Kara Burns, MS, MEd, LVT, VTS (Nutrition)

Kara Burns is a licensed veterinary technician with a master’s in physiology and in counseling psychology. She is also Founder and Past President of the Academy of Veterinary Nutrition Technicians, and teaches nutrition courses around the world, is an independent nutritional consultant, the Director of Veterinary Nurse Development for WellHaven Pet Health, and Editor in Chief of Today’s Veterinary Nurse. Ms. Burns has authored many articles, textbooks, and textbook chapters. She was also named the North American Veterinary Conference Technician Speaker of the Year in 2013, 2016, and in 2021, and was granted an honorary VTS (Internal Medicine) in 2011 and an honorary VTS (Dentistry) in 2012.