Veterinary Surgical Centers - VSC

11/19/2024

Thank you for inviting us to do a Lunch & Learn at your hospital yesterday! Our lead anesthesia LVT, Tiffany, gave a wonderful presentation on Radiographic Techniques for the Goode Creek Veterinary Hospital team. We had a great discussion and enjoyed chatting with the team members! Also, of course they were doing a dental in the background — this is , right? 😂

Are you a local vet clinic in the DMV area looking for a lunch and learn from one of our specialists and/or technicians? Contact us at marketing @ vscvets.com! 🙌🏼

11/07/2024

‼️ Attention local DVMs and LVTs! ‼️

VSC will be kicking off the 2024-2025 Topic Rounds series next week! Please join us next Weds, November 13 at 7:00 PM for two RACE-approved presentations by our new surgical interns.

🔸 Dr. Tasha Faletti will be speaking on "Wound Management and Dressing Selection."

🔸 Dr. Elizabeth Waskover will be speaking on "Canine Thyroid Tumors and Current Treatments."

We will be meeting in the 2nd floor conference room at The LIFECentre Emergency & Specialty Veterinary Care in Leesburg, VA! Dinner and drinks will be provided.

🌟 Please make sure to register in advance:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/qasv9zh

We hope to see you there!

10/31/2024

HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the specialty team at our recently opened Gaithersburg, MD location! 🎃🐾

Pictured here is our vet assistant Amarillis and internist Dr. Erin Galemore. Dr. Galemore is ACVIM board-certified and has completed a fellowship in interventional radiology. She is currently able to perform ultrasounds, bloodwork interpretations, fine needle aspirates, and joint fluid sampling/ analysis.

In the next couple months, she looks forward to providing endoscopy, fluoroscopy, non-surgical bladder stone removal, urethral/ ureteral and tracheal stent placements, balloon dilation for treatment of strictures and stenosis, laparoscopic liver biopsies and so much more!

✨ To our rDVM friends in the Gaithersburg area - if you have any cases that you would llike Dr. Galemore to look at, please give us a call at (240) 641-6350 or email [email protected]! ✨

10/29/2024

This morning, we had a wonderful companywide All Hands Meeting at the beautiful Reston Lake House, where all of our staff from Vienna & Leesburg, VA as well as our new Gaithersburg, MD location gathered together. It was nice to see everyone mingling, especially those who don't get to see each other often!

We listened to Dr. Anke Langenbach give a brief history of VSC from when she first started this company as a small mobile practice in 2004 to the immense growth that we've all seen over the past 20 years! Our new hospital director Christel also guided us on her vision of where she sees us going for 2025, and we ended the meeting by celebrating work anniversaries of our staff who have been with us for 5 years (Courtney, Jen and Joia!), 10 years (Kevin), and even 15 years (congrats Dr. Hawthorne!) The gorgeous views of Lake Anne helped us all start the day off on a calm and peaceful note.

We're so appreciative of our dedicated employees who work so hard daily to make sure that their patients are taken care of and in good health. Thank you all, 🧡 💚!

10/18/2024

This is just a glimpse into how we celebrated Veterinary Technician week at Veterinary Surgical Centers — which included all of our licensed veterinary technicians as well as our vet assistants! ✨

We provided freshly made omelettes and waffles 🧇 by The Omelette Guys; ice cream sundae bars 🍨 at each location; lunches for all staff; and specially curated “relax & recharge” gift bags filled with personalized wine tumblers🍷, fun socks 🧦, face masks, snacks, POP ROCKS 💥and more! We had a lot of fun this week celebrating our support staff on-site and appreciating them for their dedication to specialty veterinary medicine.

From our surgery, rehabilitation, neurology & internal medicine departments in Vienna, Leesburg & Gaithersburg… thank you LVTs & vet assistants!!! 🧡

10/01/2024

We had a great time yesterday at the event!! Our very own Licensed Veterinary Technicians, Natalia and Elias, enjoyed getting to know the students and chatting with them about what veterinary surgery is all about. As a teaching hospital, we love being able to share our knowledge and passion of specialty and look forward to help raise up a new generation of LVTs in the future!

✨By the way, we’re currently hiring LVTs for our Vienna, VA and Gaithersburg, MD locations — let us know if you’re interested! ✨

09/12/2024

No matter how busy they are, even our surgeons take the time to sit down and snuggle with our patients! 😻

This is Sylva, an 8 month old kitty who had a right tibial fracture repair performed by Dr. Jim Taylor last month at VSC Leesburg. She loved being held by Dr. Taylor while she was with us 🧡

Sylva recently came in for a recheck and is doing great! Get well soon, sweet kitty!

