My Veterinary Life

“When you see change coming, don’t try to stop it”In this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast we chat with Dr. Aaron Smiley and Howard Zeigler. Dr. Smiley is a 2007 graduate from the University of Illinois and Howard is a 3rd year veterinary student at University of Georgia. This summer Howard is completing an internship with Dr. Smiley through the Veterinary Entrepreneurship Academy. They were so much fun to chat with and have some exciting ideas! We cannot wait to share this journey with you!Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org You can also follow us on Social Media @AVMAVets #MyVetLife #MVLPodcastTo learn more about DVM Mentoring, please visit https://dvmmentor.com/ To find out more about the Veterinary Entrepreneurship Academy, please follow this link: https://vea.vet/

“I desperately wanted to be a dalmatian” Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Taylor DeWitt. We were so excited to catch up with her just one day after she completed her clinical rotations. She has an awesome story that includes time volunteering, presenting and advocating for the veterinary profession. We can’t wait to share her journey with you! Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org You can also follow us on Social Media @AVMAVets #MyVetLife #MVLPodcast

“The veterinary field is the Swiss Army knife of medicine”Thanks for joining us on a special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast. Today we are joined by Elizabeth Dorwart. At the time of the recording, Elizabeth was completing a summer externship with the AVMA. We learn how she learned of this opportunity and what it has been like so far. We also talk about her 2 + 2 Veterinary school program and her recent move to Iowa State University to start her third year of veterinary school. Lizzie is so fun to chat with and be around. We are glad she joined us for a few weeks this summer and we cannot wait to share this journey with you!Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org You can also follow us on Social Media @AVMAVets #MyVetLife #MVLPodcastIf you are interested in learning more about AVMA Externship opportunities, please visit the following website: https://www.avma.org/About/SAVMA/Events/Pages/

“I didn’t want to be ‘just’ a vet student.”On this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast, we chat with Dr. Matt Holland. Dr. Holland’s path towards veterinary school was almost as different as his path after veterinary school. He has so many amazing stories including what it was like to be president of the Student AVMA and work and we cannot wait to share this journey with you!Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org You can also follow us on Social Media @AVMAVets #MyVetLife #MVLPodcast

“Stop and enjoy where you are in the present”Thanks for joining us on a special episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast! We had the best time getting to know Drs. Tony Bartels and Audra Fenimore and learned so much through this conversation. We cover everything from labradoodles to the Cubs baseball to veterinary student debt and even touch on some of the benefits of being married to a fellow veterinarian. It was an extremely fun and insightful conversation and we cannot wait to share this journey with you! Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org Follow us on Social Media @AVMAVets #MVLPodcast #MyVetLifeIf you would like to learn more about the VIN Foundation, please visit https://vinfoundation.org/ To learn more about student loan repayment options you can visit the VIN Foundation Student Debt Center https://vinfoundation.org/resources/student-debt-center/ Or MyVeterinaryLife.com

“If I feel like I’m not supposed to be in this room, what am I going to do this week to make me feel a part of this room?”On this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast, we chat with Dr. Kristin Wuellner. Dr. Wuellner is a 2016 graduated from Auburn University. She has had some really interesting experiences since graduating, including an internship that many of us did not know about. She walks us through how she got to her current role as the Digital Education Specialists at Hill’s Pet Nutrition. You may remember us chatting with her manager Dr. Brandon Stapleton, on Episode 18. Kristin is a dynamic, fun and super motivated person. We had so much fun digging into her story and we can’t wait to share her journey with you! Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org You can also follow us on Social Media @AVMAVets #MyVetLife #MVLPodcast

“I’m going to ask the most important question. Will there be food?”Today, we are joined by Erika Schnure and Brendan Sugrue to talk all things AVMA Convention. We are so excited to share this special episode with you. We touch on events you won’t want to miss, discuss the keynote presentation and all the happenings around Washington D.C. We hope to see you there! For more information on AVMA convention, please visit avmaconvention.comRemember, we want to hear from you! Be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also email us at MVLPodcast@avma.org and follow along on social media with @AVMAVets

“I’ll report back. It may be a debacle.”On this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast, we chat with Dr. Caitlin DeWilde. Dr. DeWilde wears many hats including entrepreneur. She founded her company the Social DVM just a few years after graduating. She has said yes to so many opportunities, which has led to an amazing career so far, and we can’t wait to share her journey with you! We want to hear from you! Be sure to subscribe to our show and leave us a ratings and review. You can also email us at MVLpodcast@AVMA.org To learn more about The Social DVM please visit Caitlin's Website: https://www.thesocialdvm.com/

“I think our profession just has this really loving, wonderful group of people”On this episode of My Veterinary Life podcast, our guest is Dr. Heidi Pulito. Dr. Pulito is a 2011 graduate from University of Illinois. She recently started her own mobile hospice care practice and talks about how finding her people within veterinary medicine really made a big difference for her. She also shares what it was like to write her first book and how she fits in all her volunteer commitments. Dr. Pulito is very open with her struggles and successes in veterinary medicine and we cannot wait to share this journey with you! Remember, we want to hear from you! Please subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also reach us at mvlpodcast@avma.org.

