Hi everyone. As 2022 comes to a close, we take time to pause and reflect on everything we’ve accomplished over the past year.
The All Species Imaging Center is on everyone’s mind. I want to thank everyone on the incredible job of adapting to an ever-changing landscape of construction and infrastructure upgrades in preparation for this clinical expansion. As the new year begins, we will be able to see ASIC take shape, with walls expected to go up in the near future.
In small animal, the opening of the renovated and expanded ER and ICU will be coming in January, providing much needed space for around-the-clock management of our most critical patients. Emergency care in small animal increased as much as 65% during the pandemic and more than 160% in the past decade, so this expansion is vital to our continued success in compassionate emergency service.
Other small animal construction projects over the next year will include new and/or expanded spaces for Cardiology, Nutrition, Behavior, Dentistry, and Orthopedic Surgery.
In the Large Animal Clinic, the opening of new mare/foal treatment space prepared us for the upcoming foaling and breeding season. Early 2023 will see the completion of the new equine anesthesia induction/recovery stalls and the equine performance pavilion, which will further support our growing Equine Surgery, Lameness, and Integrated Sports Medicine Services. In future years, we look forward to improved livestock facilities as well.
As great as these improvements will be, they would be wasted without the talented clinicians and staff who will use them daily to advance patient care while training the next generation of veterinarians and veterinary specialists. It’s a privilege to work with our various teams daily to provide top notch veterinary care.
I want to extend sincere gratitude from the entire leadership team to those of you who will be helping to keep the VMTH open 24/7 during the upcoming holidays. Your dedication to keeping emergency care available is greatly appreciated by everyone within the VMTH and especially by the families in our community who rely on us to be there for them when most needed.
I wish you and your families a very happy holiday season and am excited for what the new year will bring us.
--Bret McNabb
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