Internal Medicine - Oak Harbor - Whidbey Island veterinary hospital clinic for dogs, cats, birds, exotics and ferrets and wildlife where vets really care about your pets health especially fleas and other allergies and diseases.

Internal Medicine

Continuing Education... first and foremost. "Today's heresy is often tomorrow's dogma!"

We stay on the leading edge of medicine. Our Doctors attend many hours of continuing education each year.

Below is a short list of some of the instruments we use to aid us in the early detection of

In-House Complete Chemistry, CBC and electrolytes blood machine
New Digital whole body and digital dental radiology machines
New Digital Video Endoscopic Teaching Otoscope ... Ear Problems ... ever wonder what the doctor sees in the ear? Don't wonder any more! We have a latest fiber optic otoscope which allows you and the doctor both to see first hand what is in the ear on a TV screen and the capture the image on photograph.
New High Blood Pressure? When was your pet's blood pressure checked last? Chances are it has never been checked. Why not? Certainly not because pets do not get high blood pressure ... they do! The reason is that the human ear is not capable of hearing the frequency of the sound that a pets blood makes with a blood pressure cuff in place. Solution.. Petmap blood pressure meter for determine systolic and diastolic pressures and the mean arterial pressures MAP
Skin Allergy Testing by blood sampling ... find out why your pet is itching. Next, get a prescription for desensitization based on northwest allergens.
Glaucoma ... excessive pressure in the eye which often leads to permanent blindness. A human instrument called the Tonopin® is a very delicate instrument that we recently purchased which very accurately measures the pressure within the eye.
New Portable Kowa Slit Lamp SL-15 For examination of the cornea, anterior chamber and the lens of the eye just like your ophthalmologist does. (First in Island, Skagit & San Juan Counties)
New Portable Heine Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope For examination of the retina with high detail. (First in Island, Skagit & San Juan Counties)
Color Flow Doppler Ultrasound ... We have a new GE 400 Pro ultrasound. See puppies live in the uterus and even the direction of blood flow in their hearts!
Fiber optic Light Cure Dental restoratives ... used to restore some damaged teeth.
New ECG... used to view the hearts electrical activity.
New MRI capability...We have even used the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) thanks to a cooperative agreement with local MRI facility at a surprisingly affordable rate.
Computer assisted diagnostics ... used to solve tough medical problems
Lactate Pro Meter ... used give accurate prognostication for critically injured pets
Special Orthopedic Instruments ... Bone Plating & Spinal Surgery ... Dr. Anderson has taken advanced post doctoral training at Ohio State University in orthopedics and the Slocum enterprises for Tibia Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO).

Referrals for second opinions are welcome ... both within our own group or from other clinics. Actually, local veterinarians send most emergencies to us.