Deanna Purvis, VMD, dipACVECC

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care


Deanna Purvis, VMD, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine and is board certified by the American College of Emergency & Critical Care (ACVECC). With 10 years of experience as a boarded specialist in critical care medicine, she is Chief of Staff and Director of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at CARE Hospital. She graduated from veterinary school in 1988, and then completed her internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Following her internship she completed two years of residency training in small animal surgery at the University of Tennessee. During her residency, she realized her passion for care of the critically ill/ICU patients. She shifted her focus and was accepted into the residency training program in Emergency and Critical Care at the Animal Emergency Center (Milwaukee, WI) under the direction of Rebecca Kirby, DVM, dipACVIM dipACVECC, and Tim Crowe DVM, dipACVS, dipACVECC. She became certified as a diplomate of ACVECC in 1994. Since 1994, Dr. Purvis has directed emergency/critical care departments at Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital in Portland, Oregon; SouthPaws Veterinary Referral Center in Springfield, Virginia; and was a consultant for the Regional Emergency Animal Care Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. She enjoys working with referring veterinarians and clients to aid in their understanding of critical disease and life threatening emergencies. Her clinical interests, often influenced from the work of human medicine counterparts, include treatment of the septic/SIRS patient, patients in shock, and patients requiring immediate surgical intervention. She continues her role as both teacher and student through frequent attendance at national human and veterinary conferences. For more information about Dr. Purvis' professional training and experience, please see her curriculum vitae.

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