Jan Pol (veterinarian)

Pol's style has received a mixed reception by veterinarians, and in 2014, Pol was fined $500 and had his license put on probation by the Michigan Board of Veterinary Medicine for not wearing proper surgical attire during treatment of a Boston terrier. However, a year later, the sentencing was overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals, which reversed and remanded, holding inter alia that there was no competent evidence that there was a breach of the standard of care and citing the fact that "the owners of the dog were happy with the care it has been given."

In 2013, Pol testified before the Michigan House of Representatives in favor of a bill seeking to prohibit authorities from investigating reports of misconduct or allegations "based upon information obtained from viewing the broadcast of a reality program," but the bill died in committee.

In 2013, Pol received an honorary doctorate of public service from Central Michigan University.

In 1970, Pol graduated with a degree in veterinary medicine at Utrecht University. Pol and his wife Diane moved to Harbor Beach, Michigan, where Pol worked for another veterinarian practice for 10 years and then moved to Weidman, Michigan, where he and his wife started their own practice, Pol Veterinary Services, in 1981. The practice is made up of a mix of large and small animals. Due to the unavailability of emergency care animal hospitals in the rural area in which Pol's practice is located, emergencies make up a large portion of the practice.

Jan-Harm Pol (born September 4, 1942) is a Dutch-American veterinarian known for his starring role on the reality television show The Incredible Dr. Pol on Nat Geo Wild.

Jan-Harm Pol was born on September 4, 1942, in Wateren, Drenthe, in the Netherlands. Pol grew up on his family's dairy farm. Pol met his wife Diane Dalrymple as a foreign exchange student at Mayville High School in 1961.