Animal Medical Center of Seattle is dedicated to the needs of our veterinary community and our clients.
Animal Medical Center of Seattle is a privately owned, specialty and emergency veterinary hospital. Our goal is to assist our veterinary community in the treatment of patients, when advanced medicine, diagnosis or emergency care is required. We work closely with referring veterinarians to assess the pet’s needs and provide specialized treatment, when necessary.
We value the relationships we have with our referral veterinarians and recognize the vital role they play in the patient’s treatment and final outcome. Our top priority is working with a pet’s primary veterinarian and family to provide excellent, coordinated and compassionate medicine.
Animal Medical Center of Seattle understands the importance of the relationship between clients and their primary veterinarians. After treatment at our hospital, pets will return to the care of their regular veterinarian for continued medical needs.
Emergency & Critical Care | Dentistry | Internal Medicine
Interventional Radiology | Oncology | Dermatology | Surgery
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Precision Medicine for Canine Cancer
Krystal Harris, DVM, MS
(Practice Limited to Oncology)
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In Oncology, we not only offer a wide array of state-of-the-art diagnostics and chemotherapy, but we also truly believe in the quality of life of our patients and strive to make them as comfortable as possible.
We take a compassionate approach to treatment, providing clients with all options, from aggressive to palliative care, and offer many interventional oncology options for treatment. We also firmly believe that just because we can, doesn't mean we should, as chemotherapy may not be the right decision in all cases.
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The Animal Medical Center of Seattle Now Offers Dermatology Services!
We are happy to announce that Heather Edginton, DVM, DACVD has joined the Animal Medical Center of Seattle to help local veterinarians address dermatology care for their clients' pets.
Dr. Edginton will start seeing patients Tuesday, April 23rd and will be available Tuesdays through Fridays from 7am to 3pm.
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An Invitation for our Referral Veterinarians to Meet Heather Edginton, DVM, DACVD Friday, April 26th at the Elliott Bay Brewery on Lake City Way!
Don't forget to reserve your spot to meet Dr. Edginton and attend a free CE by Wednesday, April 17th. Dinner and a beer or glass of wine is on us!
Cytology for Dermatology
- The microscope - a review
- Collection:When do I use what? How do I take samples?
- Preparation of samples
- Examination of samples
- A few cases
Presenter: Heather Edginton, DVM, DACVD
Date: Friday, April 26th, 2019
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00 pm - Meet & Greet
7:00pm - 8:00pm - Lecture
Where: Elliott Bay Brewery - 12537 Lake City Way NE, Seattle WA 98125
To reserve your spot, RSVP to Jina Smith, LVT by April 17, 2019 at JSmith@AMCSVet.com.
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Sponsored By:
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We're Moving this Fall!
The Animal Medical Center of Seattle announced in March that we will be moving to a new location in the fall of 2019 to accommodate our growth. We also revealed our new logo in coordination with the move and our 10-year anniversary. This move will allow us to continue to grow and offer our referral community even more specialty services in our new, state-of-the-art facility.
We would like to reiterate that AMCS remains privately owned and will continue to employ and recruit amazing doctors and staff committed to providing the highest level of service, compassion and care. We will make sure to keep you updated once we have a firm move-in date for the new hospital in Shoreline, which is only a mile and a half north of our current location.
Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to:
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Similar to the other veterinary specialties, an emergency and critical care diplomate completes a residency program (which is typically a minimum of three additional years) of intense training in emergency, surgery and critical care. Emergency and critical care specialists are trained in the most up-to-date techniques for diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening disease processes in an emergency, and for the critical time while the animal is recovering.
The following is a sampling of the types of care that Dr. Chih can provide for your patients:
- Respiratory distress/Mechanical ventilation
- Wound management
- Blood component therapy
- Post-operative critical care
- Anti-coagulation monitoring
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Continuous EKG
- Advanced fluid therapy
- Trauma patients (vehicular trauma, etc)
- Animals that are having trouble urinating, or are not producing urine
- Dogs and cats that need specialized nutritional support because they are unwilling or unable to eat on their own
- Animals with life-threatening neurologic disease such as coma or severe seizures that are not responding to medications
Annie Chih, DVM, DACVECC is available Thursday's through Saturday's and every other Wednesday and is more than happy to consult with you if you have a question.
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Interventional Radiology (IR) is a standard of care in human medicine for many conditions previously treated with surgery. Today, the Animal Medical Center of Seattle (AMCS) is leading the charge in the Pacific Northwest in the use of IR for animals. Our world-class procedures are led by experienced Board Certified Internists and Oncologists to treat diseases of the heart, kidneys, urinary tract, respiratory tract, liver, and many forms of cancer – all with shorter anesthesia time, less pain, and a quicker recovery time compared with conventional techniques.
Interventional Radiology treatment and care at the Animal Medical Center of Seattle (AMCS) includes:
Stem cell therapy for renal and hepatic disease, stenting of the respiratory and urinary tracts, chemoembolization of non-resectable tumors (hepatic and prostate), treatments for urinary tract obstructions, laser ablation for ectopic ureters, coil embolization of intrahepatic liver shunts, laser ablation of lower urinary tract cancers and percutaneous cystolithotomy for bladder stone removal.
With so much more to AMCS’s Interventional Radiology services, please do not hesitate to contact us to discover how we can help.
