Cameron Dow was a veterinary member of the Investigative Committee. He was appointed during the September 18, 2019 Board Meeting. According to his August 2022 bio on Prescott Animal Hospital's website, he graduated from the University of Arizona's ROTC program and served in Iraq and Kosovo, including service as an Army Ranger, advisor to the Iraqi military, and Bronze Star recipient. After leaving the military he obtained his veterinary degree from Iowa State University. He lists his interests as cardiac and abdominal ultrasound, internal medicine, and opthalmology, mentioning that he has received 200 hours of continuing education in cardiac and abdominal ultrasound; he does not, however, appear to be boarded in any specialty. His bio also notes that he has served "several" terms as a Director with the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association. Dow is the son of former veterinary board member Steven Dow who later replaced him on the Investigative Committee. Dow was also elected to serve as the AzVMA's Secretary-Treasurer in 2021.
Dow's September 2019 interview with the board lasted a few minutes as he was apparently on the way to an airplane. Jessica Creager ran the discussion, stating that he had a very impressive resume, joking that she wouldn't want to see her resume placed beside his; she also thanked him for his military service. He stated that it would be an honor to serve veterinarians "and also members of the public" and believes he can "provide a unique sort of perspective." He said that "interactions in the vet room can sometimes be a very complicated interaction when you have strangers with different backgrounds, different attitudes, perceptions." He said that sometimes "there's things that happen that need to be worked out." He also stated that he stands out because of his research interests and love of investigating things; he even went on the record that he considers himself "a bit of a detective." After a brief digression about lack of representation from other parts of the state, including Prescott, the conversation returned to Dow's management of the other veterinarians at the practice and how he assists them with both people problems and medical puzzles. He enjoys helping veterinarians navigate a complex profession. The Board selected Dow over Julianne Miller or Matthew Goetz, the other veterinarians up for the position.
Dow's partial ownership of Prescott Animal Hospital appears to date to 2016 according to Arizona Corporation Commission filings. In that year membership in related organizations for his parents, Steven and Janeth Dow, were changed to reference Dow and his veterinarian wife, Amie. Other interests in the clinic are owned by prominent veterinarian and former AzVMA President Kenneth Skinner and multiple-time respondent Brian Nolte. Prescott Animal Hospital and its affiliated Equine Center have themselves been the subject of several complaints. In one case, 19-51 even one of the board's own Investigative Committees discussed that the hospital's poor monitoring practices may have contributed to the death of a cat. Despite what appears to be a rather peculiar and contradictory investigative discussion, they did suggest opening an investigation into the hospital and its responsible veterinarian, Kenneth Skinner. It doesn't appear that ever happened.
Dow's biography was subsequently removed from a revamp of Prescott Animal Hospital's website, and the PAH careers page also began pointing directly to Mission Veterinary Partners. His name still appears in Arizona Corporation Commission filings related to Prescott Animal Hospital. Dow himself later turned up at Southern Arizona Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center working in emergency medicine with "special interests including trauma, cardiac disorders, and ultrasonography" but no board certification mentioned in any of those disciplines ("special interests" or "enjoys" are common legally-acceptable workarounds in such instances). The SAVSEC bio also mentions he's "a radiation oncology clerk under the mentorship of Dr. Mary Kay Klein" and mentions his time serving with the board's Investigative Committee.
Dow has a variety of connections through both family and professional networks. He was indirectly connected with veterinary board member Nikki Frost by way of his wife, emergency veterinarian and owner-operator Amie Dow. Based on the Yavapai Emergency Animal Hospital's Articles of Organization filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2020, Amie Dow was one of three members in the hospital along with Frost and veterinarian Katrina Tavasci. Membership was subsequently expanded to include future AzVMA Director Barbara Batke, who appears to have also served with Cameron Dow on the board of the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association. Cameron Dow is also linked to fellow Investigative Committee member Christina Tran as both of them served concurrently on the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association's Board of Directors in 2020. Their tenure overlapped with a variety of past and future respondents including directors Rachael McKinney, Kara Thomas, and Tara-Lyn Temple, as well as AzVMA advisory members James Maciulla and Julianne Miller. Matthew Goetz, who was at one point also interested in an Investigative Committee position after his wife Nellie was ruled ineligible, also served as an advisor concurrently with Dow.
Prescott Animal Hospital also appears to be the epicenter of Prescott's Pet Project, a nonprofit filed with the state of Arizona in 2018. Originally launched with only Dow and Skinner, by 2022 the Project had included fellow Prescott Animal Hospital Equine Center veterinarian Bryan Nolte, Prescott Animal Hospital Office Manager Nancy Robl, and Prescott Animal Hospital Practice Manager Amy Robl to round out the nonprofit's board of directors. A cross-check with IRS nonprofit records finds the organization reported as the "Prescott S Pet Project" with EIN 82-5407387; the reported annual haul was less than $50K so only very uninformative Form 990-N summaries are available there. The organization's website suggests that their primary mission is to cover unaffordable or emergency expenses related to pets, children, potential recovery from natural disasters and other emergencies; the form for applying for money, on the other hand, seems targeted solely at pet health problems and includes a release allowing them to pull veterinary records from other veterinarians (link). There doesn't appear to be any relation to the similar-named Arizona Pet Project.
Cameron Dow voted to dismiss about 82.1% of complaints in our Tails of Woe.
We've tallied up Cameron Dow's votes during the time covered by our public records requests. Of the cases we have, Cameron Dow voted in 78 cases. Of those, Cameron Dow voted in favor of at least one motion containing the word "dismiss" in 64 of them.
Below we've included Cameron Dow's vote breakdowns for up to ten of the most common motions. We also have a detailed list of votes and their associated complaints available in the Voting History.
| Motion | Aye | Nay | Recused | Absent | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismiss with no violation | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 70 |
| Find violation | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
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