Conditions treated
Learn which conditions our emergency team can help diagnose and treat, so your pet gets the right care for their needs.
Success stories
Discover how other pets have overcome their diagnoses with specialized care, giving you hope for your pet’s recovery.
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Take the next step toward answers and getting the care your pet needs by connecting with our hospital team.
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. Hanna Dartman has always been interested in emergency medicine. Her clinical interests include wound management, surgery and treating endocrine conditions.
Dr. Dartman loves hiking, reading, painting and spending time with friends and family. In her free time, she enjoys relaxing at home with her cat or exploring the outdoors.
Dr. Eleanor Itzkow has a background in wildlife rehabilitation and is quite interested in avian and exotic medicine. She particularly enjoys treating gastrointestinal and dermatological conditions, as it can bring so much relief to both the owner and the pet.
Dr. Itzkow currently shares her life with a very sweet and aged Amazon Parrot, a very fluffy and ridiculous Belgian sheepdog, and one very patient fiancé.
Dr. Yunzhi Luo has enjoyed working in emergency medicine since veterinary school. She has a passion for shelter medicine and loves working with rescue pets and exotic animals.
Dr. Luo enjoys hiking, reading, traveling, musicals and plays, and relaxing movie nights with her cats, Hermes and Iris. Outside of Washington, she spends her free time exploring Vancouver Island.
Dr. Allison Reeder completed her internship in small animal medicine and surgery and is now working full time in emergency medicine. She has a special interest in wound management, pain management and neurology.
Dr. Reeder likes being on the water, especially paddle boarding and kayaking. She has a lab mix and border collie and two conure birds.
Dr. Lacey Schram’s clinical interests include feline and exotic medicine. She is RECOVER certified.
Dr. Kevin Sio has experience working with zoo animals, and he is especially interested in exotic species and wildlife medicine.
Dr. Sio enjoys hiking, cycling and playing Pokémon Go.
Dr. Shep Thorp has extensive experience treating toxicity, trauma, urethral obstruction, gastrointestinal obstruction, metabolic disease, immune-mediated disease, infection and chronic degenerative disease. He is experienced in emergency surgeries including gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV), gastrointestinal foreign body removal, C-sections, splenectomy, cystotomy and tracheostomy.
Dr. Thorp’s interests include hypotensive shock, circulatory failure, respiratory failure and pain control. His goal is to improve his patients’ health and comfort throughout their hospital stay.
Dr. Thorp is an avid bird watcher and leads trips at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge for the Washington Ornithological Society. He is also a spotter for Westport Seabirds pelagic trips. In his spare time, Dr. Thorp enjoys spending time with his family and playing board games.
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.