Emergency Vets

*Emergency Vets*
Emergency Vets
Genre	Reality Television
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Aurora, Colorado, USA
Production company	Rocket Pictures
Original release
Network	Animal Planet
Release	February 1, 1998 –; May 14, 2008

Emergency Vets is a reality television series that aired on Animal Planet. First aired in 1998, it depicts the working and outside lives of the veterinarians at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado, plus the animals that they treat. At its peak of popularity, Emergency Vets alternated with The Crocodile Hunter as Animal Planet's most popular show.

The show stopped first-run production because Alameda East was occupied with building and eventually moving into a new facility in Denver. In 2004, a new documentary called E-Vets: The Cutting Edge aired on Animal Planet, showing the changes in Alameda East Veterinary Hospital since the show's final episode. The documentary scored good ratings and has been rerun several times as part of the Whoa! Sunday umbrella anthology show on Animal Planet, as well as inspiring a follow-up episode first aired in 2005 that took viewers on a tour of the new Alameda East facility while showing cases of animals receiving cutting-edge treatment at the new hospital. Another documentary, Emergency Vets 20 Most Unusual Cases, aired on Whoa! Sunday in 2006, featuring 20 cases from the series including follow-ups with the families and interviews with the doctors involved.

In 2007, Animal Planet announced that the real-life drama at Alameda East would return to prime-time airwaves under a new title, E-Vet Interns. The new series features six new veterinary interns during their first year of residency practice at the new Alameda East hospital, as well as familiar faces Dr. Robert Taylor, Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, Dr. Preston Stubbs, and Dr. Holly Knor. In preparation for the new show's debut on January 22, 2007, Animal Planet aired a new E-Vets special, E-Vets: Things Pets Swallow, featuring memorable cases from the Emergency Vets years dealing with dramatic objects that animals have ingested.^[1]^[2]

Staff

Emergency Vets features a mix of surgeons, general practitioners, specialists, veterinary technicians, and Alameda East's annual class of 4–6 interns per year. Among the staff members featured regularly:

Surgeons

Dr. Robert A. Taylor, founder of Alameda East, who specializes in orthopedic surgery
Dr. Steve Petersen, surgeon and director of Alameda East's intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1999
Dr. Mark Albrecht, surgeon who replaced Petersen in the 2000 season; departed the hospital before the start of the 2001 season
Dr. Preston Stubbs, surgeon who replaced Albrecht after his departure in the 2001 season

General Practitioners

Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, general practitioner who specializes in treating exotic animals, especially reptiles
Dr. Holly Knor, general practitioner specializing in animal pregnancies and associated issues
Dr. Andrea Oncken, general practitioner who left the hospital and the show in 1998
Dr. Jeff Steen, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who joined the staff as a general practitioner in 2000; specializes in dental issues
Dr. Ted Owen, DVM, Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital
Dr. Fred Rosen, DVM, Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital
Dr. Michelle L. Foot, DVM, Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital
Dr. Brandon T. Hughes, DVM, Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital
Dr. Bill Gibson, DVM, Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital

Specialists

Caroline Adamson (now Adrian), head of Alameda East's physical therapy department
Dr. Dan Steinheimer, chief of radiology; director of Alameda East's intern program after Petersen's departure
Dr. David Panciera, internal medicine specialist who left the hospital and the show in 1998 to take a professorship at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia
Dr. Doug Santen, internal medicine specialist
Dr. Lauren Prause, internal medicine specialist who replaced Panciera in 1998 and left the show in 2000
Dr. Etta Wertz, chief of anesthesiology who left the show in 2000
Dr. James Bailey, consulting veterinary anesthesiologist
Dr. Ric Olsen, human dentist who serves as an associate dentist at Alameda East

Veterinary Technicians

Rebecca Barwick, vet tech who adopts an owner-surrendered German Shepherd in the episode "Perfectly Imperfect"
Dr. John Fiddler, vet tech who returned to Alameda East after graduating from veterinary school to become an intern veterinarian, leaving the show in 2000
Ray Parham, CVT Sr. vet tech specializing in radiology procedures
Jackie Steinheimer (née Lenz), Sr. vet tech who later married Dan Steinheimer and now runs Alameda East's Associate Staff program
Jean Wilbert, vet tech often featured giving chemotherapy to animals undergoing cancer treatments
Laura Maez, vet tech during the ringworm episode, now works at another Denver Area ER clinic

Special Years Movie

Dog
Squirrel
Ostrich
Horse
Rabbit
Panda
Mouse
Camel
Raccoon

The farm animals

Pig
Cow
Sheep
Cat
Pony
Rooster
Duck

The Wild Animals

Elephant
Frog
Zebra
Hippo
Lion
Penguin
Tiger
Polar Bear
Giraffe
Brown Bear
Chimpanzee
Red Fox
Owl
Coyote
Wolf

Interns

Dr. Rani Pheneger (now Reyter), graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1998
Dr. Juli White, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1998
Dr. Karin Cannizzo, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1998
Dr. Dennis Crow, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1998
Dr. Craig Webb, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who stayed an extra six months after his internship on a special assignment before leaving the hospital and the show in 1999
Dr. Milan Hess, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1999
Dr. Sandy Wang, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1999
Dr. Laura Peycke, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1999
Dr. Amy Estrada, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1999
Dr. Katie Miller, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 1999
Dr. Corey Wall, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 2000
Dr. Jason Wheeler, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 2000 to work alongside Dr. Steve Petersen at another Denver-area animal hospital. Then in 2012 moved to Virginia to open a veterinary referral practice.
Dr. Carrie Stephaniak, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 2000

E-Vet Interns

E-Vet Interns is a reality television series about veterinary interns working at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado. It is a spinoff of Emergency Vets. E-Vet Interns began airing on January 22, 2007, also on Animal Planet.^[3]

References

^ Gelman, Pam. "Emergency Vets TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
^ Germinder, Lea-Ann (January 1, 2000). """EMERGENCY VETS"" VETERINARY TECHNICIAN REMAINS GROUNDED ABOUT ROLE IN ANIMAL PLANET'S HIT TV SERIES". Goodnewsforpets. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
^ Ashby, Emily. "E-Vet Interns TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

External links

[1] Gelman, Pam. "Emergency Vets TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[2] Germinder, Lea-Ann (January 1, 2000). """EMERGENCY VETS"" VETERINARY TECHNICIAN REMAINS GROUNDED ABOUT ROLE IN ANIMAL PLANET'S HIT TV SERIES". Goodnewsforpets. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[3] Ashby, Emily. "E-Vet Interns TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

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