VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital

Veterinarians

We invite you to explore the biographies of our doctors and learn more about them. Our doctors have a wide variety of backgrounds and interests.

  • Jeffrey Steen

    Medical Director
    Board Certification: DABVP
    Veterinary School: Ohio State University

    Dr. Jeff Steen, son of a diplomat, was born in Bogotá Colombia and was raised in various places in Latin America and the United States. After graduating from high school in the Dominican Republic he moved ...
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  • Kevin T. Fitzgerald

    Veterinary Specialist
    Board Certification: DABVP
    Veterinary School: Colorado State University
    Graduate School: University of Colorado

    Kevin Fitzgerald grew up in Denver and graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder where he also received his masters and doctorate degrees in endocrinology. In 1983 he received a DVM from ...
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  • LaDawn Bruggink-Scott

    Staff Veterinarian
    Veterinary School: Colorado State University

    Dr. Bruggink-Scott is a Colorado native who received her B.S. in Business in 1992 and her DVM in 1996, both from Colorado State University. Prior to joining Alameda East, Dr. Bruggink-Scott practiced ...
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  • Sharon Eckert

    Staff Veterinarian
    Veterinary School: North Carolina State University

    Dr. Eckert received a B.S. with Honors in Animal Science, with an Animal Biology emphasis from the University of Florida and her D.V.M. from North Carolina State University.

    Her ...
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  • Bobbi Hafer

    Staff Veterinarian
    Veterinary School: Kansas State University

    Dr. Bobbi Hafer is a Kansas State University graduate. She received her undergraduate Animal Science degree with honors and doctorate in Veterinary Medicine in 2004. Upon graduation, she completed ...
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  • David Israel

    Staff Veterinarian
    Veterinary School: Michigan State University

    Dr. David Israel was born and raised in Long Island, New York, and received his B.A. in English at the University at Albany. After college he worked as a journalist for a Rhode Island newspaper while ...
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  • Kelly Kattman

    Staff Veterinarian
    Veterinary School: Cornell University

    Dr. Kattman was born in Colorado but spent most of her childhood in Western New York. She graduated with a B.S. degree from Duke University in 1993 and then continued her education at Cornell University ...
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  • Holly Knor

    Staff Veterinarian
    Veterinary School: Colorado State University

    Dr. Holly Knor was born in Connecticut, and moved to South Florida at the age 5. She began working in the veterinary field when she was 14 and held many different positions from working in the kennel, ...
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  • Erin Miller

    Staff Veterinarian
    Veterinary School: Colorado State University

    Dr. Miller grew up in sunny southern California and, after a brief stint as a Disneyland Swedish shopkeeper, worked with zoo animals while receiving her BS in Ecology at the University of California, ...
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  • Laura Ruff

    Staff Veterinarian
    Veterinary School: University of Minnesota

    Dr. Ruff is a Denver native who earned her BS in biochemistry from Colorado State University in 1987 and her D.V.M. from the University of Minnesota in 2000.
    In the years following her undergraduate ...
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Specialty Care

Sometimes sick or injured pets need the care of a veterinary medical specialist. When that happens, VCA specialty hospitals work closely with the general practitioner veterinarians who refer cases to us in order to provide seamless veterinary care to your pet. When your pet is facing any kind of serious illness or injury, our specialty referral hospitals will provide the compassionate and expert care your beloved pet needs.

Our goal is to make sure that when you and your pet are in need that you have access to board certified specialists who are up to date on the very latest developments in their field. In our state of the art hospitals, our specialists also have access to the most sophisticated diagnostic and treatment tools and techniques from ultrasonography and endoscopy to CAT scans and even MRI.

We have over 40 specialty hospitals across the US so there may be one near you. Our specialized services include: behavior, cardiology, critical care, dentistry, dermatology, integrative medicine, internal medicine, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, radiology, rehabilitation, reproduction, and surgery.

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Emergency Care

Your emergency needs can be met right here at our hospital.
VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital provides 24 hour emergency veterinary care, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Emergency veterinarians, veterinary technicians and/or veterinary assistants are on staff 24 hours a day.

Please call us at 303-366-2639. We are located at 9770 East Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80247.

We provide the highest standard in veterinary emergency and critical care services. We are trained and equipped to perform a variety of emergency surgeries and procedures. We provide the highest standards of pain management. Emergency internal medicine consultations, including full diagnostics, are available.

Please call or come in immediately if you feel your pet is having an emergency or needs after-hours care.
 

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