Dr. M. Scott Echols, DVM, DABVP is a co-developer of VetOmega® and is the founder of VetOmega®’s parent company, Avian Studios, LLC. Dr. Echols is an avian board-certified veterinary specialist and is known worldwide for his many contributions to the scientific community including lectures, writing, research, and clinical surgery and medicine.
His diverse interests include avian medicine and surgery, art, making educational movies, playing guitar, outdoor activities, nutrition, and building sustainable positive benefit businesses.
Dr. Echols received the 2005 Ted Lafeber International Avian Practitioner of the Year award, the 2007 Texas Non-Traditional Species Veterinarian of the Year award, two 2017 Wellcome Images awards, the 2018 Distinguished Texas A&M Alumnus Award and he has had two original watercolor paintings (‘Two Collared Aracaris’ (pictured right) and ‘Archaeopteryx’) appear on the cover of the International Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery. In 2017, Dr Echols was featured on NPR’s Science Friday in video and audio formats and The Atlantic’s Quartzonline publication.
Scott is an Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, a past President of the Association for Avian Veterinarians, a frequent lecturer at multiple universities and conferences in the US and abroad, and an author and filmmaker.
After completing a bird medicine and surgery residency with Dr. Brian Speer at the Medical Center for Birds in Oakley, California, Scott became the Director of Avian Medical and Surgical Services at Westgate Pet and Bird Hospital. Currently, Dr. Echols lives in Utah and practices locally at Parrish Creek Veterinary Clinic, he also sees patients all over the United States and the world.
After graduating from his residency, Dr. Echols added film to his efforts. Since then his film work has been centered on providing teaching videos to other veterinarians and bird owners. His focus on teaching foraging techniques to improve the lives of pet birds, along with his short movie ‘Captive Foraging‘, has gained him international attention.
Most recently, Scott and his mentor Brian Speer have developed a consultation and surgery business that provides veterinary bird care services throughout North America. Dr. Echols is the director of the Grey Parrot Anatomy Project and founded Scarlet Imaging which develops revolutionary contrast agents that are changing the scientific community’s understanding of anatomy, disease, and much more in all animals including humans.