House Call Vet Café Podcast
by Eve Harrison, VMD, CVA
At The House Call Vet Café, we make it our mission to give our community of house call veterinarians a platform to share their stories, lift each other up, support each other, and share actionable tips, whether they are a super experienced house call vet with 30 years of experience, a brand new prospective house call vet just looking to get started… or are simply house call curious! We highlight house call veterinarians in our community who are doing unique and innovative things. You can also look forward to hearing valuable information and perspectives on mobile practice from specialists & experts outside of the mobile veterinary microniche.To help other veterinarians pursue their paths as mobile vets, I started The House Call Vet Academy. This is a continuing education program designed to provide detailed results-driven support for veterinarians practicing on a mobile basis. Here in this podcast, we will also be discussing content related to my unique approach to vet success & freed
Episodes
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Ep. 95: Feral Concierge Vets On The Loose; With Wendy Lipman Pt 2 (Again!)
Dr. Wendy is an Integrative housecall veterinarian in San Diego, California. She is a 1994 UC Davis grad (yes, she graduated in the 1900's) and received her acupuncture certification from Chi University in 2018. She started her housecall practice, Four Paws Mobile Veterinary Acupuncture, in 2019…
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Ep. 94: All Creatures Great & Small: We Are ALL James Herriot; With Dr. Wendy Lipman Pt 1 (Again!)
Dr. Wendy is an Integrative housecall veterinarian in San Diego, California. She is a 1994 UC Davis grad (yes, she graduated in the 1900's) and received her acupuncture certification from Chi University in 2018. She started her housecall practice, Four Paws Mobile Veterinary Acupuncture, in 2019…
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Ep. 93: Weirdapalooza!: Shamanism, Mushrooms, Neurodivergent "Archetypes," & Emotion in House Call Vet Practice; Meet Dr. Tai Ogg
Dr. Tai Ogg graduated from Iowa State University in 2014. She spent the first 5 years after graduation as an associate working in privately owned and corporate medicine before transitioning to full time relief work in 2019. She has worked in emergency, shelter medicine, general practice, and…
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Ep. 92: Love, Comfort, & Authenticity in Vet House Calls NYC; Meet Dr. Kristen Miller
Dr. Kristen Miller is a mobile veterinarian specializing in acupuncture and rehabilitation, serving pets throughout New York City and Lower Westchester. Her diverse veterinary background includes feline and exotic small mammal medicine, integrative care, and end-of-life services, ultimately…
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Ep. 91: Bread Crumbs from the Universe: Integrative House Call Vet Practice in San Diego; Meet Dr. Wendy Lipman
Dr. Wendy is an Integrative housecall veterinarian in San Diego, California. She is a 1994 UC Davis grad (yes, she graduated in the 1900's) and received her acupuncture certification from Chi University in 2018. She started her housecall practice, Four Paws Mobile Veterinary Acupuncture, in 2019…
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Ep. 90: Baby Crows, The Cycles Of Time, & Emotional Labor - Meet Kadeth Pozzesi LMFT (retired RVT)
Kadeth is an artist, musician, sorcerer, and therapist. He has studied ritual and journey work since the mid-1970s and continues to practice a fusion of magic, mental health, and self-awareness. In a world that calls for a deep well of inner strength, these practices offer a path to cultivating…
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Ep 89: Relief Vet to Concierge Practice: Remembering Our Worth; Meet Dr. Fumiko Miyamoto
Dr. Fumiko Miyamoto is the founder of Scoobie's Veterinary Concierge Service, a membership-based house-call veterinary practice serving South Florida. Originally from Japan, she moved to the United States at age 15 to pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian. Her path into veterinary medicine...
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Ep. 88: Chocolate Chips, Costa Rica, & Claircognizance in House Call Practice; Meet Dr. Sarah Burkindine
Dr. Sarah graduated from Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 2002. Following graduation, she completed a year-long small animal internship in Atlanta, Georgia, before returning to the greater Kansas City area. She worked in two small animal clinics before launching her own...
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Ep. 87: Liquid Gold Standard: Urinary Sampling & Case Management for House Call Vets; Meet Dr. Surell Levine of Calm Cozy Cat!
