Ivan Zak, DVM on Using Lean to Address Burnout in Veterinary Medicine

Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond · Mar 24, 2021 · 54m

Veterinarian & Entrepreneur, Ivan Zakharenkov, DVM

My guest for Episode #406 is Dr. Ivan Zakharenkov, he's a doctor of veterinary medicine and he's Chief Executive Officer at the company Veterinary Integration Solutions. He goes by Dr. Zak for short and he's based in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

I'm joined, as my co-host, by Chip Ponsford, DVM — he was also co-host of Episode #254 with a veterinarian as our guest then, as well. Chip also has a blog called Lean Vets and a book titled Lean Veterinary Practice Management.

Today, we all talk about the important issue of burnout — Ivan wrote a…