Patrick Welch

About

At Ethos, we’re exploring what comes next for veterinary medicine—how care teams learn, how technology can support clinical work, and how new ideas can become practical solutions that genuinely improve care. I’m drawn to the space between possibility and execution: identifying what could be different, building toward it, and helping teams adapt as the profession continues to change. 

Working across innovation and clinical learning, I focus on creating new approaches that help our teams grow, build confidence, and deliver care in a changing environment. That includes competency-based development, digital learning, AI-enabled support, and new models that connect education, clinical practice, and real-time decision-making. The goal is not innovation for its own sake, but practical change that helps people do their best work and advances veterinary medicine. 

My career began in specialty practice as a veterinary ophthalmologist. Over time, I moved from clinical practice into medical leadership, entrepreneurship, education, and innovation. I pursued an MBA to better understand how ideas become sustainable organizations, and I’ve since focused on connecting clinical expertise with new models for learning, technology, and care delivery. I’m the founder of VetBloom, a digital learning platform used across the veterinary industry, and I currently serve as President-Elect of the Association for Veterinary Informatics. 

I care deeply about creating environments where clinicians, nurses, and teams can grow, experiment, learn from one another, and build the confidence to do meaningful work in new ways. 

Outside of work, I live outside Boston with my wife, Kris, our daughter, and our two Golden Retrievers, Sirius and Paczki. I love exploring the world through food, culture, and adventure—whether traveling with my family, cooking, fishing, off-roading, brewing beer, or cheering on the Boston Bruins. 

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