Phone: (206) 204-3366 l Email: InternalMed@AMCSVet.com
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Watch Dr. Tanya Donovan and Dr. Erinne Branter perform an ectopic laser ablation!
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AMCS offers Lunch and Learn opportunities to our referral community for free! All that we ask in return is to think of us when you refer for emergency or specialty care and consider adding us to your after-hours voicemail/website.
Lunch is on us!
Our ER doctors, specialists, and technicians have a wide array of different topics to present, such as pain management, dental radiography tips and tricks, CPR training, updates on treatment options for cancer or even how to deal with difficult clients.
Please contact us today and let us know what you'd like to learn about!
Jina Smith, LVT
JSmith@AMCSVet.com
(206)204-3366
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Mary Davis, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology)
Dr. Davis graduated from Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine. Her oncology residency was completed at Veterinary Cancer Group in 2006. Dr. Davis practiced in southern California until 2017, when she joined the AMCS team.
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Krystal Harris, DVM, MS
(Practice Limited to Oncology)
Following a career as a veterinary ICU technician, Dr. Harris completed her DVM at St. Georges University in Grenada. She then traveled to Oregon State University where she completed her oncology residency in 2014. She joined the AMCS team in 2015.
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Services provided include:
- Chemotherapy
- Novel therapies
- Advanced imaging
- Same day surgical consultations
- Electrochemotherapy
- Radiation referrals
- Control epistaxis from nasal tumors
- Pet loss therapy referrals
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Tanya Donovan, DVM, DACVIM
In addition to these services, our oncologist work side by side with our Internist, Dr. Tanya Donovan, to offer interventional radiology procedures for our cancer patients.
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Interventional oncology procedures provided include:
- Stenting of the urethra, esophagus, colon and trachea to relieve obstructions by tumors
- Laser ablasion of early transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
- Chemoembolization for liver, bladder and prostate tumors
- Embolization of nasal vessels to control epistaxis from nasal tumors
Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss a case and learn more about how we can help your patients!
(206) 204-3366 l Service@AMCSVet.com
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The internal medicine service at Animal Medical Center of Seattle uses laser therapy in treating some of our chronic inflammatory condition cases.
The first time we used our laser was on the recovery of a patient that was failing treatments for Inflammatory bowel disease and protein-losing nephropathy. We decided to add laser therapy to treat him and he steadily improved and started gaining weight. Since this time we have incorporated laser treatment instead of a rescue protocol and are having great success in certain cases.
One of our current patients receiving laser treatments for the treatment of Protein Losing Enteropathy is no longer pacing at night and her stools are more formed.
If you have any questions on this treatment modality or have a case which you think might be a candidate, please feel free to contact our Internal Medicine service!
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We offer state-of- the-art CT scanning
Animal Medical Center of Seattle serves as an extension of the family practice. We care for patients on a referral, emergency or specialty needs basis. This means, when your cases require advanced diagnostic testing or procedures beyond the scope of general practice, we are here to help.
We want to ensure we provide a positive and convenient referral experience for our veterinary community. And we now offer our referral community CT scanning on an outpatient basis!
To refer a Computed Tomography (CT) case to Animal Medical Center of Seattle, simply fill out the referral form here and fax this, along with the patient history, to 206-204-3858. Or email it to Service@AMCSVET.com.
Give us a call to discuss the case with our Internal Medicine Department at 206-204-3366, and schedule a time for your patient to come in with our Referral Coordinators. |
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AMCS has a new contact e-mail address: Service@AMCSVet.com
Please update your records to reflect this change to ensure your messages get to us.
Thank you!
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Recent Animal Medical Center of Seattle Newsletter Articles
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The "Shocky" Patient
Annie Chih, DVM, DACVECC
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| In Emergency, we provide Board Certified Criticalists, designated ER doctors, highly trained veterinary technicians and cutting-edge technology to ensure our patients are treated promptly and correctly diagnosed—with the compassion and care that they deserve. Our emergency department is fully staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Our veterinarians are committed to the study of emergency medicine and keep current on the latest emerging treatments within this specialty. These compassionate and skilled doctors are able to provide top quality care at a moment's notice—regardless of the emergency |
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Food is Love
Tanya Donovan, DVM, DACVIM
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In internal medicine, we specialize in diseases of the hepatic, respiratory, urogenital, endocrine, and gastrointestinal system including patients with dysphagia. We have the capacity for upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, cystoscopy, rhinoscopy, bone marrow aspirate/biopsies, arthrocentesis, esophageal balloon dilation, endoscopic foreign body removal, and placement of feeding tubes (PEG, esophageal, nasogastric). We also perform abdominal ultrasounds and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirates. We have on-site CT and fluoroscopy and provide Interventional Radiology Services!
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In Dentistry, we offer a variety of procedures to our referral community and their patients. We can do it all, from exodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthodontics, orthodontics, treat jaw fractures and more. Giving your clients more options for the care of their pet's oral health that were never thought possible. We can remove oral cancers as well and with oncology services available six days a week, can start treatment after diagnosis in a timely manner.
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CHEMOEMBOLIZATION PROCEDURE A HUGE SUCCESS!
Animal Medical Center of Seattle performed it's first chemoembolization procedure in September on a Hepatocellular carcinoma, with great results. You can read the full story here on how Interventional Radiology helped Buddy Nielsen, the 17 year old Schipperke.
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