VCA Veterinary Referral Associates

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VCA Veterinary Referral Associates is equipped with the most state-of-the-art medical and surgical technology to provide our patients and their families with the highest quality of compassionate veterinary care. Our services include:

 

 

 

  • Comprehensive critical care
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • In-house STAT laboratory with ready access to many reference laboratories for special diagnostic tests
  • Minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopy
  • Gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • Bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage
  • Cystoscopy
  • Ultrasonography
  • Radiology
  • Myelography
  • Radiation therapy
  • 5 surgical theatres with advanced patient monitoring equipment
  • Rehabilitation services, including an underwater treadmill
  • Parenteral nutrition
  • Direct and indirect blood pressure monitoring capabilities
  • Telemetry services
  • Colloid osmotic pressure measurement
  • Gonioscopy
  • Phacofragmentation / cataract surgery
  • Comprehensive ophthalmic surgical capabilities
  • Radioactive iodine therapy for feline hyperthyroidism
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Nuclear medicine / scintigraphy
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Computed tomography (CT scanning)
  • Integrative medicine, including acupuncture
  • Exotic/special species medicine and surgery

Our Hospital

HOW TO REACH US

VCA Veterinary Referral Associates
Phone: 301-926-3300
Fax: 301-977-1308
500 Perry Parkway
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
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BUSINESS HOURS

Mon-Sun Open 24 hours

Open for emergencies 24 hours. No appointment is needed. For Specialty Services, please call for availability and to schedule your pet's appointment.
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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

FOR PET MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, VCA VETERINARY REFERRAL ASSOCIATES IS LOCATED AT:

500 PERRY PARKWAY
GAITHERSBURG, MD 20877
TEL: (301) 926-3300
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The doctors and staff of VCA Veterinary Referral Associates are ready and available to provide emergency and critical care for your beloved companion around the clock every day of the year.  Staffed by a team of board-certified emergency/critical care doctors, our emergency team is ready to provide your pet with the highest possible level of quality compassionate care should an urgent medical need arise at any time of day or night.

 If you feel your pet is having an emergency, please feel free to immediately come to the hospital - we are ALWAYS available!  You may speak with a member of the emergency team if you questions/concerns by calling 301-926-3300 at any time.

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