Alameda East Veterinary Hospital
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Veterinary services |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder | Dr. Robert A. Taylor, DVM/MS |
| Headquarters | Denver , United States |
Area served | United States |
| Products | Veterinary care, emergency veterinary services, boarding facility |
| Parent | VCA Animal Hospitals (since 2007) |
Alameda East Veterinary Hospital is a veterinary care facility situated in Denver, Colorado, United States.
History
Established in 1971 by Dr. Robert A. Taylor, DVM/MS, Alameda East was created with the goal of bringing private veterinary services up to the advanced level commonly found in university medical centers. Dr. Taylor developed a comprehensive hospital equipped with round-the-clock personnel, an intensive care unit, surgical and imaging technologies, as well as specialists in internal medicine. By 1974, the hospital was operating continuously, staffed by veterinary graduates and technicians, including residency programs in partnership with Denver's Bel-Rea Institute. Within ten years, Alameda East had grown to become one of the largest animal hospitals nationwide.
In 1997, Animal Planet approached Dr. Taylor to produce a reality television series centered on emergency veterinary medicine. The show, titled Emergency Vets, premiered in 1998 and rapidly gained popularity as one of Animal Planet’s leading programs. This exposure significantly raised the hospital’s national reputation, drawing patients and veterinary professionals from regions beyond the American southwest. Filming concluded in 2002 to allow for a significant hospital expansion that would have been hindered by ongoing production.
The following year, in 2003, Alameda East relocated to a newly constructed building next to its original location. This expansion featured four operating rooms, CT and MRI scanners, a fully equipped ICU and pathology laboratory, a physical therapy area, and "Animal Lodge," a dedicated boarding facility. In March 2007, Alameda East became part of the VCA Hospital Network through a collaboration with VCA Antech.
Alameda East has appeared in five distinct Animal Planet productions:
- Emergency Vets, which aired from 1998 to 2002 and chronicled the veterinarians and their cases at Alameda East
- E-Vets: The Cutting Edge (2004), a documentary updating viewers on the hospital and its personnel since the original series
- Emergency Vets 20 Most Unusual Cases (2006), showcasing twenty notable cases along with follow-up information
- E-Vets: Things Pets Swallow (2007), focusing on incidents involving ingested foreign objects
- E-Vet Interns (2007), documenting the experiences of veterinary interns at Alameda East