VCA Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center

Administration

  • Hospital Manager

    Kristen Mauro


  • Referral Coordinator

    Laura Dotta

    Laura Dotta is one of VCA Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center's Referral Coordinators. She is also a Certified Veterinary Technician.
     


  • Referral Coordinator

    Stella Drakoulias

    Stella Drakoulias is one of VCA Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center;s Referral Coordinators. She is also a Certified Veterinary Technician.


  • Referral Coordinator

    Jayne Tansey-Patron

    Job Position: Referral Manager
    Hospitals: Animal Specialty Center, Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center, Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center, Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center of Westbury
    Education: Associate of Applied Science, Veterinary Technology- SUNY Delhi, New York- 1975

    Experience: Jayne helped create and implement our unique Referral Manager position in 2010 for our specialty hospitals. With an extensive background in sales, marketing, customer support, and business development she brings a dedication and strong commitment to supporting our referring veterinarian community, along with their clients and pets. After 10 years as a human cardiac technician, she spent 20 years with Hewlett-Packard, Philips, and Toshiba selling diagnostic ultrasound to human hospitals and imaging centers in the NY area.  Since 2008, she has been back in the veterinary field in the NY area working within animal specialty hospitals focused on the clients and referring veterinarian relationship. Jayne has been a client of Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center since 2000 with many pets, giving her a unique perspective of what a client’s experience really should be.

    Interests:  Animal rescue, reading, photography, and an extensive music collection.

    Personal:  Jayne does professional wildlife and live concert photography. Her work has been used by many world renowned musicians. She is published on a regular basis in magazines and social media.

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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

24/7/365, if your pet has a medical emergency, you can find us at the following address:

VCA Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center
123 West Cedar Street, Norwalk, CT 06854
Telephone: 203-854-9960

Click here for directions to our location.

VCA Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center is a fully-equipped 24/7/365 emergency hospital serving pets and their people in Norwalk and the surrounding communities in Fairfield County and southwestern Connecticut. If you suspect your pet is having a medical crisis, our experienced team of veterinarians, technicians and assistants are here to assist you.

Our Emergency and Critical Care units can assist in all of the following situations requiring immediate medical attention: Auto accidents, traumatic injuries (fractures, bites, burns, lacerations, wounds), respiratory emergencies (choking, difficulty breathing), vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty urinating/defecating, shock, loss of consciousness, dizziness, staggering, tremors, seizures, paralysis, toxic reactions, poison ingestion, labor and delivery problems, blood in urine or feces, swollen, hard, painful abdomen, heatstroke.

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