BluePearl Veterinary Partners

BluePearl Veterinary Partners LLC
Private company
Industry Pets
Founded 1996, Tampa, Florida
Headquarters Tampa, Florida, United States
28°02′08″N 82°29′32″W / 28.035474°N 82.492135°W / 28.035474; -82.492135Coordinates: 28°02′08″N 82°29′32″W / 28.035474°N 82.492135°W / 28.035474; -82.492135
Key people
 Darryl Shaw, MBA, CPA (CEO)
Jennifer Welser, DACVO (Chief Medical Officer)
Neil Shaw, DVM, DACVIM (Co-Founder)
Jeff Dennis, DVM, DACVIM (Co-Founder),
Mark Dorfman, DVM, DACVIM (Co-Founder)
Dan Lorimer, DVM, DACVO (Co-Founder)
Jeff Fox (Chief Information Officer)
Products Veterinary care
Number of employees
 3,000+ (2015)
Website bluepearlvet.com

BluePearl Veterinary Partners is a company owned by Mars Corporation that operates emergency and specialty veterinary hospitals throughout the United States. They currently have hospitals in 21 states.

BluePearl works with primary care providers to provide specialty and emergency care for pets.

BluePearl is one of the largest private providers of approved veterinary residency and internship educational programs in the world.[1]

BluePearl also participates in and conducts clinical trials to study the effectiveness of new drugs and treatments.

More than 475 veterinarians are employed by BluePearl Veterinary Partners.[2]

History

BluePearl Veterinary Partners was founded as Florida Veterinary Specialists in 1996 by two brothers, Dr. Neil Shaw, a board-certified specialist in veterinary internal medicine, and Darryl Shaw, a certified public accountant with an MBA.[3]

In 2008, Florida Veterinary Specialists and Cancer Treatment Center in Tampa, Fla., NYC Veterinary Specialists and Cancer Treatment Center in New York City and Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center in Kansas City merged to create BluePearl Veterinary Partners.[4]

In 2010, Georgia Veterinary Specialists and Michigan Veterinary Specialists merged with BluePearl Veterinary Partners. Michigan Veterinary Specialists was founded in 1990 by Dr. Dan Lorimer and Dr. Laura DeLellis. It was the first private, referral-based specialty veterinary practice in Michigan. Later, Lorimer founded Georgia Veterinary Specialists with Dr. Mark Dorfman, and Dr. Renee Kaswan.[5]

Significant Events

In February 2010, Dr. Michael Kimura, a specialist in veterinary neurology with BluePearl, assisted in giving a live shark from the Florida Aquarium an MRI after the shark had failed to eat anything and it seemed like there was a foreign object lodged in the shark's esophagus. This is one of the first times a live shark had ever been given and MRI under anesthesia.[6]

In March 2013, Dr. Amy Zalcman, a senior emergency clinician with BluePearl Veterinary Partners in Manhattan, oversaw the removal of 111 pennies from a Jack Russell Terrier named Jack. Dr. Suliman Al-Ghazlat, a specialist in internal medicine with BluePearl, used the non-invasive method Endoscopic foreign body retrieval, to remove the pennies one-by-one. Zalcman, Al-Ghazlat and Jack received international media attention.[7][8]

On May 22, 2013, surgeon Dr. Mike Reems, removed a 4-pound hairball from a tiger at the BluePearl Veterinary Partners in Clearwater, Fla. The hairball was given to Ripley's Believe it or Not.[9]

On October 21, 2013, doctors from BluePearl Veterinary Partners saved the life of Eddie, a 5-year-old Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois) assigned to the U.S. Air Force's 6th Security Forces Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base when he presented at BluePearl Veterinary Partners in Tampa, Fla., one of nine designated veterinary trauma centers in the nation,[10] with signs related to heatstroke.[11] Eddie, an Air Force K-9 trained to detect improvised explosive devices, is credited with saving the lives of several service members in Afghanistan when he detected an IED just before International Security Assistance Force personnel were about to step on a pressure plate designed to trigger the device.[12]

