If your pet develops a problem or injury requiring advanced care and procedures, your primary veterinarian or emergency room veterinarian may refer you to a veterinary surgeon.
Our board-certified veterinary surgeons at SFAMC have undergone extensive additional training after veterinary school to become a specialist. Per the ACVS, this training consists of a minimum of a 1-year internship followed by a 3-year residency program that meets guidelines established by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS).
At SFAMC we have the latest in technology, equipment, state-of-the-art facility, round the clock care, and skilled staff all under one roof to care for your pet.
Our Procedures
- Soft Tissue Surgeries
- Orthopedic Surgeries
- TPLO (tibial plateau leveling osteotomy) and extracapsular lateral suture surgery to treat cranial cruciate ligament rupture.
- Patella luxation repair
- Fracture repair
- Intestinal surgery to remove intestinal obstructions or tumors.
- Gastropexy to prevent or treat GDV (gastric dilatation and volvulus or ‘bloat”)
- Skin tumor removal and advanced skin grafts or flaps to treat various skin tumors including mast cell tumors, soft tissue sarcomas and other benign or malignant skin masses
- Splenectomy for splenic tumors, diseases of the spleen or splenic trauma
- Urogenital surgeries including bladder stone removal, perineal urethrostomy in cats and scrotal urethrostomy in dogs.
- Airway surgery for brachycephalic dog breeds (soft palate resection) and laryngeal tie-back surgery for laryngeal paralysis
- Thoracic surgeries for conditions such as lung tumors, thoracic cancers, and thoracic trauma
- Liver and gallbladder surgeries for conditions such as liver tumors and gallbladder disease, obstruction, or biliary tumors.
Our surgeons are trained in both advanced orthopedic and soft tissue surgeries and with specialized stapling and vessel sealing equipment can perform many different types of surgeries.
Contact Us
Please schedule a consultation to further have your pet assessed by one of our surgeons to find out how we can help your pet.
