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Meet Our Doctors
Dr. Greg Hayes
, a native of Golden, Colorado, completed his undergraduate work at
Claremont College in Southern California. He received his veterinary
degree from Colorado State University Veterinary School in 1975, joining
Arapahoe Animal Hospital as an Associate that same year. Dr. Hayes became
co-owner of the hospital with Dr. Mike Furcolow in 1983. In addition to
practicing small animal medicine, Dr. Hayes' medical expertise and experience
include birds and other exotics, falconry, and the training of domestic and wild
animals for movies and filmed commercials.
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Dr. Alan Myers
was raised in Prairie Village, Kansas, near Kansas City. He
completed his undergraduate studies at Kansas State University and received his
veterinary degree from Kansas State University Veterinary School in 1986.
After completing an Internship at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, Dr.
Myers joined Arapahoe Animal Hospital as an Associate in 1987, specializing in
general small animal internal medicine. He became co-owner of the hospital with
Dr. Greg Hayes in 1998 when Dr. Mike Furcolow retired.
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Dr. Bonnie (Barrios) Abbott
is a native of Fort Collins, CO, and received her
veterinary degree from Colorado State University in 2000. After
completing an Internship program at Michigan State University Veterinary
Medical Center, Dr. Abbott joined Arapahoe Animal Hospital as an Associate
Veterinarian in 2001. Her special interests include
oncology, small animal surgery, geriatric medicine, exotic animal medicine, and
grief management. Dr. Abbott was honored in the August 2006 edition
of 5280 Magazine as One of Seven "Top Veterinarians" in the Denver
area. She is also an accomplished violist and member of
the Longmont Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Abbott travelled to
Africa in 2002 to climb Mt. Kilamanjaro and participate
in an African wildlife safari. In June 2007, she married George
Abbott, the most wonderful adventure of all!
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Dr. Scott Smith
,
born in Tacoma,
Washington,
to a military family, was raised primarily in the states of
New
York
and New
Hampshire.
He attended Auburn
University, where he received both his undergraduate and veterinary degrees (DVM 1995). Dr. Smith
practiced in rural Georgia
prior to moving to Boulder
County in 1997 and continuing his veterinary career here. He joined Arapahoe
Animal
Hospital as an Associate Veterinarian in 2007. His medical interests include soft
tissue surgery and holistic veterinary therapies, as well as the husbandry,
medicine and surgery of select exotic pets. In 2006 he
was certified in Veterinary Acupuncture by
Colorado
State
University
Veterinary
School. An Eagle Scout, Dr. Smith enjoys fishing and tracking
wildlife, and spending time with his wife, Pamela, and two
stepsons, Tanner and Brody, at their cabin
in northern Colorado
. (Photo
soon)
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Association Memberships
Arapahoe Animal Hospital contributes regularly
to support animal welfare
organizations, and we are participating members of the following
veterinary associations:
AAHA - American Animal
Hospital Association AAV -
Association of Avian Veterinarians ABKA
- American Boarding Kennels Association AVMA - American Veterinary
Medical Association CACVT - Colorado Association of
Certified Veterinary Technicians CVMA - Colorado
Veterinary Medical Association LPVMA - Longs Peak Veterinary Medical
Association
VIN - Veterinary
Information Network
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