Julie Churchill

About the Author

Upon receiving a BS and DVM from Michigan State University, Dr. Churchill completed a small animal internship in medicine and surgery at the University of Georgia, followed by combined residencies and a PhD program in small animal internal medicine and clinical nutrition at University of Minnesota. Her graduate work was capped with the development of a small animal clinical nutrition service at the UMN Veterinary Medical Center. Five years later, she developed a model to make it financially self-sustaining.

She is passionate about all aspects of small animal clinical nutrition, including maintaining wellness and preventive care, obesity prevention and treatment, the nutrition needs of geriatric patients, nutritional management of kidney diseases, and critical care nutrition. She served on the task force to develop the AAHA guidelines for weight management. She serves as president-elect of the Pet Nutrition Alliance (PNA) and on the educational tools committee of PNA working to develop a ”go-to” website for credible nutritional information for veterinary practice teams and consumers. Dr. Churchill also serves on the Board of the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention.