# @illinoisvetmed on YouTube

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- **Posted:** 2026-07-06T13:54:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** illinoisvetmed (@illinoisvetmed) — https://gondola.cc/illinoisvetmed

## Caption

What if your veterinary degree could take you to Nestlé Purina's communications team, a JAVMA publication, a medical review desk at Business Insider, and your own mobile practice — all at once? For Dr. Karie Johnson, it already has.

Join her at the 2026 Fall Conference for Veterinarians this September to find out how yours can too.

🎟️ Register now: go.illinois.edu/FallConference

📌 WHAT DR. JOHNSON IS COVERING
Beyond the Clinic: The Many Lives of a Veterinary Degree

Thursday, September 17 | 2 p.m. | Professional Development Track
I Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign, IL

This session maps the full landscape of where a veterinary degree can take you: research, public health, government policy, pharma and biotech, animal nutrition, shelter and wildlife medicine, education, entrepreneurship, nonprofit and advocacy work, and communications. Not as abstract possibilities, but as real career paths with practical entry points.

Dr. Johnson also breaks down the transferable skills veterinary training builds, critical thinking, diagnostics, client communication, systems thinking, and shows exactly how to translate them into non-clinical roles.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Karie Johnson is a 2019 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Owner of Vitalis Vet Visit, and Veterinary Communications Manager at Nestlé Purina PetCare. She is a published author in JAVMA on nutrition and osteoarthritis and has served as a medical reviewer for Business Insider and Purina.com. Her certifications span Fear Free, Low Stress Handling, Human-Animal Bond, CAETA euthanasia, and Pet Nutrition Coaching. She returns to campus this fall as living proof of what the talk covers.

🎟️ Reserve your spot: go.illinois.edu/FallConference
📍 Full conference schedule: vetmed.illinois.edu/fall-conference

#VeterinaryCareer #VetLife #BeyondTheClinic #VeterinaryMedicine #ProfessionalDevelopment #VetEntrepreneur #UIVetMed #FallConference2026

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