Dr. Surell Levine graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 and earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2009. Following graduation, she completed a fellowship in Emergency and Critical Care and worked in…
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Ep. 86: Boat Calls in Key West, House Calls in Steamboat, and The Veterkin Society; Meet Dr. Ronit Berdugo
Dr. Ronit Berdugo is a 2001 Ross University graduate, also a 2022 Housecall vet academy graduate! She had a house and boat call practice in the Florida Keys from 2005- 2022 called Island Paws of Key West. She also worked PT picking up relief shifts at the Florida Keys SPCA. She traded the…
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Ep. 85: Pain Relief, Ketamine, & Ego: From ER to Micro Mobile Practice in Guelph; Meet Dr. Lisa Kril
Dr Lisa Kril has a micro mobile practice in Guelph, Ontario where she provides housecalls for acupuncture, euthanasia and comfort care. Her primary focuses are pain relief, and comfort - while providing a cozy supportive experience for pet owners and pets alike. She also works as an emergency…
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Ep. 84: Honey Bee Holistic House Call Mamma in Canada; Meet Dr. Brenna Sakatch
Dr. Brenna Sakatch, DVM, CVA (Chi 2024), is an integrative and end-of-life house call veterinarian based in Olds, Alberta, Canada - just north of Montana! She grew up in Calgary, where she completed both her undergraduate studies and her veterinary degree at the University of Calgary in 2020. She...
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Ep. 83: End of Life Doula, House Calls, & Spirituality; Meet Dr. Ken Gorczyca
Dr. Ken Gorczyca, CHPV, is a veterinary home euthanasia practitioner and a companion animal end-of-life doula at A Gentle Rest in San Francisco as an associate. He is also an artist who paints pet portraits in memory and in life. You can find his artwork at kengorczyca.com. Topics covered in this...
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Ep. 82: Everyone Is An Artist: Living Your Best Life as a Mobile Vet; Meet Dr. Dawn Filos
Dr. Dawn Filos grew up in New Jersey, in a family of eccentric animal lovers, preparing her for a lifelong career spent with like-minded pet people. She spent most of her career in Pennsylvania, where she remained after veterinary school for the last ~32 years. She is a house call vet and had a...
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Ep. 81: Quorum Sensing Molecules?!: Diagnosing UTIs, Ear Infections, & More On House Calls; Meet Scientist & QSM Dx Founder Ed Goluch
Ed Goluch is the founder and CEO of QSM Diagnostics, makers of the Otter eQ laboratory instrument platform and FetchDx mail-in testing kits. Prior to QSM, Ed was a tenured professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University. Ed earned his PhD in Bioengineering from the...
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Ep. 80: Crazy Squirrel Mode: Overcoming Burnout, Living Our Best Lives, & Loving Our Patients & Clients Again; Meet Dr. Kate Moore
Dr. Kate Moore grew up in Michigan but happily relocated to Southern California after gaining acceptance to Western University of Health Sciences. Since graduating in 2015, she has worked with exotics in several GPs, while learning acupuncture and laser therapy, until she opened her own house…
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Ep. 79: Integrative, Holistic, & Concierge House Call Vet Love; Meet Rosemarie Niznik, DVM, CVA, CVFT, CVTP, CVBMA, CVSMT
Dr. Rosemarie Niznik is the founder of Harmony Rose Animal Wellness, a holistic house call practice serving Wisconsin and Illinois. A graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, she began her career in small animal practice before shifting her focus to integrative…
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Ep. 78: Lifting Up Not Putting Down™: Anticipatory Grief, Spirituality, & IHE; Meet Nancy Gordon, LCSW
Nancy M. Gordon, LCSW, is a grief expert, licensed therapist, consultant, #1 international best-selling author, speaker, and engaging podcast guest. Her new book, I Miss You Already: Preparing for the Unbearable Loss of Your Pet©, is a teaching memoir on anticipatory pet grief. Her private…
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Ep. 77: Part 2: Be The Lobster: A Candid Convo with My Naturopathic Doctor; Meet Dr. Erica Zelfand
Dr. Erica Zelfand is the executive director of Right to Heal, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering people around psychedelic healing and other life-saving techniques that conventional medicine has ignored. Dr. Zelfand's training and skill set span the spectrum of both...
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Ep. 76: Part 1: Just Because It's Common Doesn't Mean It's Normal: Integrative Mental Health, Life Force, & Psychedelics; Meet Dr. Erica Zelfand
Dr. Erica Zelfand is the executive director of Right to Heal, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering people around psychedelic healing and other life-saving techniques that conventional medicine has ignored. Dr. Zelfand's training and skill set span the spectrum of both...
