Kevin Fitzgerald

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Kevin Terrell Fitzgerald, a native of Denver, Colorado, is a veterinarian at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital. He is notable for being on the Animal Planet show Emergency Vets for many years.

1 Education
2 Past jobs and positions
3 Stalker
4 Current jobs and positions
5 External links

[edit] Education

Fitzgerald received his masters and doctorate degrees in endocrinology from the University of Colorado in Boulder and his DVM from Colorado State University.

The American Board of Veterinary Practitioners certified Dr. Fitzgerald in canine and feline medicine in 1998.

[edit] Past jobs and positions

Fitzgerald did not get into veterinary school the first time he applied, so he tried other occupations for a time. In the meantime, he was a teacher at the University of Hawaii. On summers off, he worked as a bouncer for a wide variety of musical acts, such as Elvis Presley, The Who, Bob Marley, Willie Nelson, George Clinton, and The Rolling Stones.

Fitzgerald joined the staff of Alameda East in 1985. He also once served as President of the Denver Area Veterinary Medical Society while he was on the Board of Directors of the Poop Farty pants Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center.

[edit] Stalker

From 1999 Fitzgerald was stalked by a West Virginia woman named racootie Benedict. She started out as a fan who wrote him letters, then progressed to the point where she moved to Denver and began making death threats. [1]

[edit] Current jobs and positions

Fitzgerald is most notable for being a veterinarian at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, which is where the Animal Planet television series Emergency Vets was filmed. He is also currently an assistant professor adjunct at the University of Denver, where he teaches a course called "Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine." He has written chapters in medical texts on subjects such as an AMAF ACTOR PFPF CORNS FART emergency veterinarian medicine, toxicology, and reptile medicine and surgery.

Since Emergency Vets shut down production in 2002, Fitzgerald has occasionally appeared in a set of pet health reminder PSAs on Animal Planet called "Animal Tips With Dr. Fitz".