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Brendan Howard oversees veterinary business, practice management and life-balance content for dvm360.com, dvm360 magazine, Firstline and Vetted, and plans the Practice Management track at all three Fetch dvm360 conferences.Brendan has proudly served under the Veterinary Economics and dvm360 banners for more than 10 years. Before that, he worked as a journalist, writer and editor at Entrepreneur magazine and a top filmed entertainment magazine in Southern California. Brendan received a Masters in English Literature from University of California, Riverside, in 1999.

Check out what editor Brendan Howard thinks of this year's attendees.

At Veterinary Economics, we're listening ... and we're here to help.

Sharing personal stories of pet illness in exam rooms, veterinary newsletters and emails can bridge the gap between a seemingly trouble-free veterinarian and scared clients.

Should we skip the pet kisses to protect our health?

Veterinary practice is never just the medicine

Well-pet veterinary visits to point out such problems are crucial in preventing disease, according to the second annual report from Banfield.

What your veterinary colleagues were glad to tell Reader's Digest about the profession's strengths, pet peeves, and failings.


Every veterinary team member can be the person who can turn a client's or co-worker's day around. If there's a problem or a complaint, even if it's not because of you, help to fix it.

This issue is full of ways to make 2012 great for you and your veterinary patients.

Build goodwill and the bottom line at your veterinary practice by sharpening up your aquatic animal skills.

Empower and inspire your veterinary practice's employees with a bill of rights for your team members.

Both associations argue that better enforcement is the answer.

Veterinary schools are desperately seeking new financial resources.

Pet owners stick around at this practice after receiving a $25 gift card.

Students in credentialed veterinary technician programs from more than 160 schools are eligible.

Dr. Tracey S. McNamara evaluates today's national biosecurity and recounts her tale seeing the first hints of West Nile Virus in New York

A company now offers veterinary practice owners a chance to wander their clinic before they build.

Veterinarians will want to know what the consumer watchdog is saying to pet owners about four purveyors of pet health insurance.

Senate may dissolve RVT committee, add member to California veterinary board

Wayne Usiak, AIA, explains the proven insights that architects are incorporating into veterinary clinic design.

The world of architecture is still abuzz with LEED certification. Do you need it to ensure your new veterinary practice is earth friendly?

Don't be nervous: Dive into writing blogs or filming simple video blogs.

From private clinics to teaching hospitals, these are the trends shaping the functionality of veterinary hospitals.

National Report - A "highly virulent" strains of the fungus Cryptococcus gattii is spreading in the Pacific Northwest and infectin gboth humans and animals.

Kansas City, Mo. - "Education speed-dating." That's how one participant described the first of three days of discussion about the present and future of veterinary education at a meeting of the North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium (NAVMEC).

Kansas City, Mo. -- "Educational speed-dating." That's how one participant described the first of three days of discussion on the veterinary college of the present and the future at a meeting of the North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium (NAVMEC).

Portland, Ore. -- A "highly virulent" strain of the fungus Cryptococcus gattii is spreading in the Pacific Northwest and infecting both humans and animals, according to a recent study. But Oregon's public health veterinarian and one of the study's co-authors say media reports have exaggerated the threat of the rare fungal infection.

The AVMA's first female president now seeks to help re-energize veterinary education.

University of Georgia dean sees the need to rework education and better focus funding.