeper to emergency technician to the surgery service where he became a bandaging expert, but he noticed that there was no great continuing education on bandaging, so he started his own called Brian’s Bandages. We talk ab...

Send us Fan Mail If you are close to the veterinary industry at all, you are aware of the transition of veterinary business models to veterinary consolidation. What’s going on with veterinary consolidators, and are they all the same? What about independent practices is special and needs to be preserved? What could be improved?  To answer these questions, Vet Life Reimagined invites, Dr. Bill Wagne...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had trouble finding where you fit in? Or maybe found it difficult to be yourself? I have and so has our guest today. Our guest is Dr. Bill Tancredi. We met at VMX this year as we were both invited to a small dinner that Instinct Science put together. And we’ve become really good friends. If you know of Bill’s writing in his SubStack called Doc’s FIRE , you may find h...

Send us Fan Mail Today on Vet Life Reimagined, your host, Dr. Megan Sprinkle talks to Aaron Massecar.  Aaron Massecar is the Executive Director of the Veterinary Innovation Council (VIC). His career started in philosophy with a Ph. D. and was a professor for 5 years. Married to a veterinarian, he found veterinary professionals with a big dream for the future of veterinary medicine. With diverse ba...

Send us Fan Mail Vet Life Reimainged guest, Dr. Natalie Marks is a former veterinary hospital owner and has been practicing for 23 years. She has a unique view of the animal health industry and the front lines of small animal veterinary hospitals. She now is a speaker, journalist, and advisor for the animal health industry and entrepreneurs. She has her own consulting business MarksDVMConsulting a...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Vaisman, MAPPCP (PgD) has a fascinating veterinary career. He started as a PetSmart associate. He became a veterinary assistant and then a veterinary practice owner, multiple times.  After some hard realizations, he got a Master's of applied positive psychology and coaching psychology. So, in 2018 he founded Flourish Veterinary Consulting which translates the science of...