Conditions treated
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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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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. Bailey Hallgren Meehan is Fear-Free certified. She has a strong interest in public health, even working for the USDA Food Safety Division during veterinary school. Her clinical interests include cases such as:
Outside the hospital, Dr. Hallgren Meehan loves baking and sharing her creations with the team. She also enjoys playing volleyball and spending time outdoors.
Dr. Liz Olson’s clinical interests include emergency medicine and soft tissue surgery. She treats a variety of cases, including acute kidney injury, kidney failure, diabetes, liver and gastrointestinal diseases, Addison’s disease, heart failure, toxicities and respiratory distress. As a skilled emergency clinician, she performs foreign body surgery, amputation, laceration repair, enucleation, cystotomy, urinary unblocking and feeding tube placement.
Dr. Olson has training and experience performing global FAST ultrasounds.
Dr. Matthew Pickens clinical interests include emergency medicine, internal medicine and anesthesia & analgesia. His diverse background in small animal, aquatic animal and zoological medicine reflects his passion for advancing patient health. Known for his calm, down-to-earth personality, Dr. Pickens makes clients feel cared for like family while providing personalized, gold-standard treatment.
Outside the hospital, Dr. Pickens enjoys traveling with his husband, spending time with friends and pursuing his hobbies of gardening, hiking and scuba diving.
Dr. Olivia Thaw enjoys soft tissue surgery, like stomach torsion, foreign body retrieval, bladder stone removal and laceration repairs, and especially enjoys unblocking cats. She has a particular interest in renal care, whether due to acute or chronic kidney injury. She treats a variety of cases, from ear and urinary tract infections to Addison’s disease crisis, broken bones and diabetic ketoacidosis.
Dr. Thaw grew up in Louisiana, Georgia and the Carolinas, experiencing farm life and lots of chickens, which kicked off her interest in avian medicine. She is gaining experience in reptile medicine as well through the “zoo” she and her husband have, with two tortoises, two lizards, a boa constrictor, three dogs and a cat.
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.