We focus exclusively on emergency treatment and advanced specialty veterinary care. (For annual vaccines and wellness care, please see your primary care veterinarian.)
Types of specialties & services.
Each BluePearl pet hospital is unique. Our Southfield hospital offers these specialties and services provided by skilled, compassionate and dedicated professionals.
Emergency Medicine
If you believe your pet is sick, hurt or in distress, we’re here to provide expert care. Our trained emergency clinicians are prepared to diagnose and treat urgent cases, including severely injured or critically ill pets. Common emergency cases we see include:
Animal attacks
Bleeding
Collapse episodes
Difficulty breathing
Difficulty urinating
Hit-by-car accidents
Ingestion of medications, poisons or objects
Seizure
Severe diarrhea
Unresponsiveness
Vomiting
Through every step of your pet’s emergency care experience, we keep you and your pet’s primary veterinarian informed and involved.
Urgent Care
Our urgent care service supplements your pet’s care when they are sick or injured but your family veterinarian is unavailable. Walk-ins are welcome and we offer same-day services to help your pet feel better as soon as possible.
Urgent care is for non-life-threatening conditions; if your pet is facing an emergency, please call us so we can talk you through your pet’s situation and prepare for your arrival.
Cardiology
Our veterinary cardiology team diagnoses and treats diseases of the heart and lungs. We use advanced imaging tools and techniques to identify your pet’s specific condition and develop a treatment plan. Cardiology patients have a variety of treatment options, including minimally invasive procedures.
Your pet’s primary veterinarian may refer you to our cardiology service for:
Newly diagnosed heart murmur or recent increase in murmur grade (1-6)
Episodes of collapse or fainting
Irregular breathing or respiratory distress
Chronic coughing
High or low blood pressure
Diagnosed heart failure or heart disease
Irregular heart rhythm
Critical Care
Critical care patients come to our hospital due to trauma, the development of an acute life-threatening illness or immediately following major surgery. Our critical care service carefully evaluates each patient and creates a custom monitoring plan by measuring variables such as pulse, heart rate, blood pressure and more.
We are prepared to treat many different types of trauma, including:
Sepsis
Respiratory distress
Blood transfusions
Diagnostic Imaging
Our radiology service performs many non-invasive and minimally invasive diagnostic procedures. These services give our clinicians unique, non-invasive opportunities for evaluating various diseases.
Internal Medicine
Veterinary internists are trained to take care of patients who can’t tell them what’s wrong. By using the pet’s history, clinical signs, lab results, imaging studies and other testing, our internal medicine specialists can diagnose severe, chronic illnesses or symptoms that appear suddenly.
Interventional Radiology
Interventional radiology (IR) is a form of advanced imaging that allows our doctors to perform minimally invasive procedures while viewing the moving parts in a pet’s body in real-time.
Medical & Radiation Oncology
Our compassionate oncology team offers a variety of treatment options for pets with cancer. From initial diagnosis to ongoing care, we are focused on promoting your pet’s quality of life.
We take an integrative approach to treating cancer that includes:
Taking time to listen to and answer all questions and concerns about cancer treatment
Creating a treatment plan tailored to each patient and client’s individual needs
Working within client’s schedules for therapy delivery
Maintaining regular updates with referring family veterinarians
By helping every pet owner understand their pet’s disease and by providing appropriate educational tools, we all work together to improve and extend each pet’s quality of life.
Neurology
Our neurology team uses advanced imaging technologies, cutting-edge medical therapies and surgical procedures to diagnose and treat patients with neurological disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord and nerves.
Some of the most common neurological disorders we see include:
Epilepsy and other seizure disorders
Brain and spinal cord trauma
Disc herniation and other lumbosacral disorders
Brain tumors
Neuromuscular disease
Encephalitis
Ophthalmology
For pets experiencing eye problems, our ophthalmology team is trained to diagnose and treat a variety of ocular conditions using surgical and non-invasive techniques. Your primary veterinarian may refer you to our ophthalmology service if your pet is experiencing problems like:
Cataracts
Cornea injuries
Retinal disease
Dry eye
Eyelid and eyelash injuries or abnormalities
Glaucoma
Inflammation and conjunctivitis
Third eyelid, or cherry eye
Radioiodine I-131 Treatment
If your cat is experiencing symptoms including changes in behavior or eating habits, weight loss, fever, rapid heartbeat, changes in litter box habits, shedding or diarrhea, they may have a condition called hyperthyroidism.
Similar to humans, cats have a thyroid gland that regulates their metabolism. If the gland develops a tumor (almost all are non-cancerous), hyperthyroidism can occur. Untreated, this condition can be fatal. Our BluePearl veterinary specialists can diagnose this condition and treat your cat, often with a single injection.
Surgery
When your pet needs surgery, our veterinary surgery team is ready to provide the best possible care. Our hospital is equipped with advanced tools, technology and monitoring capabilities to provide sophisticated medical care and compassionate service during your pet’s time of need.
Surgery may be the best option for pets with:
Cancer
Chronic diseases like ear or respiratory tract infections
Congenital conditions like dysplasia or heart defects
Hernias
Trauma or injuries, including fractures, ligament and tendon injuries
Compassionate Treatment
Our team respects the close bond between pets and their owners and treats each with dignity, compassion and kindness.