Emergency Vets

***Emergency Vets*** is a reality television series that first aired on Animal Planet from 1998 to 2008. It depicts the working and outside lives of veterinarians at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado, USA.

The show stopped first-run production in 2002 when Alameda East became occupied with building and eventually moving into a new facility in Denver. A new documentary called *E-Vet: The Cutting Edge* aired on Animal Planet in 2004, showing the changes in the hospital since the show's final episode. A spin-off series, *E-Vet Interns*, followed in 2007.

## Staff

*Emergency Vets* featured a mix of surgeons, general practitioners, specialists, veterinary technicians, and Alameda East's annual class of 4-6 interns per year.

### Surgeons

* Dr. Robert A. Taylor, founder of Alameda East, who specializes in orthopedic surgery
* Dr. Steve Peterson, surgeon and director of Alameda East's intern program. Peterson left the hospital and the show in 1999
* Dr. Mark Albrecht, surgeon who replaced Peterson 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 who specializes 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 Adrien), head of Alameda East's physical therapy department
* Dr. Stan Steinheimer, chief of radiology; director of Alameda East's intern program after Peterson'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 medical school to become an intern veterinarian. He left the show in 2000
* Ray Parham, Sr. vet tech specializing in radiology procedures
* Jackie Steinheimer (née Lenz), Sr. vet tech who later married Dan Steinheimer and how 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

### Farm animals

* Pig
* Cow
* Sheep
* Cat
* Pony
* Rooster
* Duck

### Wild animals

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

### Interns

* Dr. Rani Phenegar (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 Peterson at another Denver-area animal hospital
* Dr. Carrie Stephaniak, graduate of the Alameda East intern program who left the hospital and the show in 2000

## Episodes

Main article: *List of Emergency Vets episodes*