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. Garrett Ballou’s special interests include emergency medicine and surgery, anesthesia and pain management and internal medicine.
Dr. Morgen Dugan finds treating blocked cats, repairing wounds, foreign body surgeries and medicine cases such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) particularly gratifying.
Dr. Dugan has a husband and two amazing cats (only one of them has a functioning brain cell – the other is very cute). She and her husband enjoy being outdoors doing things like hiking, rock climbing and exploring. They are currently working on building a garden. Dr. Dugan has also recently become obsessed with crocheting.
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. 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. Alexandra Siverling’s special interests include emergency medicine, internal medicine, neurology and cardiology.
In her spare time, Dr. Siverling can be found adventuring in the great outdoors hiking, biking or rock climbing. She shares her life with her husband and their two sweet cats.
Dr. Sheppard Thorp has extensive experience treating all forms of pet emergencies, including toxicities, trauma, obstruction, acute and immune-mediated diseases, infections, and chronic degenerative diseases such as heart, respiratory and kidney failure. He is skilled in emergency surgeries such as gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV), cesarean section, foreign body retrieval, splenectomy, cystotomy, and tracheostomy. His special interests include hypotensive shock, hypotension, circulatory and ventilator collapse, and pain control. His goal is to improve his patients’ health and comfort, especially during their time at the hospital.
As a certified Master Birder, Dr. Thorp leads bird-watching tours and field trips, bird-count surveys, and teaching courses for various nature and wildlife groups. His pets include Hux Pux Deluxe (Huxley), a yellow Lab with tricuspid valve dysplasia who loves to play fetch; Hebe, a chocolate Golden Retriever/Lab mix who loves to swim; and Lemon, a pushy three-legged Pitbull who loves to run. Dr. Thorp loves spending time with his loving wife and three amazing children.
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.