VCA Bay Area Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Hospital

Doctors Overview

We invite you to explore the biographies of our wonderful doctors and learn more about them. They have a wide variety of backgrounds and interests, but all of them share the same goal of improving your pet's health through comprehensive and compassionate medicine.

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  • Cecile Siedlecki

    Medical Director
    DVM, University of California, Davis
    Certifications: DACVIM/Oncology
    Departments: Oncology

    Dr. Siedlecki received her B.S. in Chemistry and worked as a classically trained chemist in the aerospace industry before returning to school to pursue her life long dream of becoming a veterinarian, ...
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  • Justin W. Allen

    Veterinary Specialist
    DVM, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Certifications: DACVIM/Cardiology
    Departments: Cardiology

    Clinical Interests: emergency therapy of heart failure/arrhythmias, electroshock, and interventional procedures such as pacemaker implantation and PDA occlusion

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  • Kimberly Carlson

    Veterinary Specialist
    DVM, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Certifications: DACVS
    Departments: Surgery

    Clinical Interests: Orthopedic surgeries such as tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA), tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO), triple pelvic osteotomy (TPO) and total hip replacement ...
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  • Richard Kienle

    Veterinary Specialist
    DVM, Texas A&M University
    Certifications: DACVIM/Cardiology
    Departments: Cardiology

    Dr. Richard Kienle, in addition to routine cardiology services like electrocardiography and echocardiography, offers pacemaker implantation, Holter monitoring and other interventional procedures. ...
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  • Michael J. Mazzei

    Veterinary Specialist
    DVM, Michigan State University
    Certifications: ACVIM
    Departments: Internal Medicine

    Clinical Interests: urinary and gastrointestinal diseases

    Dr. Mazzei attended Michigan State University for both his undergraduate degree and veterinary education. His ...
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  • Carlo Vitale

    Veterinary Specialist
    DVM, Mississippi State University
    Certifications: DACVD
    Departments: Dermatology

    Clinical Interests: histocytic diseases, immune-mediated skin disease in the cat, drug eruptions and vaccine-associated skin disease

    Dr. Carlo Vitale received his DVM ...
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  • Erin Adkins

    Associate Veterinarian
    DVM, University of California, Davis
    Departments: Emergency/Critical Care

    Clinical Interests: trauma cases, feline urinary diseases, internal medicine

    Dr. Adkins grew up on the East Coast, and has been working in the veterinary field since ...
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  • Heather Burns

    Associate Veterinarian
    BVM&S, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Departments: Emergency/Critical Care

    Dr Heather Burns grew up in the San Francisco East Bay Area. From a very young age she was certain she wanted to be a veterinarian. She commenced her Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science ...
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  • Megan Nyboer

    Associate Veterinarian
    DVM, Cornell University
    BS, University of Arizona
    Departments: Emergency/Critical Care

    Clinical Interests: cardiology, feline medicine, and veterinary pharmacology

    Dr. Nyboer graduated from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2009. In ...
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  • Nichole Svehla

    Associate Veterinarian
    DVM, Kansas State University
    Departments: Emergency/Critical Care

    Clinical interests: Trauma, transfusion medicine, emergency surgery

    Dr. Nichole Svehla received her BS from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and attended ...
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General Practice

We have over 540 animal hospitals in 41 states that are staffed by more than 2,000 fully qualified, dedicated and compassionate veterinarians, with more than 200 being board-certified specialists. The nationwide VCA family of general practice hospitals give your pet the very best in medical care, providing a full range of general medical and surgical services as well as specialized treatments*: Wellness, Spay/neuter, Advanced diagnostic services (MRI/CT Scan), Internal medicine, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Cardiology, Neurology, Boarding, Grooming

*services may vary by location.

Our family of pet hospitals stands out by delivering the greatest resources in order provide the highest quality care available for your pets. By maintaining the highest standards of pet health care available anywhere, we emphasize prevention as well as healing. We provide continuing education programs to our doctors and staff and promote the open exchange of professional knowledge and expertise. And finally, we have established a consistent program of procedures and techniques, proven to be the most effective in keeping pets healthy.

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Emergency Care

If your pet is having a medical emergency, please do not hesitate to bring your pet in. If you need to contact us, please call:

(510) 483-7387

We offer emergency and urgent care and critical care services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including weekends and holidays, allowing us to carefully monitor your pet and provide continuous medical care. We accept walk-ins as well as transfer cases from area veterinarians.

The Emergency Service is available exclusively to treat pets in an emergency, when the family veterinarian is unavailable. Once the pet's condition is stabilized, the patient will be released or returned to the regular veterinarian for continued care.

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