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Ep. 75: Beyond Words: Frequency, Vibration, & Animals In The Home; Meet Janet Marlow of Pet Acoustics
Janet Marlow is the Founder and CEO of Pet Acoustics, a pioneering company that develops music and sound solutions tailored to the auditory sensitivities of animals. With decades of expertise in sound frequency and animal behavior, she has created innovative products to enhance the well-being of...
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Ep. 74: "Friends Don't Let Friends Get Male Goats!"; Meet Dr. Gabrielle Wimmer
Dr. Gabrielle Wimmer has been an Upstate New Yorker for her whole life; born and raised in Central NY, went to undergrad at Houghton College in Western New York, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine(c/o 2022) in the Finger Lakes, and now practices in the Mohawk Valley. She knew she...
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Ep. 73: A Hooman House Call Vet, A Creator, & A Connector; Meet Dr. Maryal Concepcion
A Sacramento native, Dr. Maryal Concepcion (she/her) MD FAAFP is a Filipinx creator and connector. She is a mom to two young boys and married to a fellow rural family physician. She is the founder and host of the podcast, My DPC Story, and features direct care physicians. In September of 2021…
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Ep. 72: Diffusing "Balance" Essential Oil In The Car: Integrative House Calls In Nashville, Intention, Aromatherapy, Sound Healing, Beekeeping, Plant Medicine, & Inspiration; Meet Dr. Arielle Walton
Dr. Arielle Walton, a Nashville-based veterinarian originally from Atlanta, GA, is a 2012 graduate of Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine. During her studies, she developed a passion for traditional Chinese veterinary medicine (TCVM), particularly acupuncture, and became a certified...
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Ep. 71: Highly Independent Relief & Mobile Vets (And Cats!); Meet Dr. Julie Liu
Dr. Julie Liu is a cat-friendly and Fear Free freelancer, speaker, and general practice vet based in Austin. She has been a frequent contributor to Fear Free, serves on the Fear Free speakers bureau, volunteers on the AAFP Cat-Friendly Practice committee, and acts as the vice president of the...
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Ep. 70: Compounding Medicine for House Call Vets; Meet Pharmacist, Dr. Lauren Forsythe
Dr. Lauren Forsythe is an Assistant Professor at the University of Findlay College of Pharmacy. She is also a diplomat of the International College of Veterinary Pharmacists. Dr. Forsythe graduated from the University of Findlay, College of Pharmacy in 2015 and completed her veterinary pharmacy...
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Ep. 69: Feline House Calls in Brisbane, Kangaroo Hour, & LOVING Our Work; Meet Dr. Chantal Davina Celindano
Chantal Celindano BVSc(Hons) MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) ISFM AdvCert FB has dedicated her 20 years in practice to feline medicine, working at cat hospitals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and London. She has obtained postgraduate qualifications in Feline Medicine and is an ISFM Advanced…
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Ep. 68: There is No Right or Wrong: Your "Burnout Story"; Meet Dr. Amy Grimm
Dr. Amy Grimm is a veterinarian, certified life coach, anti-burnout advocate, founder of Daring DVM Coaching, and host of the Daring DVM Podcast. She coaches busy, burned-out professionals and helps them transform and fall in love with their lives and careers again. Dr. Amy is on a mission to...
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Ep. 66: Part 2: Mobile Vets Gone Wild!: Thinking Way Outside The Box; Meet The Wilderness Vet, Dr. Caroline Murray
Dr. Caroline Murray, aka, The Wilderness Vet, was born in Australia, brought up in England, and has lived in New Zealand for nearly 20 years, so she is a professional wanderer and explorer. She feels happiest on top of a horse and/or on a mountain in the remote wilderness somewhere hot and has...
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Ep. 65: Part 1: NZ Mobile Vet Practice, Flying Dogs, Jungle Primates, & Mongolian Ponies; Meet The Wilderness Vet, Dr. Caroline Murray
Dr. Caroline Murray, aka, The Wilderness Vet, was born in Australia, brought up in England, and has lived in New Zealand for nearly 20 years, so she is a professional wanderer and explorer. She feels happiest on top of a horse and/or on a mountain in the remote wilderness somewhere hot and has...