08/30/2024

Friday means and ! 🎓

Meet Winston, a 1 year old Poodle who came to VSCR Leesburg for rehabilitation to treat left front limb lameness after some ‘ruff’ play with a friend. After a couple months of rehab sessions led by Dr. Nandita Fernandes and our VSCR Leesburg team, Winston has improved significantly with his weight bearing status through acupuncture & land exercises. He has been officially cleared for graduation!

Congrats, Winston — you are a certified GOOD BOY in our books! 💚

08/28/2024

Some go bobbing for apples 🍎 but Whaler says it’s SO much more fun to bob for toys! 🤩

Whaler is a 1 year old Golden Retriever who comes to VSCR Vienna for rehabilitation sessions to manage bilateral hip dysplasia. His rehab practitioner Lynn Nalepa and the rest of the rehab team are working with him consistently to strengthen his hip muscles and get him walking better!

He loves coming in for hydrotherapy, where he gets to “play” in our underwater treadmill. He has such a fun time bobbing for toys and even likes to blows bubbles under the water, which is too cute!! 🫧

Keep at it, Whaler! 🐳💚

08/22/2024

🚨 Attention Leesburg friends & clients!!! 🚨

The LIFECentre Emergency & Specialty Veterinary Care is hosting a pet food drive for Loudoun Hunger Relief and their Pet Pantry. The Pantry gives out small bags and cans of pet food to anyone who comes by the local food bank for food to feed their families. By helping to feed pets as well, their pets are able to remain in their home and kept out of animal shelters that are over capacity. They are currently out of pet food and NEED YOUR HELP!

There will be a cart for donations outside of the TLC hospital building (address is: 165 Fort Evans Road NE, Leesburg, VA 20176!)

If you are able to donate, please follow the guidelines below:
🐾 Dog & Cat food only - canned or dry!
🐾 NO RX (prescription) foods
🐾 NO Beneful Brand foods
🐾 Must be NEW or UNOPENED
🐾 Preferably small bags, as they are easier to store and move around!

This is an amazing team effort between Loudoun County Animal Services, Loudoun Hunger Relief and Humane Society of Loudoun County -- and we're SO proud of our friends at The Life Centre for supporting such a great cause! Thank you in advance for your help!!! 🧡🧡🧡

🐾SOS!
The Loudoun Pet Pantry is low on food and needs donations! If you are able to drop off small bags of dog or cat food to The LifeCentre, we will get it to them!! Folks who are struggling to feed themselves rely on donations of pet food to keep their pets bellies full! The food pantry provides food to help keep pets WITH their families and out of the shelter system.
Please pick up an extra bag for a local family ! 🧡
Details::
🐾 SMALL BAGS DRY CAT OR DOG FOOD
🐾 CANNED FOOD FOR DOGS OR CATS
🐾 NO RX PRESCRIPTION OR BENEFUL BRAND FOOD
🐾 NEW/UNOPENED BAGS

We will have a cart outside the hospital for your donations- Thank you!

The LifeCentre 165 Fort Evans Rd NE
Leesburg, VA 20176
**Please note Google Maps may direct you to 134 Fort Evans - our Cancer service- Please continue on Fort Evans to the end of the street- a yellow building. Photo in comments!
**Link in comments for their Chewy list too

08/16/2024

Happy Friday! We wanted to take a moment and introduce some of the new faces at our clinics who have recently joined !

• Dr. Daniel Cuff will be the head of Neurology at our NEW Gaithersburg, MD location as well as overseeing MRI scans in Vienna, VA.

• Dr. Richard Wong will be our Surgeon in Gaithersburg, MD.

• Dr. Erin Galemore will be leading Internal Medicine (procedure-based) as well as Interventional Radiology in Gaithersburg, MD.

• Dr. Tasha Faletti and Dr. Elizabeth Waskover are our new surgical interns for 2024-2025! They will be rotating between Vienna and Leesburg, VA.

We are super excited to have these amazing doctors be a part of Veterinary Surgical Centers. As we grow and expand into a veterinary specialty practice that goes beyond surgery and rehabilitation, we are committed to continue providing the utmost advanced medical care for all pets -- because your pet is our priority.

