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. Nikita Ahuja is most interested in working with exotics and endangered species and even has experience working with rhinos and lions in Africa.
Dr. Ahuja is also a fitness and dance instructor and loves going to the gym, hiking and spending time at the beach in her free time. She is hoping to adopt a dog soon!
Dr. Shari Brown particularly enjoys treating dental and dermatology cases.
Dr. Brown’s favorite pastimes include reading and traveling. She is married with three daughters and two cats, Cody and Flower.
Dr. Erin Johnson is part of our emergency medicine training program for clinicians. She is passionate about delivering excellent client service, communication and fostering the human-animal bond. Her interests include avian and exotic animal species.
Dr. Johnson and her husband share their home with Australian shepherds Cinder and Tali, cat Troy and bearded dragons Biggie and Tupac. In her free time, she enjoys reading, weightlifting, traveling, red wine, anything outdoors and Harry Potter.
After working in primary care and emergency medicine in Chicago for 12 years, Dr. Joey Kallem joined us in Pittsburgh where she loves complicated medical emergencies. She also has a special interest in exotic animal medicine.
Married with two boys, Dr. Kallem is a black belt in karate and Tae Kwon Do. She also loves to read, paddle board and ride her horse Rudy. The family has two dogs, three cats, one lizard, two birds, one fish and a rat living in the house with them.
Dr. Katie Marino enjoys the spontaneity of emergency medicine and finds helping people and animals in emergency situations to be very rewarding. She is particularly interested in wound management.
In her down time, Dr. Marino enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her wife, their three dogs (Cooper, Oscar, and Willow), and each of their families.
Dr. Isabel Moran is most interested in critical cases that present with an oncology focus.
Dr. Moran enjoys cooking, reading and exploring the outdoors with her Labrador, Tar.
Dr. Casey Simchik finds laceration repairs, abscesses, toxicities, neurologic disorders and infectious diseases the most gratifying to treat.
Dr. Simchik enjoys running, photography, traveling and learning about other cultures. She also enjoys taking her mixed breed dog, Tenney, to the dog park and watching TV with her cat, Alley.
Dr. Kate Stewart is a doctor in our emergency service. Conditions she especially enjoys treating include immune-mediated thrombocytopenia and anemia, transfusion medicine, seizure disorders and toxicities.
Dr. Stewart enjoys riding hunter/jumper horses and going to concerts. She has two dachshund mixes and two guinea pigs.
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.