Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Holbrook was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on 11/30/1956, where he was raised by his Father (an attorney) and Mother (a dental hygienist). He attended high school at Highland High and graduated as the Valedictorian in 1975. He then went to Westminster College and received Bachelors of Science Degrees in Biology and Physical Sciences in 1980. While there, he worked at the University of Utah Vivarial Science Building. After moving to Texas and working at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas as a Cardiopulmonary Technologist, he went to BYU and worked on his Masters of Science Degree in Microbiology with emphasis in Virology. In 1982, he was accepted to Kansas State University and received his Doctoral Degree in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in 1986. Following graduation he took a position as an Emergency Veterinarian for 1.5 years and afterwards worked for 4 different Veterinary Hospitals as a Relief Veterinarian. In 1988, he created and opened Park Place Pet Hospital, P.C. (PPPH) in Grapevine, Tx. He started doing laser surgery in 1995 and received his Laser Surgery Fellowship. In 1988, he earned his Diplomate Status becoming Boarded with the ABVP in canine and feline medicine and surgery. In the year 2000, he moved PPPH to Southlake, Tx and built a 6500 sf. Free standing hospital. In 2008, he re-boarded with the ABVP to continue my diplomacy, and will re-board again in 2018.
