The Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Kim J. Hammond, has practiced veterinary medicine since earning his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1981. In 1982, Dr. Kim Hammond started Falls Road Animal Hospital, the first 24-hour, full service emergency veterinary practice in Maryland. To this day, Falls Road remains the only 24-hour full service Veterinary Hospital in Baltimore Maryland. In its first year, Falls Road Animal Hospital's 2 doctors saw 1,500 office calls. By the year 2000, the practice had expanded to twelve doctors, with a staff exceeding 130, servicing over 75,000 office calls yearly. In 2008 Dr. Kim Hammond was nationally recognized as one of Americas Top Veterinarians in Emergency Medicine and Surgery. In addition he was awarded the honor of Outstanding Veterinary Contributor. Dr. Kim Hammond received an MBA in 1994. He is also Master Farrier and Pilot.
While working full-time at the animal hospital, Dr. Kim Hammond is currently the editor and co-host of a weekly pet segment that airs live on WBAL, Channel 11 in Baltimore.
Dr. Kim Hammond has vast international exposure. Working for the Peace Corp in Niger Africa, he led a team of five U.S. veterinarians and twenty four Peace Corp volunteers to assist local authorities in rehabilitating and strengthening the operations of The Niamey Museum Zoo, Wildlife Game Reserves and the last free roaming giraffes in West Africa. In 2003, Dr. Kim Hammond initiated a Zoo Veterinary-Training program at Falls Road Animal Hospital to provide opportunities for small animal veterinarians to gain zoological experience. In 2004 Dr. Kim Hammond led a team of two veterinarians from the Baltimore Zoo and one veterinarian from NASA to the Costa Rican Sloth Rescue, and began a medical and animal exchange program. In 2006 Dr. Kim Hammond formed the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Training Program. Mountain Gorilla Veterinarians from Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have participated, in residence, in an internship at the Falls Road Animal Hospital in Baltimore. He joined The Board of Directors of The Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project in 2007. In 2008, He began a pilot program in the Maryland School System providing secondary lesson plans in science, math, geography, language arts revolving around The Mountain Gorilla and People.
Dr. Hammond's extensive involvement in the motion picture industry includes his work on Pirates of the Caribbean I, II, and III, Under Dog, Cat Woman, Cats and Dogs, Willard II, Runaway Bride, The Green Mile, Stuart Little, All the Pretty Horses, Avalon, Accidental Tourist, and Her Alibi. In addition to his work with Boone Narr and Animals for Hollywood, Birds and Animals Unlimited, directors Garry Marshal and Ellen Schwartz, and Academy Award winning directors Barry Levinson and Billy Bob Thornton, Dr. Kim Hammond has published many articles in both veterinary science and general interest publications. He is Veterinary Editor and Arts and Entertainment Correspondent for Animal Fair Magazine (launched 1999). Finally Dr. Kim Hammond has professional relationships with many of the leading designers in the fashion industries in Paris, Milan.
Dr. Kim Hammond served on the animal care committee at Johns Hopkins University, and has held academic positions at the Maryland-Virginia School of Veterinary Medicine and at the Beijing Agricultural University in Beijing, China. For his work at the latter institution, he received a Presidential Citation from George Bush Sr. .
Dr. Kim Hammond Co-wrote and introduced the "Puppy Mill Bill" into the 1992 U.S. Congress with Congressman Benjamin Cardin and The Humane Society of the United States to end the mass production of puppies and kittens in commercial breeding operations. In 2005 he began assisting in a research program developing immunocontraceptives for canines and felines.
Falls Road Animal Hospital
Dr. Kim Hammond
6314 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD 21209
Tel: (410) 825-9100
Website: http://www.fallsroad.com
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