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Ep. 64: Location-Based Mobile Scheduling & Routing, House Calls in Hawaii & Israel, Plus A Candid & Humanizing Conversation Beyond Mobile Practice (TW): Meet Dr. Barr Hadar & Eyal Zukovsky of Kumba
Dr. Barr Hadar is Kumba's Co-founder and Chief Veterinary Officer, a scheduling and routing tool for mobile vets. He has previously had an independent house call practice out of his car in Hawaii, focusing on end of life in care and general practice. Dr. Barr is currently actively engaged in the...
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Ep. 63: Part 3: Things You Can & Can't Control, Single Parenting, & Building Your Personal Team; Meet Dr. Emily Yunker
Emily Yunker, DMV, CVMRT, CVH, Doula is a vet and mom and a whole lot more. She works full-time in rehabilitation and integrative medicine while sometimes working in ER medicine. She is also The Veterinarian Doula, a role that has her working with moms who are vets, everywhere from fertility and...
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Ep. 62: Part 2: You Can't Be All Things To Everyone All The Time; Meet Dr. Emily Yunker
Emily Yunker, DMV, CVMRT, CVH, Doula is a vet and mom and a whole lot more. She works full-time in rehabilitation and integrative medicine while sometimes working in ER medicine. She is also The Veterinarian Doula, a role that has her working with moms who are vets, everywhere from fertility and...
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Ep. 61: Part 1: An Herbalist Cottage In the Woods, Doula for Veterinary Moms, & Rejection Of Western Medicine As Trauma; Meet Dr. Emily Yunker
Emily Yunker, DMV, CVMRT, CVH, Doula is a vet and mom and a whole lot more. She works full-time in rehabilitation and integrative medicine while sometimes working in ER medicine. She is also The Veterinarian Doula, a role that has her working with moms who are vets, everywhere from fertility and...
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Ep. 60: Escaping the Hamster Wheel and Unlearning the 'Corporate Mindset' With Dr. Eve Harrison; A Conversation With Real Talk Unleashed
Welcome to today's episode, where we feature a stimulating and thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Eve Harrison. As a guest on the Real Talk Unleashed podcast, Dr. Harrison shares her inspiring journey of pursuing house calls and helping fellow veterinarians embark on their own house call...
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Ep. 59: Special episode from House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual conference! Hooman & Veterinary Private Practice: What Does a Revival Of Prohibitions On the Corporate Practice Of Medicine Mean for Veterinary Medicine?; Meet Dr. Mitch Li, MD
Mitchell Louis Judge Li, MD is a board-certified emergency physician and founder of the advocacy group, Take Medicine Back, dedicated to taking the profession of medicine back to its ethical roots from corporate interests. Dr. Li has been an invited speaker representing physicians to the Federal...
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Ep. 58: Part 2: Camaraderie & Cultural Inclusion; Meet Dr. Priya Bhatt
Dr. Bhatt is an integrative veterinarian who received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2009 from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She became Certified in Acupuncture (CVA) through the Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. She is also certified in...
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Ep. 57: Ozone 101 and House Call Practice; Meet Jonathan Lowe
Jonathan Lowe is one of the foremost experts on ozone therapy for animals in the world and the author of the first book of its kind, The Essential Guide to Ozone Therapy for Animals. He is an entrepreneur, public speaker, and the founder of the International Veterinary Ozone Therapy Summit – the...
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Ep. 56: Zen Mind Beginner's Mind: Moving From Perfectionism and Self-Sabotoge To Curiosity and Authenticity; Meet Ambulatory Vet, Dr. Steph Ellen Diplock
Dr. Steph Ellen is a multi-passionate recovered perfectionist who wears many different hats, including running a life coaching business called Finding Flowstate and working as an employed equine ambulatory veterinarian. As a Mindful High-Performance Coach, Steph is wildly passionate about...
