Dr. Kerry Sondgeroth, Vet School Admissions Consultant at Inspira Advantage

Dr. Sondgeroth is a senior staff veterinarian with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a former associate professor at the University of Wyoming. With over 11 years of mentorship and coaching experience, she has guided aspiring veterinarians to successful admission at top veterinary programs, including Colorado State University, Washington State University, Midwestern University, and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Sondgeroth attended the University of New Hampshire, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry. After college, she earned a DVM from Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences before completing both a residency in veterinary microbiology and a PhD at Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Her diverse background in academia, diagnostics, and regulatory medicine allows her to offer students a comprehensive and practical understanding of the veterinary field.

Passionate about research, Dr. Sondgeroth worked in several research laboratories during college and veterinary school. She traveled to the Okavango Delta in Botswana to collaborate with colleagues researching lion lentivirus in African Lions, and spent a summer in Madagascar working with anthropologists and collecting blood samples from ring-tailed lemurs. Following completion of her PhD, she became a professor at the University of Wyoming and ran her own research lab that focused on bacterial diseases at the wildlife-livestock interface.

Dr. Sondgeroth’s expertise is in veterinary diagnostic medicine, and she has consulted with many clinicians regarding difficult cases, disease outbreaks, or when human health is jeopardized. She has diagnosed anthrax, brucellosis, plague, tularemia, and rabies within Wyoming and has collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), State Veterinarians, the Public Health Department, producers, and pet owners. Dr. Sondgeroth has also been published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, received numerous research and academic awards, and secured over $500,000 in NIH grant funding as a principal investigator. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, received numerous research and academic awards, and secured over $500,000 in NIH grant funding as a principal investigator.

As a veterinary admissions counselor, Dr. Sondgeroth draws upon over a decade of mentorship experience working with undergraduate and graduate students in the lab, classroom, and in private settings. She genuinely cares about each student and feels that the greatest reward as a counselor is hearing about her previous students’ vet school and career successes. Dr. Sondgeroth is passionate about getting to know each student and making sure that their unique strengths are highlighted in their applications. Dr. Sondgeroth feels that guiding motivated and talented students will ensure the continued success of veterinary medicine.