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Pet emergencies can be scary – we’re here to help you handle them.
We understand that seeing your pet sick, hurt or in distress can be stressful – especially if you don’t know what’s wrong. Fortunately, our experienced ER clinicians are prepared to take action and help.
Acting quickly in an emergency may save your pet’s life.
If your pet is experiencing an emergency, you’ll have an entire veterinary team helping them so you can get back to what matters most – spending precious moments together.
Experience makes all the difference.
Our emergency team is made up of veterinarians, vet technicians and assistants, and support staff with rigorous training and experience in specialty medicine. The team works hand in hand to provide the comprehensive, compassionate care your pet needs and deserves. Because we’re a multidisciplinary hospital, the team can consult the expertise of other specialty departments, too.
Dr. Mallory Brink’s particular clinical interests include critical care and internal medicine cases such as feline asthma, immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA), diabetes, and feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD).
Dr. Brink enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and rescue dog Dee.
Dr. Julie Buford’s professional interests include emergency medicine, soft tissue surgery, mentoring, leadership development and volunteering at local veterinary clinics.
Dr. Buford’s hobbies include traveling, playing tennis, reading, watching college football and being with family. She shares her home with her husband, three kids and a plucky cat.
Dr. Justin Campbell is passionate about making a positive impact for families in stressful times, especially by making complex, difficult situations clearer for pet owners. He finds trauma cases particularly gratifying to treat.
Dr. Campbell lives with his wife, whom he met while living in Australia, and his 14-year-old Cavoodle dog named Oakey Dokey. He enjoys travel, fly fishing, volleyball and golf.
Dr. Jessica Fournier enjoys all aspects of emergency medicine.
Dr. Fournier enjoys body building, cross training, traveling, hiking, photography and going on adventures. A fan of all hounds, her dog Sadie is a red tick coonhound, beagle mix.
Dr. Meghan Henkel finds emergency and critical care medicine, including emergency surgery, especially gratifying. Her professional interests include nutrition, anatomy and research. She is skilled in thoracic and abdominal triage ultrasound as well as Fear Free pet handling techniques.
Dr. Kristen Maxwell enjoys all aspects of emergency medicine and finds stabilizing emergent cases like heatstroke, gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV), hemoabdomen, sepsis and traumatic brain injury especially gratifying.
Dr. Maxwell has four pets: a dog (Gracie), a cat (Catniss), a blue-tongue skink (Sheldon), and a crested gecko (Curtis). She enjoys hiking, mountain biking, playing hockey and trying new foods and restaurants.
Dr. Marie Noel’s professional interests include trauma management, critical care and pain management.
Dr. Noel enjoys hiking, Barre3, cooking new recipes, and trying new coffee shops and wine bars. She has a perfect Bichon named Beignet who is always happy to be included in any adventure!
Passionate about animal rescue, Dr. Whitney Smith has loved animals for as long as she can remember and started rescuing kittens, cats and dogs at age six. She’s worked the gamut of jobs in veterinary medicine, from assistant to practicing clinician, and loves the relationships she builds with her clients. Dr. Smith considers emergency medicine “cool,” because it offers something different every day. Her clinical interests include feline medicine; a “good” DKA or urinary obstruction; and wound repair and management.
Dr. Smith is the founder of Cats4Good cat rescue, an organization she started while working as an emergency clinician in Indiana. When away from work, she likes to hike with her dogs and ride horses. She enjoys gardening, decorating, reading and traveling. Her “plethora of pets” includes four cats and two dogs, all rescued. She also has a horse, Delphia.
We know an unexpected trip to the emergency pet hospital can be stressful, and we want you to be prepared so you have one less thing to worry about. Our entire BluePearl team will be with you every step of the way.
During an emergency, every second counts. If your pet is experiencing an emergency, call us so we can talk you through their situation and be with you.
Our goal is always for your pet to have the best chance at a complete recovery so they can return home with you, happy and healthy.