AREAS OF PRACTICE

What is a Board-Certified Specialist?
Doctors who have advanced training in a specialty service and have completed a two- or three-year residency program and one-year internship. After successfully passing a board exam, they attain board certification in their specialty.

What is a Residency-Trained Doctor?
Veterinary specialists trained in a distinct area of expertise after veterinary school to provide cutting-edge knowledge for care of pets. Areas of specialty include critical care, internal medicine and surgery, just to name a few.

Often, your veterinarian will refer your pet to a specialist when your pet needs more in-depth diagnostics, surgery, or around-the-clock critical care. A board-certified veterinarian is a doctor who completes additional education in a specific field of veterinary medicine. Once the education is complete, the doctor must pass a thorough written and oral board exam to become “board certified.”

Critical Care
Critical Care doctors are highly specialized in the treatment of patients who are critically ill and require intensive hospitalized care.  Your family veterinarian may refer you to a critical care doctor for diagnosis and ongoing support of many conditions, including trauma, immune related diseases, kidney and liver disease, infections diseases, pneumonia and lund disease, toxicoses or poisonings, and many others.  Our critical care doctors work side by side with our internal medicine and surgery specialists and are very well versed and experienced in internal medicine, surgery, ultrasound and endoscopy.  And, we have a critical care doctor on duty seven days a week as part of our 24/7/365 emergency service.   Meet Our Critical Care Docs …

Internal Medicine, Oncology and Cardiology
Internal medicine specialists are available for advanced diagnostics such as abdominal/cardiac ultrasound, bone marrow aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage, CSF taps, endoscopy, rhinoscopy, and cystoscopy. Our internal medicine specialists also perform chemotherapy and consult on many different problems regarding your pet. Meet Our Internal Medicine Doc …

Surgery
Your veterinarian often will recommend a surgical specialist for a variety of orthopedic concerns such as injured knee ligaments or back problems. Many times, a surgical specialist performs complicated surgeries involving the liver and lungs, with associated tumor removal. They often work with the critical care doctors and the critical care nursing staff to monitor anesthesia and postoperative care. Meet Our Surgeons …

Emergency Medicine
Our emergency doctors are available 24 hours a day for your pet. They work as an integral part of our specialty team in caring for hospitalized patients, all types of emergencies, and after-hours care.

Meet Our Emergency Medicine Docs …