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Whether you notice your pet is slow to stand, refuses on course, or hesitates before jumping, we understand that seeing your pet experience unusual symptoms or act out of the ordinary can be stressful.
Fortunately, our veterinary rehabilitation team is made up of experts in helping pets with chronic or acute conditions. With proper rehabilitation, your pet can live longer and experience a better quality of life by speeding recovery and improving strength following surgery or an injury.
Our commitment is not just to deliver life-changing medical care; it’s to enhance the well-being of your pet and be with you every step of the way.
If your pet has a condition that limits their mobility, fitness or comfort, you’ll have an entire rehabilitation team at your side so you can get back to what matters most – spending precious moments together.
Your pet will receive unparalleled medical care during their time at the hospital (and they’ll be spoiled with love and attention, too).
Your pet can’t tell us what’s wrong, so we use sophisticated diagnostics and imaging tools to uncover the source of the problem.
Just as no two patients are the same, neither are their treatment plans. Our rehabilitation team builds custom exercise and treatment plan for optimal results and has experience with a range of advanced procedures and minimally invasive options to get your pet on the path to wellness, including:
Our rehabilitation team is made up of veterinarians, veterinary technicians and assistants, and support staff with rigorous training and experience. 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 departments, too.
Drew is a certified veterinary Rehabilitation Therapist Technician with extensive experience working with a diverse range of patients. He has a particularly strong background in canine aquatic therapy.
Drew’s lifelong passion for animals has shaped his career, beginning with his involvement in Search and Rescue classes during his teenage years. Additionally, he brings a unique perspective from his training in human medical administration from the University of Maryland.
Currently, Drew is advancing his career by pursuing the latest continuing education courses and certifications for Veterinary Rehabilitation while continuing his role as a credentialed rehabilitation technician at Skylos Sports Medicine.
Drew is dedicated to all facets of canine rehabilitation, enjoying his work with senior dogs, post-operative patients, and canine athletes recovering from injuries. His expertise in aquatic therapy, particularly using a water treadmill, has been highly beneficial for his patients, often requiring creativity and adaptability for their success.
Drew believes in the importance of educating pet owners, ensuring they understand the rehabilitation process and are equipped with the tools to support their pets at home. He collaborates closely with Skylos rehabilitation doctors and surgeons to develop comprehensive treatment plans that extend to the home environment, ensuring the best possible outcomes.
In addition to his educational efforts, Drew’s manual therapy skills are evident in his ability to help dogs feel better. He is also experienced in cart assembly and fittings, especially for dogs that have lost mobility due to disease or injury, drawing from his personal experience with his own neurologically affected dogs.
Drew lives in Baltimore with his beloved pets: a French bulldog, Stewie; a boxer/pointer mix, Princess; and his Brussels Griffon, Floyd. His pride in his pets is apparent in any conversation about them.
Beyond his professional and personal dedication to animals, Drew enjoys traveling the world, practicing yoga, and visiting wineries.
With over 22 years of experience in the veterinary field, including large and small animals, pocket pets, exotics, emergency, and specialty care, Heather brings a broad and skilled background to rehabilitation work. She holds a BS degree from Wilson College and has been a Registered Veterinary Technician for 20 years.
Heather obtained her CCRP certification through Northeast Seminars at the University of Tennessee in 2010 and has focused on canine rehabilitation since 2008, with a brief 1.5-year period in laboratory animal research. She also became a Certified Canine Massage Therapist through Equissage in 2011.
In addition to her clinical expertise, Heather is an active member of a volunteer search and rescue team with a working K9 partner. She has a special interest in rehabilitation for geriatric and working dogs and is passionate about helping them maintain mobility and quality of life.
Dr. Faith Lotsikas is passionate about rehabilitation therapy and improving quality of life for dogs of all ages and activity levels. She works with senior patients to enhance comfort, mobility and overall wellness, and helps pre- and post-surgical patients recover more quickly and return to normal life. She provides services at Skylos Sports Medicine alongside her husband, Dr. Peter Lotsikas, combining their complementary expertise to support dogs of all backgrounds.
Her experience spans humane societies, private practice and emergency hospitals, where she recognized the need for expanded rehabilitation options for geriatric, arthritic and post-surgical patients. After completing advanced training, she founded and developed a rehabilitation department within a referral hospital.
Dr. Lotsikas lectures at national veterinary continuing education seminars and has authored articles on rehabilitation topics. She enjoys teaching workshops on injury prevention and fitness for agility, herding and search-and-rescue groups.
She is also dedicated to her LLC, Faithful Paws Veterinary, providing performance dogs with rehabilitation therapy for sports-related conditions, wellness and optimized condition maintenance, injury prevention therapy and fitness consults. As an avid follower of canine sports, she understands the unique physical and mental demands of working and sporting dogs and develops tailored fitness and return-to-sport plans for each team.
At home, Dr. Lotsikas is a mom to three young girls and manages a small sheep farm with the help of her very clever Border Collie, Kelsea. She is also an amateur artist and medical illustrator.
Susanne has been around and enjoyed having dogs most of her life. Susanne has worked in several dog-related fields, such as veterinary hospitals, pet sitting, and doggie daycare. She has also enjoyed competing with her own dogs in canine sports including flyball, frisbee, and rally-o, with some training in agility and nosework.
Susanne began with Skylos in our surgical department and has always had an interest in canine rehabilitation and injury prevention through fitness. In 2018, she began assisting in our rehab department and later became certified through the Canine Rehabilitation Institute (CRI) in 2021.
Susanne is gifted in animal behavior and training, which helps her put our patients at ease as well as helps teach them how to properly do their therapeutic exercise routines.
Dr. Reitz enjoys canine sports, herding, hiking, horseback riding, conditioning, reading and community service.
We want you to be prepared for your pet’s first visit to the rehabilitation team, so you have one less thing to worry about. Our entire BluePearl team will be with you every step of the way.
Take the first step to getting your pet back to their best self – call us to speak with the rehabilitation team and make an appointment.
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