VETERINARY SPECIALTY REFERRAL CENTERS

If your pet has a serious disease or condition, the doctors at Deer Run Animal Hospital may recommend referral to a Specialty Referral Hospital, or University Teaching Hospital, for advanced diagnostic evaluation and 24 hour care and treatment by board certified specialists. 

Our recommendation for referral means that we want your pet to have the kind of care you might find at the University of Chicago, or Mayo Clinic.  Board certified specialists will have a minimum of four years of advanced education and training in their specialty, beyond veterinary medical school.  

Referral will give you access to best state of the art care for your pet. Working with a specialist helps us to develop a team approach to give you pet the best possible outcome from a serious illness.  We are not simply sending you away to a specialist.  We are developing a team that we can not only rely on for an acute crisis, but will also be there to guide us with more chronic conditions such as heart disease, cancer, or glaucoma.  

There are many board certified veterinary specialties.  Most fall under two categories, the American Colllege of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM), and the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS).  In addition there are other specialties such as board certified veterinary ophthalmologists, dentists, behaviorists, and radiologists.  Click this link for a more complete Listing of Specialties and their associated web sites.

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM)

This web site form the ACVIM has video describing the value of a specialist.  It also has a nice link to fact sheets on diseases and symptoms provided by the ACVIM for conditions that commonly require internal medicine referral care. 

 American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) Owner Info

This website from the ACVS has more information about surgical specialists, it has several pet owner links and also has informative handouts with information on various conditions that might require referral to a surgical specialist.

  Below is a listing of Recommended Veterinary Specialty Referral Centers in our region:

Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (PUVTH)

625 Harrison Street

West Lafayette, IN  47907

(765) 494-1107

http://www.vet.purdue.edu/vth/

 
University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine

1008 W. Hazelwood Drive

Urbana, IL  61801

(217) 265-5163   or   (217) 333-5300

http://vetmed.illinois.edu/vth/

VCA Specialty Animal Hospitals- Aurora

2600 West Galena Blvd.

Aurora, IL 60506
Phone: 630-301-6100
Official Website

Veterinary Specialty Center
1515 Busch Parkway
Buffalo Grove, IL  60089
(847) 459-7535
www.VetSpecialty.com

Specialty Hospitals with Behavioral Services are listed below:

Chicagoland Veterinary Behavior Consultants   This it the link to board certified veterinary behaviorist, Dr. John Cirabassi  He has helpful information at this site and is also available for referral consults at the Veterinary Specialty Center in Buffalo Grove, IL.  He also sees behvaior patients in Elmhurst, IL.