Penn Veterinary Medicine | University of Pennsylvania

Emergency and Critical Care

 

The Emergency Service and Intensive Care Unit function as advanced trauma/emergency and intensive care treatment and diagnostic centers, akin to their counterparts in human hospitals. They are staffed by faculty and staff who are board-certified in the field of emergency and critical care, specially trained nurses, as well as residents and interns seeking advanced training following veterinary schooling.

The Emergency Service and Intensive Care Unit are among the busiest centers of their type in the world, with annual caseloads of 13,000 and 1,200, respectively. As an advanced trauma and diagnostic center, the service functions like a human emergency unit.

The two areas operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to provide care for animals referred from outside veterinarians as well as those animals who become ill at any time of day whose owners seek emergency care.  Our emergency service is fully functional throughout the day with emergency surgery available around the clock.

Residents and interns who want to specialize in critical care come here to study because of the expertise and large caseload.

For Emergencies call: 215.746.V911 (215.746.8911)

Emergency & Critical Care Staff

Kenneth J. Drobatz, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC, M
Professor
Chief, Section of Emergency and Critical Care
Director of the Emergency Service

Cynthia M. Otto, DVM, PhD, DACVECC
Associate Professor

Deborah C. Mandell, DVM, DACVECC
Staff Veterinarian

Rebecca S. Syring, DVM, DACVECC
Staff Veterinarian

Erica L. Reineke, VMD, DACVECC
Assistant Professor

Daniel Z. Hume, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC
Staff Veterinarian

 

Support Staff

Sally Powell, CVT, VTS (ECC)
Supervisor of ES Nursing

Elisa Rogers, CVT, VTS (ECC)
Assistant Supervisor of ES Nursing

Jeni Dohner, CVS, VTS (ECC)

Patricia Condon, CVT

Gina Milani, CVT

Erin Gordon, CVT

Hollie Funderburg, CVT

Jennifer Cohen, CVT

Tanya Seip, CVT

Cara Morganstein, CVT

Suzanne Hemphill, CVT

Michael McCallum, CVT

Jaime Zeigler, CVT

 

Emergency and Critical Care Residents

 

3rd Year

  Alice Bennett, BVSc, MACVSc        Jennifer Campbell, DVM                Marko Pipan, DVM

 

2nd Year

           Debra Liu, DVM                   Alexandre Proulx, DVM           Emily Thomas, VetMB, MRCVS

 

1st Year

            Kari Beer, DVM               Sebastien Monier, DVM, MRCVS          Vince Thawley, VMD