Dr. Beene was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, where he attended undergraduate studies at Texas Tech University and then received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M in 1993.
Dr. Beene performed his externship with the Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center, and worked with the Highland Park Animal Hospital, Park Cities Animal Clinic, Lakewood Animal Hospital, and Dallas Veterinary Emergency Clinic, all before and during veterinary school. After working in San Angelo and Killeen, along with his partners from Town and Country Veterinary Center and Killeen Veterinary Hospital, he opened Crossroads Veterinary Hospital in March of 1996.
Since then, Crossroads Veterinary Hospital has grown enough to build a larger standalone clinic and has had to add 4 doctors to keep up with the expansion of the clientele base. Dr. Beene enjoys internal medicine and surgery equally to dogs and cats and has recently been included in the Texas Academy of Veterinary Practice, a group that maintains high standards in the practice of veterinary medicine through participation in continuing education and postgraduate studies.
Dr. Beene's wife is Deborah Cloud Beene, of Cloud Real Estate, a realty company in Killeen for over 110 years. He and his wife have two daughters, Gracie, and Katie. They have 3 dogs Bruno, Judge, and Jelly, and 1 cat Thelma. Dr. Beene enjoys spending time with his girls and playing golf. Dr. Beene is also proud to announce that he no longer drives a minivan!! He has upgraded to a very manly SUV!!
