Summit Veterinary Services

Dr. Dean Bates, DVM, and Stacey Bates, Summit Veterinary Services Owners Summit Veterinary Services has been proudly serving mid-Missouri for more than 25 years under the leadership and ownership of Dr. Dean Bates, DVM, and Stacey Bates, Practice Management Director.

The Bates family has strong roots and ties to the heartland.

Dr. Bates, who was raised on his family farm in St. Elizabeth, and his wife Stacey, both attended college locally — with Dr. Bates earning his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in Columbia — and Stacey graduating from William Woods University in Fulton with a degree in Equestrian Studies.

The Bates’ two children, Deanna and Nathan, are following in the family’s medical footsteps with Deanna enrolled at Ross School of Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts and Nathan at Kansas State University studying biology, with plans to become a general surgeon.

The Bates family, all avid outdoor enthusiasts, reside in Holts Summit with their three dogs, two horses and one burro.