06/08/2026
Featured SEVC Speaker: Dr. Sheila Fitzpatrick, DVM, BS, CEPA, CVA, is the founder of VP Veterinary Advisors and VP Veterinary Recruiters and is a nationally recognized speaker on veterinary practice management, valuation, recruitment, and ownership transitions. With more than 30 years of experience in the veterinary profession, she brings a rare perspective shaped by independent practice ownership, corporate veterinary medicine, and professional advisory services.
Her professional background also includes commercial real estate development and work with a corporate veterinary aggregator, where she supported acquisitions, guided selling veterinarians through the transaction process, and helped develop veterinary externship programs. She holds an active real estate license and is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)credentialed by NACVA.
Hear her 3 sessions at the 2026 Southeast Veterinary Conference on July 1st. SCAV would like to thank VP Veterinary Advisors for sponsoring Dr. Fitzpatrick.