Our first guest is my long-time mentor and friend, Dr. Mark Pokras. Mark is a wildlife veterinarian with 5 decades of experience working on everything from pathology, ecotoxicology, clinical wildlife medicine, zoo medicine, research, teaching, and too many other things to list. In this episode, Mark describes his incredible path to becoming the wildlife vet that he is today, and his role in developing the field of Conservation Medicine.   ***   Conservation Medicine Programs Around the World:   Tufts University:  https://vet.tufts.edu/center-for-conservation-medicine/   University of Edinburgh:  https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/postgraduate/taught-programmes/conservation-medicine   Murdoch University: https://www.murdoch.edu.au/School-of-Veterinary-and-Life-Sciences/Our-courses/Postgraduate/Conservation-Medicine/Master-of-Veterinary-Studies-in-Conservation-Medicine/   Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine: https://www.stlzoo.org/conservation/institute-for-conservation-medicine     Improving Diversity & Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine:   National Association for Black Veterinarians: https://nabvonline.org/   A Profession in Crisis: Discrimination in Veterinary Medicine https://vetmed.tamu.edu/diversity/a-profession-in-crisis-discrimination-in-veterinary-medicine/     Connect with Us!   Website | https://wildlifehealth.org/podcast/   Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/wildlife_health_connections/   Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeHealthConnections ]]>