Veterinary Cancer & Surgery Specialists

12/30/2024

Wishing everyone a happy and safe New Year. Love each other, be kind and keep positivity alive.
VCSS is closed 12/31/2024, 01/01/2025 and Friday 01/03/2025. We will be OPEN on Thursday 01/02/2025.

12/29/2024

Join VCSS in celebrtaing the beauty of diverse traditions this holiday season.
We encourage everyone to learn about other cultures and customs as a way to unite everyone. Respect is the foundation of all relationships

12/26/2024

Happy Hanukkah! Chou is showing off her fashion in her festive gear.

12/26/2024

Sad news. If you feed raw diet, please read this article form the OVMA about the local cat that passed away from a an unexpected source of contamination in the diet.

December 24, 2024 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Image This information is updated as events warrant.Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is a disease that is highly contagious and often deadly in poultry, caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5) and A (H7) viruses; it is als...

12/24/2024

Happy Holidays! VCSS will be closed on the following days: 12/24, 12/25, Friday 12/7, 01/31, 01/01/2025 and Friday 01/03/2025. We will resume normal business hours on Monday January 6th. If you have an emergency, please take your pet to your nearest emergency veterinary facility, Click the link below for a list of local urgent care and emergency services. In the meantime enjoy our holiday photos.

https://vcsspdx.com/emergency-veterinary-clinics-milwaukie-or/

11/26/2024

We will be closed for the holiday weekend beginning Wednesday 11/27 at 5:00pm!

For any emergencies over the weekend, please refer to our list of emergency clinics in the greater Portland area at the link below.

We hope you have a very happy Thanksgiving, and we'll see you back on Monday! 🦃💚

https://vcsspdx.com/emergency-veterinary-clinics-milwaukie-or/

10/01/2024

Please give an extra warm welcome to Dr. Avenelle Turner for her first week at VCSS! 🤩

Dr. Avenelle Turner was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has always known she wanted to be a veterinarian. After graduating from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in microbiology in 1997 and Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000, Dr. Turner completed a one-year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Garden State Veterinary Specialists in New Jersey followed by a comprehensive three-year residency in medical oncology at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Texas.

As a board-certified oncologist, Dr. Turner returned to the east coast in 2005 to become the head of the oncology service at Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists, a prestigious referral practice in New York City. In March 2010 she relocated to Los Angeles, California to accept a position at one of the largest oncology practices in the world. Here she was the senior oncologist and primary investigator of multiple clinical trials.

Dr. Turner’s professional interests include lymphoma, clinical research, comparative oncology, chemotherapy, metronomic therapy, and palliative care. She also supports a combination approach to cancer care, utilizing both eastern and western principles. Dr. Turner’s primary focus is to provide the best possible care to pets with cancer. She believes in a bond-centered practice and delivers medical care along with compassion. Providing a good quality of life for her patients is her top priority. Dr. Turner feels strongly that the treatment for pet cancer should not be worse than the disease itself.

Dr. Turner lives with her long-haired dachshunds, Sookie! and Romo () as well as her two covid-adopted cats, Dill Pickle! and Gilligan () - In her free time, she enjoys exploring, wine tasting, traveling abroad, reading and yoga. Dr. Turner is also active with the non-profit organization CLEAR (Canine Lymphoma Education Awareness and Research.

We are so excited to have Dr. Turner join the VCSS team and hope you all enjoy getting to know her a bit more. 💚

09/30/2024

Attention VCSS clients: we've updated our text number!

As we continue transitioning to new systems this year, our former texting line will no longer be monitored. If you'd like to contact us via text, please use the following number: (503) 908-4022. Thank you! 😊

09/24/2024

Sending out a quick reminder that VCSS will be closed this Friday, September 27th!

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and if you have any emergencies, please refer to our website for a list of emergency clinics in the area. We hope you have a wonderful weekend! 💚

https://vcsspdx.com/emergency-veterinary-clinics-milwaukie-or/

09/09/2024

Join us this Saturday, September 14th, for our annual Celebration of Life! 🐶

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary at VCSS, we want to turn our focus to all the pets we've loved, both past and present.

Stop by from 11:30am-1:30pm and create memorial crafts for your pet, bring a photo to add to our memory album, or spend a quiet moment in our Healing and Reflection Garden. Lunch and beverages will be provided and dogs on leash are welcome!

We look forward to seeing you and your loved ones to honor the pets that we've loved so deeply. 💚

07/11/2024

Happy All American Pet Photo Day from some of the sweetest employee pets around! 🥰

We'll take any excuse to post photos of our pets, especially if it means we get to dress them up. 😂 We hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend with your furry friends!

07/02/2024

We will be CLOSED Thursday, July 4th and Friday, July 5th ☀

It's gonna be a hot one, so please stay safe and take extra care with the furry friends in your life. For a list of emergency clinics in the greater Portland area, please refer to the link below.

We hope you have a wonderful Fourth of July! 🤩

https://vcsspdx.com/emergency-veterinary-clinics-milwaukie-or/

06/18/2024

Our new ezyVet software is officially LIVE! 🤩

Thank you so much to our trainers Annalise and Al for guiding us through this transition. It'll be a challenge, but with the help of our wonderful trainers and our dedicated staff, we're ready for it.

To our clients, we want to thank you for your patience and kindness while we work out the kinks. Let's do this! 🎉

06/11/2024

With our software transition fast approaching, we will be closed this coming Thursday from 9:00-10:00am for training!

We hope this doesn't cause any inconvenience to you and your pets and we thank you for your understanding. Our regular hours of 7:30am-6:00pm will still be in effect! 😊

06/06/2024

Happy Pride Month from all of us at VCSS! 🌈

From our staff to our clients to our associates, we have such a wonderfully beautiful and diverse community. This Pride month, we want to celebrate all the love we see in that community. To anyone that may be struggling, we see you — VCSS is a safe space for you to be who you are, today and every day.

Cheers to a month full of love and PRIDE! 💚

05/29/2024

As you may know, beginning in mid-June we will be undergoing a software transition from Cornerstone to ezyVet! 🤩

Needless to say, this will be a huge change, but a positive one! We are so excited for the ability to better serve our clients and patients, and we thank you in advance for your patience. We'll continue sharing updates as we make our way through the training process, so stay tuned for more details!

05/23/2024

We will be closed on Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day!

For any emergencies, please follow the link below or check our website for a list of emergency clinics in the greater Portland area.

Enjoy the sunshine and have a wonderful holiday! ☀

https://vcsspdx.com/emergency-veterinary-clinics-milwaukie-or/

05/16/2024

Wishing a very happy 10 year work-iversary to our wonderful onco tech, Katherine! 💚

From the very beginning, your passion for our purpose has shown in every part of what you do. The dedication and care that you give — and have given for a decade 😉 — to every client and patient is so appreciated. VCSS is lucky to have you and we can't thank you enough for all that you do.

Cheers to 10 years and many more! 🥳