Update – I’m Back!

First off, my apologies for not updating this blog in almost two years. I have seen the traffic of people reading information, but time did not allow me to update the blog. My goal is to start posting regularly over the next several months.

In July 2017, I joined the team at Veterinary Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Group (VOSM) in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. I greatly appreciated my time at North Country Veterinary Referral Center (now Countryside Veterinary Medical Group) and am still in touch with the doctors there. Dr. Jill Zager has taken my position as rehab doctor, and the practice in New York is doing very well.

VOSM is a sub-specialty hospital, meaning that we deal only in dogs and cats that have mobility problems. With a fantastic team of nurses, technicians, and rehab therapists to compliment the doctors, we are constantly looking at new techniques and advanced procedures to help animals. We have three orthopedic surgeons, a neurologist/neurosurgeon and multiple rehab and sports medicine doctors.

We are also a teaching hospital, and have specialty interns and a sports medicine resident on staff, as well. We also host visiting residents, interns, rehab externships, and veterinary students who are interested in learning more about our work.

My role at VOSM is seeing consults for new patients, as well as internal referrals from other departments to help dogs and cats with their mobility issues. I diagnose through radiographs, PennHIP evaluations, and using diagnostic ultrasound of joints/tendons/ligaments, CT scans, and MRI. Based on those findings, I can initiate a treatment plan that could include joint injections (platelet rich plasma, stem cells, or other therapies) or oral medications, rehab therapy, or referral to our surgical department for arthroscopy, TPLO, CBLO, total hip replacements, or neurological surgery as indicated.

We work with patients from all walks of life, from military working dogs, agility dogs, cats and companion dogs. Our patients primarily come from Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia, but we have seen patients from all across the United States, along with Canada and other countries.

I am proud and honored to be part of a tremendous team of caring people, and appreciate the learning that goes in all directions, and our ability to adapt to what each individual patient and family needs.