08/09/2024

Hi everyone! We’re super excited to announce the soft opening of our NEW Gaithersburg, MD location for Veterinary Surgical Centers!!! It’s been a long time coming but we’re finally here. For this location specifically, we have decided to rebrand ourselves as “Specialists at VSC” 🙌🏼 — and the reason for this is because we’ve added other services, as well.

For Gaithersburg, MD, we will have:

🔸 Surgery, with Dr. Richard Wong, DVM, DACVS-SA
🔸 Neurology, with Dr. Daniel Cuff, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology)
🔸 Internal Medicine & Interventional Radiology, with Dr. Erin Galemore, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)
🔸 MRI & CR Imaging

If you’re one of our referring vets in the area and have a client in need, please keep us in mind - we’d love to help! Give us a call at 240-641-6350!

08/02/2024

Friday means and ! 🎓

Noodle is a 1 year old mixed breed rescue dog who has been coming to VSCR Leesburg for rehabilitation sessions after getting a Femoral Head Ostectomy (FHO). Her goals were to improve range of motion and build muscle mass!

Through consistent visits with Dr. Nandita Fernandes and our Leesburg team, Noodle has improved significantly with no more limping or lameness on the hip! We’re so proud of her hard work. She graduated from our rehab program a few months ago 💚

Congrats, Noodle! 🍝

07/24/2024

🚨 COMFTY DONATIONS NEEDED! 🚨

Hello friends! We need your help! We're currently in need of more towels and blankets for our surgery patients! If you have any old towels or blankets around your house that aren't getting much use, our patients would LOVE to lay on top of those while they're at our clinic! 💤

If you have items to donate, please come drop off at our clinics in Vienna, VA:

• Hope Advanced Veterinary Center
Address: 140 Park Street SE, 2nd Floor, Vienna, VA 22180
✨ Donation bin located In front of the elevators on the 2nd floor

• Veterinary Surgical Centers - Rehabilitation
Address: 124 Park Street SE, Lower Level, Vienna VA 22180
✨ Donation bin located behind the glass entrance door on the lower level

Thank you kindly 🧡💚

07/23/2024

There’s nothing like a cute pup to get you going through the week! 😍

Meet Dublin, a 5 month old miniature dachshund who came to VSC Vienna for a right tibia fracture repair with Dr. Anke Langenbach and surgical resident Dr. Meg Goodale.

Dr. L was so happy to give him tons of cuddles 🧡 for being such a good doggo throughout the whole process. Get well soon, Dublin!

07/03/2024

Just a friendly reminder that while you might be looking forward to 🇺🇸 4th of July 🇺🇸 festivities this holiday weekend, your pup may NOT be as excited! From distracting group gatherings in the hot sun to loud and scary fireworks explosions at night, this can be a dangerous time for our pets.

Please make sure to take the necessary steps for your pet to have an enjoyable & stress-free weekend, as well:

⭐️ Check that their collar/tag and microchip information are all up to date

⭐️ Secure your fence gates and doors so that they can’t escape

⭐️ Stock up on prescription meds or veterinarian approved calming chews to ease their anxiety

⭐️ Create a safe space for them by closing windows, putting on white noise or soothing music to muffle sounds from the outside festivities and give them a special toy or treat

⭐️ Keep them cool indoors, with access to fresh water

Sadly, this tends to be the time of year when 30-60% more pets are reported missing, with only 14% returned to their owners. Let’s work together to beat these statistics and have a safe Independence Day! 💙❤️🤍

By the way, pictured is Bear Lucas, an 11 year old Golden Retriever mix who recently came in for a bilateral caudal sublumbar lymph node removal with Dr. Julia Hawthorne. He is also under the care of Dr. Sarah McMillan from Hope Center’s Oncology department. We hope you feel better with your emotional support stuffy, Bear 🥰

06/28/2024

Thank you to all of our rDVMs who attended our VSC x PetMedic Urgent Care CE this past Wednesday evening! We had a great time starting with a tour of the .alexandria facility, followed by a wonderful dinner at Josephine where our surgical residents gave presentations for the CE.

✨ Dr. David McChesney spoke on “Brachycephalic Airways and Laryngeal Paralysis Cases”, while Dr. Meg Goodale spoke on “Lumps & Bumps - Oncologic Surgery”. It was great to have the PetMedic team there with us, and enjoyed being able to share about our partnership together in the community to provide quality veterinary care for all pets. We hope to do this again in the future! 🙌🏼

Huge thanks to for providing a gorgeous space for our CE event, and for feeding our group with delicious food & drinks!!! Highly recommend 💯