278 - We Have Trust Issues

Dr. Peter Weinstein joins us to talk about some of the major mistrust we are seeing in veterinary medicine. In this week's episode of the Cone of Shame podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and Dr. Peter Weinstein discuss how the lack of trust has emerged in the veterinary industry due to the influence of media and the current state of our country and culture. They take a deep dive into the origins of this mistrust, what can be done to address it, and their hopes for the future of the industry. Let's get into this episode!

LINKS Dr. Peter Weinstein on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawdr/ Veterinary Ownership Advocates: veterinaryownershipadvocates.com

ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr Peter Weinstein is a husband, father, pet parent, veterinarian and leader. He has been involved with virtually all aspects of veterinary practice from a 15-year-old kennel kid to a hospital owner. Organized veterinary medicine has been a passion as well with various roles and leadership and presidencies of Southern California VMA, California VMA, and Vet Partners. He is a published author, most notably of the E-Myth Veterinarian-Why Most Veterinary Practices Don’t Work and What to Do About It. Currently, he is teaching business and finance at the Veterinary College of Western University of Health Sciences. He likes to think of himself as a free-thinking change agent and disruptor who, because he has a daughter who is a recent graduate from veterinary school, is working for an even better veterinary profession in the future.