Vet Candy IRL

Many of us have grown up loving horses, but only a few of us make it to become an equine veterinary specialist.  On this episode of Vet Candy IRL, host Shannon Gregoire meets the Olympic team’s veterinarians, Dr. Lisa Borzynski, who makes sure the four legged members of the Olympic team are kept safe and healthy.

If you told Virginia Kiefer Corrigan two years ago that she would walk away from a job teaching vet med at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine to start up a new veterinary technician program, I am sure she would have laughed. But, things during the last few years have changed for this mom of three under five, she’s heading up a new program at Appalachian State University and she’s on a mission to make learning fun!

For female veterinarians who want to specialize in zoological work, a new study on family work and income for diplomates of the American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM) holds both good and bad news with a recent study that was published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.. While women in the field don’t seem to suffer from a gender pay gap, many feel that they must give up on having children in order to succeed.

On this episode of Vet Candy IRL, we meet Dr. Tara Harrison, an associate professor of zoological medicine at North Carolina State University and lead author of the study.

Working toward a veterinary degree requires a lot of studying and hard work, but what is vet school like?  On this episode of Vet Candy IRL, we meet veterinary student, Legend Thurman.

On this episode of Vet Candy IRL, host Shannon Gregoire chats with veterinary dermatologist and star of Nat Geo Wild‘s Pop the Vet, Dr. Joya Griffin.  Dr. Joy talks about growing up as a pet lover and her journey to speciality clinic ownership.

On this episode of Vet Candy IRL, Shannon Gregoire meets the amazing Dr. Michelle Moyal, the Chief of the Primary Care Surgery Service at  Cornell University‘s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Moyal is known by her students as someone who makes learning fun. She shows new students how to stay calm and evaluate situations during surgery, helping them to avoid mistakes through giving themselves time to review a situation.  Sometimes that may necessitate some dance moves in the surgery ward!

In this episode of Vet Candy IRL, Shannon Gregoire  introduces you to Bondi Vet show‘s twin veterinarians, Dr. Alison Shenand Dr. Audrey Shen who have teamed up with fashion expert and entrepreneur Rebecca Lau Marsh to create 21Scrubs - a company that offers a range of stylish and fashion-savvy scrubs that are practical, flattering, comfortable, and durable. The twins talk about life, love, and how they came together when the world was falling apart to help save kangaroos, wombats, and other wildlife in the bush of Australia.

When veterinary professionals are asked about a leader in the veterinary industry that they admire, Dr. Christine Royal‘s name usually pops up.  For more than a decade, Dr. Christine has been one of the most powerful women in the veterinary profession, most recently being promoted to the Associate Vice President, U.S. Companion Animal and Equine business unit at Merck Animal Health.  

On this episode of Vet Candy IRL, Shannon Gregoire plays 21 questions with Dr. Christine Royal to find out more about this amazing leader!

On this episode of Vet Candy IRL, we meet Dr. Kathryn Mehfound, one of only a few equine surgeons on the planet.  In just the last year, Dr. Kathryn has completed her residency, had a baby, and started a new life in Kentucky.  

Dr. Kathryn always knew she wanted to be a horse vet, but that doesn‘t mean that was her biggest accomplishment in her life. In this episode, answers are most burning questions and you will be shocked by some of the answers.

On this episode of Vet Candy IRL, Shannon Gregoire and Tatiana Rogers meet the Marie Condo of vet med, Dr. Becky Lossing who chats about ways to make our crazy veterinary lives more organized.  Dr. Becky, the founder of Mini Mammoth, talks about her lifelong passion for decluttering her life.