PetVax

A Company History

    PetVax was founded in 1994 by Dr. Kevin Frazier, a 1981 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Frazier had previously practiced in North Carolina and Arkansas before returning to his hometown of Memphis in 1993.

    Upon his return to Memphis, Dr. Frazier initially began practicing at an area emergency clinic. A recurring theme at this facility was the number of pets suffering from problems that could have been prevented with appropriate well pet care. These were problems that never should have occurred, which resulted in hundreds of dollars of unnecessary expenses, because the owners felt the cost of ongoing well pet care was beyond what they could afford. 

    Dr. Frazier recalled that while on a trip to the west coast he had seen a number of vaccination clinics set up in pet stores. The low overhead of this arrangement allowed the well pet services to be offered at a substantial discount to the pet owners. He took this idea to Don Warmbrod, former owner of the Hollywood Pet Star chain in Memphis, who agreed that it was a concept Memphis needed. The vaccination clinics were an immediate success, and in response to client request, PetVax opened a spay/neuter clinic one year later. 

     As these practices grew the continual request from our clients was that we begin a full service clinic so that we could be there to care for the needs of the patients we had grown to love at our well pet clinics. In 1998, a full service clinic was purchased which has allowed us to provide for the complete pet care needs of our patients and clients.

    Today PetVax has 2 full service locations to serve you as we look to expand our pet care philosophy across Memphis and the Mid-South area.