Expert Interviews

Proper sedation can give your veterinary patients stories the peaceful ending your clients and team desire.

Matt Brunke, DVM, CCRP, CVPP, CVA, staff veterinarian at Veterinary Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Group, talks about how the use of laser therapy is expanding in general veterinary practice.

Elizabeth B. Strand, PhD, LCSW, director of veterinary social work at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine College of Social Work, expresses three things she wants veterinarians to grasp about wellness and their profession.

Oliver Knesl, BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc, BVSc, MRCVS, director of major accounts for veterinary professional services in the US Companion Animal Division for Zoetis, explains who certifies emotional support animals.

Dani McVety, DVM, co-founder of Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice, talks about her experience with communication styles throughout her veterinary career.

Amanda Landis-Hanna, DVM, senior manager of veterinary outreach for PetSmart Charities, talks about a session she attended at AVMA 2017 which discussed how veterinarians can be more empathetic to anxious patients.

Jason Sweitzer, RVT, DVM, chief financial officer and board member of Not One More Vet, Inc., explains some of the mental health warning signs you may notice in your coworkers.

Steven Marks, BVSc, MS, MRCVS, DACVIM, associate dean at North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine, says the challenge for veterinary colleges and teaching hospitals is finding the balance between client services, patient care and taking the time to teach new veterinarians.

Panelists B. Duncan X. Lascelles, BVSc, PhD, DACVS; Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB; Mark Epstein, DVM, DABVP, CVPP; and Sheilah Robertson, BVMS, PhD, DACVAA, DACAW, review the most promising new therapies for treating pain in companion animals, including monoclonal antibodies.

Bryan Torres, DVM, assistant professor of small animal orthopedic surgery and director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at the University of Missouri, describes the differences in treating household dogs with osteoarthritis versus working dogs with osteoarthritis.

Mark Epstein, DVM, DABVP (Canine/Feline), CVPP, medical director of TotalBond Veterinary Hospitals and Carolinas Animal Pain Management in Gastonia, North Carolina, says the most important tool in the non-pharmacological toolbox is weight optimization.

Panelists B. Duncan X. Lascelles, BVSc, PhD, DACVS; Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB; Bryan T. Torres, DVM, PhD, DACVS-SA, DACVSMR; and Sheilah Robertson, BVMS, PhD, DACVAA, DACAW, discuss the challenges in assessing pain in companion animals as well as highlight available assessment tools.

Betsy Charles, DVM, MA, executive director of the Veterinary Leadership Institute, talks about the challenge of perfectionism in veterinary medicine.

Give your veterinary clients an outlet to talk about how much they love their fur babies, and they just might talk about how much they love you someday.

Staci Alonso, founder of Noah’s Animal House, explains how veterinarians need to step in when they see pets that could be in an abusive situation.

Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB, researcher at Duke University's Canine Cognition Center and adjunct professor at North Carolina State University, explains what the caregiver placebo effect is and why it is important in veterinary medicine.

According to hospice veterinarian Dr. Mary Gardner, peoplenot pillowshold the power to make veterinary euthanasia appointments better.

Chad Johannes, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Oncology), assistant professor of veterinary clinical sciences at Iowa State University, explains why there's such a huge cost differential between therapeutics for people with cancer and pets with cancer.

Wendy Hauser, DVM, assistant vice president of veterinary relations for Crum + Forster Pet Insurance Group, talks about one of the most important tasks for veterinary hospital managers — growing and protecting the revenue stream.

Christopher Cripps, DVM, owner of Betterbee, explains the new FDA regulations that are affecting honeybee producers and veterinarians.

Tony Bartels, DVM, MBA, consultant for the Veterinary Information Network, explains how to know when you should use an income-driven repayment plan for your student loans.

Mike Conzemius, DVM, PhD, DACVS, professor of veterinary clinical sciences at the University of Minnesota, talks about what veterinarians need to be prepared for when conducting ovariohysterectomy surgery.

Marvin Meinders, DVM, MPVM, veterinary epidemiologist, explains how new veterinary graduates may not fully understand the long-term impact their decisions have on their career.

Does this sound like an economically (or ethically) viable scenario to you? EhhDr. Nicol doesn't think so either.

Carol Robertson-Plouch, DVM, Translational and Comparative Medical Research (TCMR), LRL Strategic R&D Innovations at Eli Lilly Research Laboratories, talks about the opportunity veterinarians have to conduct translational medicine research.

Tracy Dowdy, CVPM, managing director of MRG Consulting and founder of the Relationship Centered Practice Academy, talks about the AAHA/VMG Chart of Accounts that was just recently released.

Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB, researcher at Duke University's Canine Cognition Center and adjunct professor at North Carolina State University, talks about why she believes noise phobia is underestimated.

Gary Vroegindewry, DVM, MSS, DACVPM, director of One Health at Lincoln Memorial University, gives tips for having successful telephone interviews.