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Upon Arrival

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Our Team

Our Mission

Our goal is to practice the highest quality medicine and surgery with compassion and an emphasis on client education. Our entire healthcare team is committed to providing personal attention to the unique concerns of each pet owner. It is our commitment to provide quality veterinary care throughout the life of your pet. We understand that your pet is unique. Our professional staff has a passion for providing personalized care for your special companion. Because of the unique needs of the special pets in our lives, we stress the importance of regular preventative check-ups. Thorough physical exams and preventative care are essential to prevent disease and to detect it early to ensure the best chance of a successful outcome to treatment.

Here's the Process

Upon arrival, here is what to expect:

Check-in at desk
Verify owner's information
Verify animal’s information
Verify veterinarian's information
Escorted to waiting area
Patient's medical records are examined
Client and patient are escorted to examination room
The animal is examined
Diagnosis and recommendations are given

See full details below.

Call for Appointments

Small Animal Hospital -334-727-8437

Large Animal Hospital - 334-727-8461

Faculty/Staff

Marc Alkhal, DVM – Diagnostic Imaging

Courtney Allred, DVM – Equine Medicine and Surgery/Equine Ambulatory

Section Chief: Large Animal Medicine & Large Animal Ambulatory

Noriko Aoi, BVSc, MVSc – Dentistry

Nelson Diaz, DVM, MS, MBA – Community Practice

Gloria Dorsey, DVM – Shelter Medicine

Louis Gotthelf, DVM - Community Practice

Dominique Hemmings, DVM - Surgery

Tomeshia Hubbard, DVM – Dermatology

Section Chief: Community Practice

Section Chief: Shelter Medicine

Ricardo Irizarry, DVM, ACVECC – Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Specialty: Emergency and Critical Care

Lorraine Linn, DVM, MS, DACVS – Surgery

Specialty: Surgery

Luis McKie, DVM – Large Animal Ambulatory/Swine Production and Medicine Practice

David McKenzie, DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVIM – Large Animal Internal Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Devon Seunarine, DVM - Surgery

Melisa Thompson, DVM – Small Animal Surgery

Rick Tubbs, DVM, MS, MBA, DACT – Theriogenology, Swine Practice

Specialty: Theriogenology

Michele Tucker, DVM, MPH –Small Animal Internal Medicine/Emergency and Critical Care

Section Chief: Small Animal Internal Medicine

Section Chief: Emergency and Critical Care

Steven A. Walker, DVM – Community Practice, Shelter Medicine, Exotics

Kiran Vasudeva, DVM, MVSc, PhD – Diagnostic Imaging

Interns:

Harman Singh DVM- Small Animal Rotating Intern

Jania Galia, DVM Small Animal Rotating Intern

Evan Griggs, DVM Small Animal Rotating Intern

Nina Davis, DVM Small Animal Rotating Intern

Sydni Hampton, DVM- Equine Large Animal Intern for Medicine and Surgery

Victoria Hicks, DVM- Intern Large Animal Medicine and Surgery

Departmental Staff Members:

VTH Business Manager:

Dionne Thomas

Medical Receptionist

Bernadette McIntosh
Joysheanna James
LeDarius Johnson

Small Animal Technicians

Jennifer Pannell
Darcy Palmer
Jen Leonard
Lisa Burgering
Ayana Pressley

Large Animal Technicians

Chase Woods
Jamaal Guyden
Charlotte Brightwell

Central Supply

Gusetta Sams
Antony Davis

Animal Caretakers/Veterinary Assistants

Calvin Blackmont - Small Animal

Khristopher Crayton - Large Animal Caretaker

DeMarcus King - Assistant Farm Manager/large animal caretaker

Melvin Freeman – (Farm Manager), Large Animal Building Manager

Dwight Freeman – Vet Assistant West Alabama Project

Admissions

What to expect upon arrival

Upon arrival at the hospital, our reception team will assist you with the check-in registration for your visit. They will verify your personal information and your animal’s information. The team will also confirm the information for your referring and/or regular veterinarian to ensure that we can communicate effectively with them regarding your animal’s visit to the hospital. The client and patient are directed to the appropriate waiting area while a 4th-year veterinary student looks over the patient’s medical records. The client and patient are taken to an exam room where the animal's health is discussed as the animal is examined. A clinician, who has been briefed by the student, joins the client and patient in the exam room for additional examination, diagnosis, and recommendations.

Exam

Our veterinary care team will closely supervise fourth-year veterinary students, licensed veterinary technicians, and interns. Interns are veterinarians who do additional training in specialty services for 12 months. In most instances, your visit will begin with a fourth-year student who will gather information about your animal’s medical history and who will perform a physical examination on your animal. The student will then review the information with the intern and the attending faculty who will then join you and the student to complete the exam process. Every step of your animal’s treatment and care is supervised by a faculty clinician.

Care

Your animal's veterinary care team will discuss appropriate diagnostic and treatment options with you. In addition, you will receive an estimate of the costs associated with the proposed medical plan. If you have questions about our payment policy, please inform your veterinary care team and they will connect you with our Business Office to discuss payment. If you plan to visit your animal during hospitalization, please discuss with your veterinary medical team to make arrangements.

Discharge

During the discharge process, you will receive detailed instructions from your veterinary care team outlining the care your animal will need after leaving the hospital. The instructions will include detailed information about treatments and recommended follow-ups with your veterinarian. At the time of discharge, our payment policy requires that payment be made in full for all services provided. The hospital accepts cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and i-care.

We do accept i-care. which provides a credit line for treatments and procedures. For more information or to apply for i-care., inquire at the reception desk.

If you have any additional questions on payments or applying for i-care. feel free to contact our Business Office at 334-724-4137. i-care Financial is a finance program that provides a line of credit to the client for treatment and procedure.

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