Partnerships

In 2011, BluePearl partnered with the U.S. Army to provide Army veterinarians and technicians preparing to deploy to areas of conflict with hands-on emergency veterinary experiences at BluePearl's specialty and emergency hospitals. Soldiers from the Army assist and observe BluePearl veterinarians and technicians with exams, drug administrations, procedures, animal care, surgery and laboratory work when possible.[13]

The training program is a nine-day schedule where the soldiers experience first-hand medical veterinary emergencies, something they are likely to deal with when deployed to a combat zone. The program is being considered for expansion.[14]

Awards and Recognition

In 2009, Dr. Neil Shaw was featured in People Magazine as a hometown hero in the issue titled, "Hero in Hard Times."[15]

In 2010, Darryl Shaw, CEO and Neil Shaw, Chief Medical Officer, received the Ernst & Young Florida Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the services category.

In August 2012, BluePearl Veterinary Partners was 1,695 on the 2012 Inc. 5000, a list of the 5,000 fastest growing businesses in the U.S. according to Inc. (magazine). BluePearl was also recognized as the 16th fastest growing company in Tampa for 2012 by Inc. (magazine).[16]

In December 2012, BluePearl Veterinary Partners was ranked #36 out of the top 100 job creators in the U.S. according to Inc. Magazine's Hire Power Awards.[17]

In October 2015, BluePearl Veterinary Partners was acquired by Mars Petcare division. This acquisition resulted in Mars Petcare, who also owns Banfield Pet hospital and pet food brands such as Royal Canin and Pedigree, becoming the largest pet nutrition and veterinary care provider in the world.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Pet Food Recall". www.cbs58.com. WDJT-TV, CBS-58. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ Staff. "Veterinarians provide winter safety tips for pets". www.jacksoncountydaily.com. Jackson County Daily. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  3. ↑ DVM360 MAGAZINE. "Three specialty hospitals form partnership". www.dvm360.com. DVM360 MAGAZINE. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Darryl Shaw: Puppies, kitties and big business". http://www.bizjournals.com/. Tampa Bay Business Journal. Retrieved 15 November 2013. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ Staff. "BluePearl Veterinary Partners Gains 2 Specialty Practices". www.veterinarypracticenews.com. Veterinary Practice News. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  6. ↑ Tampa Bay's ABC Action News
  7. ↑ Nolan, Steve (March 13, 2013). "Look after the pennies and the hounds look after themselves: Jack Russell recovering after it ate 111 coins". www.dailymail.co.uk. London: Mail Online. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Staff. "Jack Russell Terrier Swallows 111 Pennies". www.newyork.cbslocal.com. CBS 2 News New York. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Surgeons remove 4-pound hairball from 400-pound tiger May 23, 2013
  10. ↑ NEWstat. "Nine U.S. hospitals and clinics designated Veterinary Trauma Centers". http://www.aahanet.org. American Animal Hospital Association. Retrieved 26 April 2013. External link in |work= (help)
  11. ↑ Associated Press. "Air Force K-9 recovering from heatstroke". www.AirForceTimes.com. Air Force Times. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Levesque, William. "Bomb-sniffing Malinois has MacDill's backing as Hero Dog". www.tampabay.com. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  13. ↑ Van Orden, Sandi. "Williamson County: Soldiers complete training to work with battlefield dogs". http://www.tennessean.com. The Tennessean. Retrieved 2 September 2012. External link in |work= (help)
  14. ↑ "Soldiers Learn Vet Skills To Help Dogs On The Front Lines". www.newschannel5.com. NewsChannel 5 (WTVF-TV). Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Hometown Hero! Dr. Neil Shaw Treats Pets in Need for Free". www.peoplepets.com. People Magazine. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  16. ↑ "Inc. Magazine". www.inc.com. Inc. magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  17. ↑ Sasso, Michael. "Brothers' Tampa-based veterinary company in booms in recession". www.tbo.com. Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  18. ↑ https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/151201q.aspx
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