Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Holt was born and raised in Southern Illinois in the St. Louis metropolitan area. He studied chemistry as an undergraduate and continued on to complete his DVM at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1982. Upon graduation, Dr. Holt entered private practice with his father, Dr. Leland Holt, at Bellemore Animal Hospital until the fall of 1983. In 1984, Dr. Holt purchased the practice from his fathers estate and developed the practice to an AAHA 4 year accreditation status. In 1989, Dr. Holt opened a second practice location, Shackelford Veterinary Hospital, in Florissant, Missouri also at a 4 year AAHA accreditation status. In 1993, Dr. Holt graduated from the second class of the AAHA Veterinary Management Institute at the Krannert School of Business, Purdue University. He was the first veterinarian in the St Louis metropolitan area to purchase and use the Luxar (now Lumenis) Laser system in June of 1998. Since then he has performed over 5000 surgical procedures using the Lumenis Laser technology. Dr. Holt served as a past president of both the St. Louis Metro East Veterinary Medical Association and the Southern Illinois Veterinary Medical Association. In June 2000, Dr Holt left private practice and returned to academia. In 2005, Dr Holt started Relief Surgical Services, a Midwest based traveling referral surgical practice that provides select veterinary hospitals with in house advanced surgical procedures and treatments. Dr Holt is certified in Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy, Sliding Humeral Osteotomy, Helica Total Hip Prosthesis, and the Modified Maquet Procedure for Tibial Tuberosity Advancement. Dr Holt currently resides in Wentzville, Missouri with his wife Stefanie and his two children, Ashlyn and Austin.