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Ep. 55: Part 2: Yoga Rainbow Crystal Vet: Grief Support, APLB, and Music Emergencies; Meet Dr. Dale Krier
Dr. Dale Krier is a born and raised New Yorker. She freed herself from the East Coast and moved to Colorado for undergrad when she was 18, graduated from CSU in 1987, and then moved back east to be closer to her mom after graduation. She worked for 10 years at a brick-and-mortar practice. When…
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Ep. 54: Part 1: Nana Banana Bandana: Mobile Clinic To IHE Practice During Covid; Meet Dr. Dale Krier
Dr. Dale Krier is a born and raised New Yorker. She freed herself from the east coast and moved to Colorado for undergrad when she was 18, graduated from CSU in 1987, and then moved back east to be closer to her mom after graduation. She worked for 10 years at a brick-and-mortar practice. When…
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Ep. 53: Part 1: House Call Acupuncture To Holistic Clinic Practice; Meet Dr. Priya Bhatt
Dr. Bhatt is an integrative veterinarian who received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2009 from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She became Certified in Acupuncture (CVA) through the Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. She is also certified in...
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Ep. 52: Mushroom-Informed House Call Practice🍄; Meet Dr. Josie Beug
Dr. Josie Beug specializes in Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine among other healing modalities. She earned her DVM from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine in 1998. As president of the student chapter of AHVMA, she organized conferences and guest speakers in holistic...
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Ep. 51: Red Flags In Hollywood!; Meet Dr. Steve Smith
Dr. Steve Smith, founder of Home Pet Doctor, was born in Ohio and grew up in Canada and Michigan. He graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University and earned his Michigan Veterinarian license in 1990. In the six years that followed, he worked at two animal…
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Ep. 50: Cycles Of Entrepreneurship: Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Associates In IHE Practice; Meet Dr. Liz Andree
Dr. Liz Andree is a small animal veterinarian certified in veterinary hospice and palliative care. She operates Sunset Veterinary Care, exclusively offering end-of-life care and in-home euthanasia visits - a first-of-its-kind service in her city. Sunset Veterinary Care opened in October 2020…
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Ep. 49: To Everything, There Is a Season: End Of Life Doula Work With Palliative Mobile Practice; Meet Sieske Valk of Autumn Animals
Sieske (Valk) is the founder and quality-of-life of life expert and End of Life Doula at Autumn Animals in London (UK). Sieske Valk helps injured, chronically ill, and elderly pets and their families live the best quality of life possible. She has a background in veterinary nursing and the social...
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Ep. 48: Hybrid House Call Practice With Heart; Meet Dr. Jonathan Reiss
Dr. Reiss graduated from Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine in 2008. After working in New York at an animal shelter, he moved to Northern Virginia in 2009. There he worked as a general practitioner until starting his own single-doctor mobile practice in March 2015. He volunteers...
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Ep. 47: House Call Vets Are The BEST Holistic Vets; Meet Veterinary Herbalist and Educator, Dr. Laurie Dohmen
Dr. Dohmen has received training in Acupuncture, Food Therapy, Bach Flower Essences, and most extensively Herbal Medicine. She completed Rosemary Gladstar's Apprenticeship. She received her MS in Therapeutic Herbalism from Maryland University of Integrative Health in 2014. She was accepted as a...
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Ep. 46: Why Throwing Each Other Under The Bus Is Wack; Repairing The Rift Between GP's and Specialists: A Discussion On Collegiality, Mobile Ultrasound, IBD, and UTI's; Meet Dr. Tara Ghormley
Tara Ghormley obtained her veterinary degree from Colorado State University. She pursued further training in specialty private practice, becoming board certified in small animal internal medicine. Dr. Ghormley worked in specialty clinics until recently, when she partnered with her friend and…
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Ep. 45: Piggy House Calls; Meet Dr. Bridget Breslin
Dr. Bridget Breslin grew up in Westchester County, NY, and made her way to the Midwest during undergrad where she attended Purdue University. At Purdue, she obtained a degree in Animal Sciences. Following graduation, she landed in Ohio for veterinary school at The Ohio State University. She...
About this show
At The House Call Vet Café, we make it our mission to give our community of house call veterinarians a platform to share their stories, lift each other up, support each other, and share actionable tips, whether they are a super experienced house call vet with 30 years of experience, a brand new prospective house call vet just looking to get started… or are simply house call curious! We highlight house call veterinarians in our community who are doing unique and innovative things. You can also look forward to hearing valuable information and perspectives on mobile practice from specialists & experts outside of the mobile veterinary microniche.To help other veterinarians pursue their paths as mobile vets, I started The House Call Vet Academy. This is a continuing education program designed to provide detailed results-driven support for veterinarians practicing on a mobile basis. Here in this podcast, we will also be discussing content related to my unique approach to vet success & freed
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Eve Harrison, VMD, CVA