Veterinary Internal Medicine

At VCA Veterinary Referral Associates, we offer specialty and emergency veterinary services in the Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia areas—including expansive internal medicine services.

If you bring your pet in for emergency services or surgery, you can rest assured they’ll be offered the best treatment through our internal medicine department. When you need a pet pharmacy or medication for your pet, the specialists at VCA area ready to help.

Give us a call at 301-926-3300 fill out a contact form to schedule an appointment for your pet.

Medical Treatment for Your Pet

When you bring your pet to VCA Veterinary Referral Associates, you’ll benefit from our extensive internal medicine department—which treats your pet with only the highest quality medicines. Our treatments are included but not limited to:

• Animal anesthesia – we offer both injectable and inhalable anesthesia for your pet to aid with veterinary surgeries, MRIs, CT scans, and other medical procedures. Our technicians closely monitor your pet while undergoing anesthesia to make sure blood pressure, heart rate, and carbon dioxide levels are all normal. 
• Pre-anesthesia – you also have the option to have your pet pre-medicated prior to anesthesia to help him or her relax in the event that an endotracheal tube needs to be used to administer the anesthesia. 
• Pain management – making sure your pet is as comfortable as possible while in our care is our number one priority. We offer both epidural and oral medications to treat as well as prevent your pet’s chronic pain. 

Our high-quality medicines are combined with our advanced output or anesthetic monitoring and diagnostic imaging. Your pet is in great hands at VCA Veterinary Referral Associates!

Our internal medicine specialists are well equipped to handle a variety of animal ailments that general veterinarians cannot, including cardiology, respiratory, and urinary issues. Most general practitioners will advise you to seek an internal medicine specialist if your pet has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, etc.

Why Choose VCA for Your Veterinary Internal Medicine Needs?

When you bring your pet to VCA Veterinary Referral Associates for internal medicine services, he or she will benefit from our:

• Veterinary specialists, whose vast expertise includes everything from oncology and radiation oncology to neurology, rehabilitation, and more
• In-house stat laboratory, which allows for fast diagnosis in critical care situations 
• Internal medicine department, giving your pet only the highest quality of medicines 
• Internal diagnostic imaging department, offering your pet high-tech x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, biopsies, ultrasounds, and more 
• Convenient Gaithersburg, MD location, serving the Washington, D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Northern Virginia areas 

 At VCA Veterinary Referral Associates, our goal is to provide the very best service to pets and their owners—we treat your pets as if they were our own. If you’d like to make an appointment with one of our veterinarians, please call us or fill out a contact form.