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. Jordan Assenmacher is particularly interested in stabilizing and diagnosing trauma and critically ill patients.
Dr. Assenmacher enjoys sports, and walking/running with his dogs: Australian shepherd/English setter mix Ozzie, Pembroke Welsh corgi Udo, and mixed breed Tess. His cat is named Remington.
Dr. Christopher Chess’s clinical interests include diagnosing and treating trauma, endocrinopathies, blood disorders and wound care.
In his free time, Dr. Chess enjoys hiking, watching sports, cooking and golfing.
Dr. Elisabeth Close is particularly interested in pain management and internal medicine cases, particularly immune-mediated diseases and endocrine disturbances.
Dr. Close enjoys bike touring, hiking and running. She also loves cooking, reading and traveling with her husband who is also a veterinarian. The couple has a dog named Aspen and two cats, Mona and Cayenne.
Dr. Sydney Dudley is part of our emergency medicine training program for clinicians. She finds soft tissue surgery, trauma, wound management and internal medicine cases particularly gratifying to treat.
Dr. Dudley enjoys hiking, kayaking, working out, crocheting and spending time with her three dogs.
Dr. Ashley Foley’s special interests include toxicology, emergency wound management, fluid resuscitation and hypoadrenocorticism.
Dr. Foley loves hiking and traveling the world with her partner. At home, you can find her curled up with a book and her two pets: a walker hound named Toby and a gray tabby cat named Beans.
Dr. Chelsea Giese is part of our emergency medicine training program for clinicians. She is passionate about caring for animals and educating pet owners on their pets’ health and well-being. Her professional interests include stabilizing critical patients and treating blood disorders, acute kidney injuries and Addison’s disease.
Dr. Giese has two miniature schnauzers named Izzie and River and a lop-eared rabbit named Bun. She loves going up north, swimming, hiking, reading and spending time with family.
An experienced emergency clinician, Dr. Martin Kamen spent 10 years at our hospitals in New York City then worked at BluePearl in Tacoma and Tampa before joining us in Michigan.
Dr. Kamen lives with two dogs and two cats. He enjoys walking the dogs, traveling, reading and listening to all types of music.
Dr. Andrea Kirkpatrick finds neurology, cardiology and ophthalmology cases the most interesting.
Dr. Kirkpatrick has a wonderful 10-year-old miniature poodle she inherited who has stolen her heart. Her hobbies include scuba diving, snorkeling, kickboxing and traveling. She and her mom love to travel together to new places.
Dr. Loretta Lee is particularly keen on transfusion medicine and toxicological, urinary and abdominal emergencies.
Dr. Lee maintains a saltwater aquarium and spends time with her three Staffordshire terriers named Isabelle, Blade and Rocky.
Dr. Kevin McKenna served as an infantryman and veterinarian with the U.S. Army before joining us. Stabilizing and treating trauma patients is his favorite aspect of emergency medicine, and performing soft tissue surgery is one of his favorite procedures.
Dr. McKenna enjoys soccer, running, kayaking, hiking, reading and video games. He and his wife, a primary care veterinarian, have two boys. The family has a dog, Ghost, and three cats. Oscar, Clover and Kaelee.
In her free time, Dr. Plath enjoys hiking and kayaking, and she loves hanging out with her two dogs, a coconut retriever (Ruthie) and a yellow Labrador (Fisher).
Dr. Genna Taulbee enjoys stabilizing sick patients and seeing them improve throughout hospitalization so they can go home with their families in better shape than when they arrived. She finds wound management particularly gratifying.
Dr. Taulbee enjoys painting, camping, gardening and cooking. She has a cat named Ember and a dog named Boss.
Dr. Shelby Vollmer is part of our emergency medicine training program for clinicians. Her special interests include emergency wound care, feline urinary obstructions, endocrinopathies and cardiac disease.
Dr. Vollmer enjoys running, hiking, camping, trail riding and fishing. She has a pointer mix named Gator and a quarter horse mare named Bella.
Dr. Jacob Winbigler’s special areas of interest include states of shock, neurologic emergencies, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord disease, transfusion medicine, and feline urinary obstructions.
Dr. Winbigler enjoys running, exercise and being outdoors. He also likes spending time in downtown Detroit and attending festivals and concerts. His three cats include Max, Helen and Trixie.
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.