Expert Interviews

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.

Stith Keiser, BA, chief executive officer and director of client experience for Blue Heron Consulting, says no matter where your veterinary practice is located, all practices need three similar things.

Amanda Landis-Hanna, DVM, senior manager of veterinary outreach for PetSmart Charities, talks about a project PetSmart Charities is funding to provide veterinary care and cut down on pet overpopulation in underserved areas of Alaska.

Khursheed Mama, DVM, DACVAA, professor of veterinary anesthesiology at Colorado State University, highlights some of the tools you need to monitor patients undergoing anesthesia at your veterinary clinic.

Nancy Dewitz, director of sales and marketing and technical consultant for Beyond Indigo Pets, explains what you should be looking for when choosing a practice management software.

There are ways to tap into an additional level of expertise when speciality veterinary care is either scant or non-existent — there needs to be a network.

Janet McConnell, CVT, director of education and professional development at Compassion-First Pet Hospitals, says Fear Free techniques are not just for the exam room.

Collaboration will ensure smooth implementationand you'll pick up important information.

The choice of your practice's retirement plan is a big deal not only for the staff, but for the employer as well, says Gary Glassman, CPA.

Huisheng Xie, DVM, PhD, clinical professor of small animal clinical science at the University of Florida, founder of the Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, goes through the 5 Elements—the method of diagnosis and treatment used in traditional Chinese acupuncture.

To make the most of adding this profitable service, Greg Taylor, CEO of the Mason Company, provides his expert recommendations.

Veterinary medicine has come a long way in caring for its purring patients recently, including new drugs and a different approach to fluid therapy

Deborah Silverstein, DVM, DACVECC, associate professor of critical care at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about some quick tips and tricks for administering fluids to a veterinary patient.

Jeff Thoren, DVM, PCC, BCC, president of VetPartners (2018-2019), talks about what VetPartners is and how its members are bettering the veterinary profession.

Andrew Linklater, DVM, DACVECC, clinical instructor at Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists in Wisconsin, explains the 3 stages of shock in an animal.

Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton, Esq, principal at Hamilton Law & Mediation, talks about some of the recent legal issues veterinarians need to be thinking about.