AVMA revisits Kevin Fitzgerald on kindness and conservation

AVMA’s My Veterinary Life podcast has brought back Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald for an update centered on kindness, community, and conservation, highlighting the small animal veterinarian’s unusually broad career across clinical practice, media, comedy, and wildlife work. Fitzgerald, best known to many in the profession from Emergency Vets, has also built a long-running conservation profile, including work on endangered-species expeditions, and he continues to frame kindness as the throughline connecting veterinary medicine, public engagement, and service. Recent university profiles and podcast listings reinforce that message, describing him as a veterinarian, author, comedian, and conservationist whose guiding principle is that “love and kindness save the day.” (podcastrepublic.net)

Why it matters: For veterinary professionals, Fitzgerald’s update lands at a moment when the field is paying closer attention to culture, retention, and public trust, not just clinical performance. His emphasis on kindness and community adds to a broader conversation already visible across veterinary media and education, including One Health and access-to-care discussions, about how veterinarians can extend their impact beyond the exam room while still strengthening the profession’s core identity. (vet.cornell.edu)

What to watch: Expect this theme of community-facing veterinary leadership, linking clinical work, conservation, and professional wellbeing, to keep surfacing in AVMA and academic podcast programming. (podcastrepublic.net)