Specialties and Procedures
What Is A Specialist?
Within the past few decades new knowledge, instrumentation, and techniques have made it possible to receive advanced training in a particular field of veterinary medicine (e.g., Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine/Critical Care, Ophthalmology, etc.). The specialist is an extension of your primary veterinarian. CARE is the specialty referral and emergency hospital for your pet.
There are numerous specialty groups recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Board certification in a specialty requires a doctorate in veterinary medicine, a one-year internship, a two to three year residency and successful completion of written practical and oral examinations.
Specialties and Procedures
CARE Hospital is a state-of-the-art veterinary center offering advanced medical and surgical procedures for your pets.
Departments & Procedures Offered
Emergency & Critical Care
- Consultations with board-certified critical care specialist
- 24-hour patient monitoring & care; pain management & fluid therapy
- Oxygen therapy
- Central venous pressure monitoring
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Toxicity treatment
- Snake bite treatment
- Cardiac resuscitation
- Enteral feeding
- Electrocardiography (ECG)
- Ventilator therapy
- Transfusion therapy
- Trauma/emergency surgery
- Dialysis (CRRT)
- Glaucoma testing (Tonometry)
Surgery
- Consultations with board certified surgeon
- Radiographic review/consultation/diagnostics
- Penn HIP radiographs
- Orthopedic Surgery, including
- Juvenile Pubic Symphysiodesis (JPS)
- Fracture Management
- Joint Reconstruction
- Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO)
- Osteoarthritis Management
- Arthroscopy
- Triple Pelvic Osteotomy
- Lameness Diagnosis
- Spinal Surgery, including,
- Myelography
- Degenerative Disk Disease
- Wobbler’s Syndrome
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Exploratory Spinal Cord Surgery (Laminectomy)
- Exploratory, Reconstructive, and Fracture Fixation
- Spinal Fracture/Dislocation Management
- Soft Tissue Surgery
- Cancer Cytoreduction and Cancer Reconstructive Surgery
- Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Abdominal Surgery
- Emergency Surgery (Available 24/7, including holidays)
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Internal Medicine
- Consultations with board-certified internal medicine specialist
- Management of complex medical disorders: cardiac, gastro-intestinal, kidney, liver, neurologic, respiratory, hematologic
- Color-flow ultrasound imaging: abdominal, cardiac & soft tissue
- Video endoscopic procedures: gastroduodenoscopy, rhinoscopy bronchoscopy, urethroscopy
- Special diagnostic testing: bone marrow sampling, ultrasound guided biopsies, cerebro-spinal taps
- Transfusions and nutritional therapy
Oncology
- Consultations with board-certified oncologist for the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancers
- Staging of cancer to facilitate appropriate treatment and prognosis
- Management of cancer and chemotherapeutic complications, including pain management
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Palliative and hospice care
- Assessment & referral for radiation treatment
Dermatology & Allergy
- Consultations with board-certified dermatologist
- Diagnosis and treatment of allergic, endocrine, parasitic diseases affecting the skin
- Treatment of diseases of skin, ears & nails
- Intradermal allergy testing
- Immunotherapy
- Endocrine disease
- Autoimmune disease
Grief Counseling
- Consultations with licensed clinical psychologist
- Group counseling for pet loss (free)
- Individual counseling for pet loss
- Referral & educational information for pet loss
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