Dr. Bright is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and completed a Master’s degree at Colorado State University. His residency training in small animal surgery, completed at the University of Missouri, was followed by an appointment as Assistant Professor in small animal surgery at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. After five years at Purdue, he accepted an appointment at the University of Florida as an Associate Professor and Head of Small Animal Surgery at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Tennessee.

He was appointed a Distinguished Professor his final five years at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Bright joined Veterinary Specialists of Northern Colorado in December of 1999. Dr. Bright received twelve teaching awards during his faculty appointments with various universities. Two of these were the prestigious Norden Distinguished Teaching Award.