• stomach and intestines (such as gastric dilation-volvulus, resection of diseased stomach, foreign body removal)
• urogenital tract (such as urethrotomy, urethrostomy, ectopic ureter, and kidney resection)
• liver and associated tissues (such as liver lobe resection, gall bladder resection, and exploration of bile ducts)
• skin (such as skin grafts and ear canal ablation and bulla osteotomy)
  Orthopedic surgery involves procedures involving a bone, ligament, tendon or joint. Some procedures include repair of fractures, ligamentous and tendon injuries, as well as juvenile bone and joint diseases and total hip replacements.

Oncologic surgery involves removal of tumors. Precise surgical excision is often essential in cancer management and the combination of good oncologic surgical principles and a thorough understanding of system function gives the patients the best survival chance.

Cardiothoracic surgery includes procedures performed on the heart, lungs, chest wall, blood vessels and chest lymphatics. Procedures include lung tumors, chest wall tumors, chest trauma and pacemaker implantation.

Cardiothoracic patients need intense monitoring and advanced care during and after surgery to improve the possibilities for a positive outcome.

Neurologic surgery involves the

• brain (procedures are generally limited to peripheral brain tumors);
• spinal cord (such as intervertebral disc herniation, Wobbler Syndrome, and spinal fractures);
• peripheral nerves (such as tumor resection and peripheral nerve entrapment).

Our board-certified surgeons do not perform elective surgeries (neuter, declaw, ear or tail cropping).