Pittsburgh Premier Veterinary Care and Rehabilitation Center is a full service veterinary hospital including wellness, sick, surgical and rehabilitation services. We offer all aspects of preventative care; including but not limited to annual physical examinations, all core and ancillary vaccinations, heartworm and Lyme disease testing, and flea, tick, and heartworm preventions. Schedule and appoin
tment with one of our veterinarians to discuss which preventative care options are best to optimize the health of your pet. For our sick patients we strive to offer a high quality of care utilizing in house diagnostics which allow us to get answers the same day as your appointment. These include in house blood work, x-rays, ultrasound, urinalysis, and cytology. Additionally, we work in conjunction with outside laboratories which allow us to send out other tests we cannot perform in house. We also offer an extensive surgery service including ovariohysterectomy (spay), castration (neuter), gastropexy, mass/tumor removal, various ophthalmic surgical procedures, various abdominal soft tissue surgeries, cesarean section, limb amputations, and dental prophylactic scaling and polishing. All surgery services include a pre-anesthetic exam with the veterinarian, pre-anesthetic blood panel, peri-operative pain management, and post-op cold laser therapy (when appropriate). A trained veterinary technician is dedicated to monitoring your pet while under anesthesia using a pulse-ox, continuous ECG, continuous blood pressure monitoring, and internal body temperature. All surgical patients are monitoring in recovery for a period of up to two hours post-anesthesia. A final exam is performed before discharge is permitted. Additionally, we have an expanding canine physical therapy and rehabilitation portion of our practice. This is a fast growing subset of veterinary medicine that has been proven to be beneficial in anything from post surgical healing and wound care to weight loss, aging patients with arthritic and degenerative changes, and patients with neuromuscular issues. Services at this time include therapeutic laser therapy well as hydrotherapy on our water treadmill, with plans to add to this as time goes on. We also offer end of life care for our patients. We understand that this can be a difficult time and decision to make for most people and we strive to practice the highest quality of medicine to ensure the wellbeing of our patients. We will work with you to make sure that they are kept comfortable and will offer our medical expertise and advocate for them. We offer a variety of cremation services and will handle your loved ones is best accordance to your wishes.