“I was a veterinarian with a business brain”We are so excited to share this bonus episode with you! Dr. Stephanie Morley is the Chief Operations Officer and Vice President of Product Development at Zomedica. She shares great pieces of wisdom that she has gathered through her exciting career path. We cannot wait to share this journey with you!Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org

“I’m pregnant and I get winded easily” We are so excited to share this bonus episode with you! Dr. Kate Boatright reached out to us after hearing our series with veterinary moms. She is currently in small animal practice and expecting her first child. We had a great conversation with her and can’t wait to share her journey with you! Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org

“There is magic in veterinary medicine if you look for it”On this episode of My Veterinary Life podcast, our guest is Dr. Michael Miller. Dr. Miller is a 2011 graduate from University of Illinois. He has packed a lot of new experiences into his career including operating turtle care and rescue facilities through his clinic, starting an amazing blog, practice ownership AND becoming a new dad. We had so much fun chatting with him and we cannot wait to share this journey with you! Remember, we want to hear from you! Be sure to subscribe to our show and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.orgIf you want to catch up on The Harry Potter Vet please visit the blog here: https://www.harrypottervet.com/blog

“There’s plenty of victories even on the days when it feels like it’s all defeat”On this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast, we chat with Dr. Brandon Stapleton. Dr. Stapleton is the Senior manager of education at Hill’s Pet Nutrition. This is not a role he thought he would be in and he walks us through how he got there. We had so much fun with him and we cannot wait to share this journey with you!Remember, we want to hear from you! Be sure to subscribe to our show and leave us a ratings and review. You can also email us at MVLpodcast@AVMA.org

“I got awfully darn lucky in each experience I’ve had and really the importance of being open to other experiences”Our guest on this episode of the My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Janet Donlin! Dr. Donlin is the CEO of the AVMA. She has had an amazing career in veterinary medicine and offers so much sound advice during our conversation. We can’t wait to share her journey with you as we hear her thoughts on the veterinary profession! We want to hear from you! Be sure to subscribe to our show and leave us a ratings and review. You can also email us at MVLPodcast@avma.org

“Being a veterinarian doesn’t mean the same thing every year” On this episode of My Veterinary Life podcast, our guest is Dr. Melissa King. Dr. King had an interesting start to veterinary medicine. After shifting from a love of statistics and economics she left a dream job to pursue her childhood goal of becoming a veterinarian. She also stepped outside her comfort zone to take a few calculated risks in her career. During that time, she also became a mom to two very active boys. We had so much fun chatting with her and we cannot wait to share this journey with you! We want to hear from you! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and leave us a ratings and review. You can also reach us by emailing MVLpodcast@avma.org

“The days are long, but the years are short”It’s graduation season! We want to be among the first to congratulate all the new veterinarians out there and welcome you to our wonderful profession! Throughout this episode we share our experiences in the first days of being doctors and what we wish we had known. We also talk about some exciting resources that are available to you. Be sure to take some time to enjoy your accomplishments! We can’t wait to share this journey with you! Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed and leave us a ratings and review. You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org

“All those things that were kind of accepted as clinical side effects of our profession are now just not acceptable.”Our guest on this episode of My Veterinary Life Podcast is Dr. Keelan Lewis! Dr. Lewis was born and raised in rural north Texas. She went to Texas A&M University for her undergraduate degree in animal science and then she received her DVM at Virginia Maryland in 2011. She practices in north Texas where she owns three mixed animal clinics with the support of a five-veterinarian team. She is a true leader within our profession and has some great ideas to address many of the issues facing veterinary medicine. We can’t wait to share this journey with you!We want to hear from you! Please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a ratings and review! You can also reach us by emailing mvlpodcast@avma.org

“It’s like go time already” On this episode of My Veterinary Life podcast, our guest is Dr. Caroline Cantner. Dr. Cantner is a 2011 Graduate University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School. She grew up with veterinarians and one thing she knew for sure was that she was never going to be one. We are so glad she changed her mind. She’s had an interesting road to becoming a veterinarian as well as becoming a mother and we cannot wait to share this journey with you! We want to hear from you! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and leave us a ratings and review. You can also reach us by emailing MVLpodcast@avma.org

“This isn’t that scary, these are just normal people” On this episode of My Veterinary Life podcast, our guest is Dr. Maggie Canning. Dr. Canning is a 2016 graduate of Auburn University (War Eagle!) and a new mom to Baby James. She has already had an amazing career filled with a LOT of changes. She is also incredibly thoughtful and imparts so wisdom on us. We cannot wait to share this journey with you! Be sure to connect with us by leaving a ratings and review for the show! You can also reach us at MVLPodcast@avma.org

“A to do list cannot wipe out your to be list”- Drew Dudley (2019 VLC Keynote)Join Drs. Anna Reddish and Marci Kirk on this follow up appointment where they review the 2019 Veterinary Leadership Conference. Hear some of the highlights from this event and what they have implemented since January. We can’t wait to share this journey with you! Relevant links: avma.org/vlc https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership?language=en