2009 Utah Veterinarian of the Year- Dr. Drew Allen

Dr. Drew Allen was born and raised in North Salt Lake, where he grew up loving animals and knowing he wanted to be a veterinarian from a very young age. This was further reinforced as he put himself through school at Utah State delivering pizza with a broken car heater throughout freezing Cache Valley. In 1996, married to Jewel and with one child, Dr. Allen graduated from Colorado State and joined Brickyard Animal Hospital in SLC. He soon bought into partnership with Dr. Roddy Sharp.
Over the last 10 years, Dr. Allen has been a leader in the veterinary community, serving as President of the SLVMA and from 2007-2008 as UVMA President. He has been one of the main forces behind the successful Canyonlands Veterinary Conference. Currently he tireless serves as our Legislative Chair. Besides being busy in the community and his church, in 2006, Dr. Allen donated one of his kidneys to a totally unrelated and unknown recipient, just because Dr. Allen cares for others.
Despite having to deliver pizza in freezing weather, Dr. Allen still loves the cold and the outdoors. He’ll often volunteer as a trail vet for sled dog races. He survived the worst blizzard in years at the Hudson Bay Qwest in Canada and did pre-race exams in the Iditarod. No wonder he was voted at Woods Cross High as the person “most likely to be a nomad in Alaska”.
His life could well be summed up in the country song “I Should Have Been A Cowboy”. Dr. Allen’s greatest joy comes from having fun with his family. He and Jewell live in Grantsville with three children, two dogs, four horses and one fish.
Congratulations Doctor Drew Allen!!!