Veterinary Emergency and Referral Center (VERC)
Internal Medicine
Our board-certified Internal Medicine specialists, commonly called internists, work with you and your regular veterinarian to provide the comprehensive care your pet needs. Our board-certified internists have extensive training in all aspects of internal medicine and employ sophisticated diagnostic techniques to every case they manage. Each pet is an individual and care, diagnoses and treatment are tailored to meet your needs and those of your pet.
What to Expect During Your Appointment
Our team will take your pet’s medical history, review results of testing done by your family veterinarian, and perform a complete physical examination of your pet. We will then discuss appropriate diagnostic steps based on your internist’s findings and observations.
Once a diagnosis has been established by our internal medicine team, we will work with you to develop a treatment plan for your pet, keeping in mind the goals you have set for your pet and your family.
Our internists work closely with your family veterinarian to ensure continuity of care, as well as a complete and accurate diagnosis and treatment plan.
COMMON TESTS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS MAY INCLUDE:
Advanced Laboratory Testing of Various Tissue and Blood Samples
Diagnostic Imaging – Ultrasound, Radiography (X-rays), CT scans
Biopsies of Masses, Internal Organs, or Bone Marrow
Endoscopy – Bronchoscopy (Lungs), Cystoscopy (Bladder & Urethra), Colonoscopy (Colon & Small Bowel), Gastroduodenoscopy (Stomach & Upper Intestines), Rhinoscopy (Nasal Cavity),
Laparoscopy (Minimally Invasive Surgery for Biopsies of Internal Organs)
Hospitalized Care
Feeding Tube Placement
Chemotherapy
Examples of conditions for which your family veterinarian might refer your pet to an internist:
Endocrinology
Hyperadrenocorticism or Hypoadrenocorticism
Diabetes
Hyperthyroidism or Hypothyroidism
Pituitary Disorders
Gastroenterology
Unexplained Weight Loss
Acute & Chronic Pancreatitis
Acute and Chronic Vomiting/Diarrhea
Therapeutic Treatments for Hematologic Disease (Diseases of the Blood)
Anemia or Other Blood Disorders
Hepatology (Diseases of the Liver)
Acute Liver Failure
Chronically Elevated Liver Values
Hepatitis
Immune-Mediated Disease
Immune-mediated Hemolytic Anemia
Immune-mediated Thrombocytopenia
Polyarthritis
Infectious Disease
Tick borne (Lyme, Ehrichiosis, RMSF, Anaplasmosis)
Viral, Fungal, Bacterial
Nephrology/Urology (Kidney and Urological Conditions)
Acute & Chronic Renal Failure
Chronic, Recurrent or Resistent Urinary Tract Infections
Incontinence
Urolithiasis
Nutritional Management
Feeding Tubes
Parenteral Nutrition
Oncology Disease (Cancer)
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Respiratory Disease
Coughing and Other Breathing Problems
Diagnostics & Treatments
Computed Tomography (CT Scan)
Endoscopy
Fluoroscopy
Hemodialysis & Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Radiography (X-Rays)
Ultrasound
Advanced Ultrasounds
Diseases
Cushing's Disease
Early Detection of Kidney Disease
Internal Medicine Treatments and Therapies Include
Please contact us if you are seeking a service or treatment not listed here
Video Scoping - Cystoscopy, Endoscopy, Rhinoscopy, Bronchoscopy, Laryngoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Colonoscopy, Laparoscopy
Endoscopic Foreign Body or Bladder Stone Removal
Ultrasound Guided Biopsies
Bone Marrow Aspirates
Joint and Spinal Taps
Blood Gas Analysis and Blood Pressure Monitoring
Electrocardiograph + Cardiac Holter and Event Recording
CT scan
Nutritional Support - Enteral and Parenteral
Feeding Tubes - Nasoesophageal, Nasogastric, Esophogostomy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
Blood and Plasma Transfusion
Chemotherapy