Dr. Brenna Fitzgerald, originally from Dallas, Texas, is a 2007 graduate of Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine. She has had a lifetime love affair with animals of all kinds, but has always considered working with birds and exotic animals her true calling.
She completed her residency in avian practice at the Medical Center for Birds in Oakley, California, and in 2012 became a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) in avian practice. She practiced exclusively avian medicine at the Medical Center for Birds for 13 years where she and her colleagues served a large clientele and provided referral and consultation services to veterinarians throughout the Bay Area and the larger region. During this time, she also had the privilege of mentoring many veterinary students, interns, and residents.
She relocated to the Denver area in 2021 and spent the first half of 2022 providing specialty care to avian patients at Homestead Animal Hospital in Centennial, Colorado. She is now extremely excited to join the stellar veterinary team at Colorado Exotic Animal Hospital and continue providing specialty services to the bird and exotic pet parents of Colorado and referral services to fellow practitioners in Colorado and the surrounding area.
Dr. Fitzgerald is strongly committed to furthering avian medicine, not only through serving her patients and clients in private practice, but also through education and support of the avian veterinary community. She has worked to promote continuing education by speaking at veterinary conferences, designing their educational programs, and authoring a number of scholarly articles. She is a member of the Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV), serves on their Advisory Council as a Member-At-Large, and contributes to social media (#AAVBirdTales) and other educational content.
In 2021, Dr. Fitzgerald established Avian Exclusive Veterinary Consultation (AEVC), providing a variety of remote and in-person consultation services for avian veterinarians throughout the United States.
She and her partner, Todd, parent a menagerie of parrots, kitties, and one regal, senior beagle. Her feather babies are grey parrots Jasmine, Rex, Moe, Alex, and Athena, and blue-headed Pionus WeeWee.