Brian L. Speer, DVM Diplomate ABVP (Avian), ECZM (Avian)

• Brian is in private practice, in Oakley, California, at the Medical Center for Birds, where clinical caseload is limited exclusively to avian species.

• Board Certification
  • American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Avian Practice) 1996, 2006
  • European Veterinary Specialist in Avian Medicine and Surgery ECZM (Avian) (formerly ECAMS) 1999
• Education
  • DVM degree from the University of California School of Veterinary Medicine at Davis in 1983.

• Awards:

  • Speaker of the Year at the North American Veterinary Conference, 2006.

  • Recipient of the Lafeber Practitioner Award, 2003

• Brian has served as chair of the Aviculture Committee for the Association of Avian Veterinarians, on their board of directors, and is 1999-2000 past-president.

• He currently serves as a consultant for the Veterinary Information Network, and chairs the AAV aviculture committee.

• Brian is well published in numerous veterinary conference proceedings nationally and internationally, has served as guest editor for a number of veterinary journals and texts, and has authored a number of peer-reviewed journal articles.
• He is a co-author of The Large Macaws, Their Care, Breeding and Conservation, and co-author of Birds for Dummies.
• Practice Information

And.. Brian’s incredibly tolerant wife, Denise, somehow manages to put up with all of that stuff!