2008 Veterinarian of the Year - Dr. Lee W. Morgan

Veterinary Practice News proudly honors Dr. Lee W. Morgan of the Georgetown Veterinary Hospital with the Veterinarian of the Year Award.

In his more than 10 years as a veterinarian, Morgan has proven time and again just how passionate he is about his work. Not only is was he a finalist in the 2008 Thank Your Vet contest, but Morgan was also named Practitioner/Researcher of the Year by the American Veterinary Medical Association in 2005.

Dr. Morgan trains service dogs for the Seeing Eye Foundation and The Guide Dogs for the Blind. His hospital provides support, such as low-cost spays, neuters, and microchip readers, to The Basset Hound Rescue Foundation, Washington Humane Society and other animal shelters. He also established the Robert Walter Morgan Memorial Foundation to raise funds for a mobile veterinary clinic for the Washington D.C. Police Department K9 unit.