Expert Interviews

Veterinary orthopedic specialist Dr. David Dycus gives the lowdown on this emerging modality.

Jennifer Graham, DVM, DABVP (Avian/Exotic Companion Mammal), associate professor of zoological animal medicine at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, talks about some of the unique aspects of the avian GI system.

Joy Fuhrman, DVM, MBA, director of finance and operations for Shepherd Software, says more and more veterinary practices are moving toward cloud-based software — and you should, too.

With a better understanding of how their day-to-day activities contribute to the bottom line, your veterinary team can become your best ally in improving practice finances.

Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB, owner of Florida Veterinary Behavior Service, says that managing owner expectations is something she and her team speak about regularly.

There are situations where mediation is sometimes the best first step for a veterinarian dealing with a legal issue, says Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton, Esq, principal at Hamilton Law & Mediation, but sometimes mediation just doesn't work.

Are animals painful or not? That is the biggest challenge for veterinarians when assessing pain, says James Gaynor, DVM, DACVA, DACVPM, pain specialist at Peak Performance Veterinary Group in Frisco, Colorado.

At the VetPartners annual meeting this year, Roger Haston, PhD, from PetSmart Charities, talked about economics and the veterinary industry.

Julie Reck, DVM, founder and owner of the Veterinary Medical Center of Fort Mill, South Carolina, talks about the Healthy Pet Happy Pet experience that she implements in her veterinary practice.

Use your clients' device dependency to your advantage.

Stacy Pursell, BA, CPC, CERS, founder and CEO of The VET Recruiter, talks about the current job market for those seeking work in the veterinary field.

Narda G. Robinson, DO, DVM, MS, FAAMA, president and CEO of CuraCore Integrative Medicine and Education Centers, says the biggest myth she sees about integrative medicine arises from Chinese medicine.

Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA, owner of PAW Consulting and executive director of the Southern California Veterinary Medical Association, explains the concept of creating systems and processes in your veterinary practice.

Anne Barger, DVM, MS, DACVP, clinical professor in pathobiology at University of Illinois, talks about when to aspirate lymph nodes.

Set up good vibes for your patients (and their owners) in a hurry.

Kenichiro Yagi, MS, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM), ICU manager at Adobe Animal Hospital in Los Altos, California, talks about the usefulness of autotransfusion for veterinary patients.

Linda Fineman, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), director of veterinary talent and knowledge strategy at Ethos Veterinary Health, explains how reflective listening can enhance the client-veterinarian relationship.

Wendy Hauser, DVM, assistant vice president of veterinary relations for Crum + Forster Pet Insurance Group, talks about the very important role of positive feedback in your veterinary practice.

While the survival rate for veterinary patients that experience cardiopulmonary arrest pales in comparison to the survival rate for humans that experience cardiopulmonary arrest, John D. Anastasio, DVM, DACVECC, medical director of emergency and critical care at VRC Specialty Hospital in Malvern, Pennsylvania, says several things can help bring that gap.

Dr. Dave Nicol wonders if veterinarians' unique proximity to death is related to the profession's disproportionate suicide rate.

Catherine Haskins, a communications and marketing consultant, and Brenda Andresen, former marketing director with industry group Partners for Healthy Pets, explain everything you need to know about how The Bridge Club works.

Bryan Torres, DVM, assistant professor of small animal orthopedic surgery and director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at the University of Missouri, talks about the ways he uses some of the technology at the Motion Analysis Laboratory to objectively look at veterinary patients with osteoarthritis.

When you have a young animal that was perfectly healthy, perfectly healthy, perfectly healthy, and then suddenly sick, says Ken Drobatz, DVM, MSCE, DACVIM, DACVECC, professor of critical care at the University of Pennsylvania, the culprit is usually a toxin.

Amanda Landis-Hanna, DVM, senior manager of veterinary outreach for PetSmart Charities, talks about the project this year's American Veterinary Medical Association Future Leaders class has been assigned.

W. Preston Stubbs, DVM, DACVS, staff surgeon and owner of Mile High Veterinary Surgical Specialists, talks about why degenerative joint disease is tricky for veterinarians to treat.

Tracy Dowdy, CVPM, managing director of MRG Consulting and founder of the Relationship Centered Practice Academy, talks about the championship culture of the relationship-centered practice.

When veterinarians talk to clients about bad behavior in their dogs, says Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB, researcher at Duke University's Canine Cognition Center and adjunct professor at North Carolina State University, they need to begin to ask about what happened before the bad behavior occurred.

Joy Fuhrman, DVM, MBA, director of finance and operations for Shepherd Software, talks about how missed charges are a huge issue for veterinary practices.