{"id":537,"date":"2017-02-13T01:12:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T01:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/?p=537"},"modified":"2017-02-13T16:10:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:10:24","slug":"i-am-not-a-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garretpachtinger.com\/wordpress\/i-am-not-a-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"I am not a girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

You got me. I am not a girl.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am a 37 year old male veterinarian, a board certified specialist in emergency and critical care, and the Co-Founder of the number 1 veterinary continuing education resource for busy veterinary professionals, VETgirl<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But no. I am not a girl.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week I attended the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC)<\/a> in Orlando, Florida. I was an invited speaker and exhibitor for my continuing education company, VETgirl.<\/span><\/p>\n

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More than once, but less than 7,400,120 times, a conference attendee would walk up to the VETgirl exhibit hall booth and make the snide remark, \u201cYou\u2019re not a girl.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes. I agree with you. My wife is a girl. My 5 year old daughter is a girl. But no. I am not a girl.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am a very lucky person who is getting to live his dream practicing medicine<\/a> and being part of a company that provides the best online continuing education in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

I teamed up with Dr. Justine Lee, DACVECC, DABT<\/a>. Justine is a double board certified specialist in emergency\/critical care and toxicology (who just so happens to have won 3 NAVC speaker of the year awards<\/a>). We are both board-certified veterinary specialists who are passionate about providing practical, clinically relevant, convenient veterinary continuing education.<\/span><\/p>\n

We recognized there was a problem and together changed the way veterinary team members learn.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I was the kid that was online using Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) before there was AOL.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was the kid that created apps for Palm Pilots before there was the iPhone.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was the kid who self-taught himself HTML.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am lucky because every day I get to use my passion for veterinary medicine and technology together. I am honored to use my knowledge in both veterinary medicine and technology to educate others. I am excited to be a small business owner with an amazing business partner.<\/span><\/p>\n

I watch The Golden Girls<\/a>. (Who doesn\u2019t think Betty White is the best???)<\/span><\/p>\n

I have sipped on a Skinnygirl Margarita<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think the #LikeAGirl<\/a> campaign is awesome.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I am proud to be the Co-Founder of VETgirl.<\/span><\/p>\n

VETgirl has helped educate veterinary team members all over the world with our content<\/a> accessed in over 150 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

So next time you see me wearing my VETgirl jacket, standing behind our VETgirl booth, and you inform me that I am not a girl\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

I will agree with you. You are right. I am not a girl.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am a 37 year old male veterinarian, board certified in emergency and critical care, a small business owner, helping improve the care veterinarians provide and the care patients receive.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am living my dream. Every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Knowledge is power!
\nGarret Pachtinger, VMD, DACVECC
\nBoard Certified Emergency and Critical Care Specialist
\nCo-Founder, VETgirl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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