{"id":69293,"date":"2023-12-09T21:20:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T03:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/?p=69293"},"modified":"2024-01-22T01:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T07:04:56","slug":"mcdermott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/mcdermott\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin McDermott, VMD, DABVP (Reptile &#038; Amphibian Practice), CertAqV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-69294 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/McDermott-Colin-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/> <strong>Colin McDermott <\/strong>lives and works in Hong Kong, where he serves as a veterinary surgeon at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zodiacvet.com\/facilities-detail.php?id=154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zodiac Pet and Exotic Animal Hospital<\/a> and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences of <a href=\"https:\/\/scholars.cityu.edu.hk\/en\/persons\/colin-thomas-mc-dermott(d3fef6ae-0f57-4d9c-9314-c8976d67f819).html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City University<\/a>. Dr. McDermott earned his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2011. He completed a 2-year specialty internship at the University of Pennsylvania followed by a fellowship in aquarium science and veterinary medicine at the National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. McDermott worked in private practice for 3 years at an emergency and specialty hospital in New Jersey, establishing their exotic animal medicine and surgery service. He moved to Hong Kong in 2019. where he works at an exotics-focused private practice hospital. Dr. McDermott is board certified in reptile and amphibian practice through the <a href=\"https:\/\/abvp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Board of Veterinary Practitioners<\/a>. He is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavma.org\/CertAqV-Pgm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">certified aquatic veterinarian<\/a> through the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colin McDermott lives and works in Hong Kong, where he serves as a veterinary surgeon at Zodiac Pet and Exotic Animal Hospital and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences of City University. Dr. McDermott earned his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2011. He completed a 2-year specialty internship at the University of Pennsylvania followed by a fellowship in aquarium science and veterinary medicine at the National Aquarium\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2532,"featured_media":69294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-bio","contributor-mcdermott"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Colin McDermott, VMD, DABVP (Reptile &amp; Amphibian Practice), CertAqV - LafeberVet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Colin McDermott lives and works in Hong Kong, where he serves as a veterinary surgeon at Zodiac Pet and Exotic Animal Hospital and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences of City University. 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