Anesthesia and Pain Management Services

Dr. Dooley's very first experience in clinical veterinary anesthesia as a third year student in Grenada, 2012. She is excited to now be a practicing, board-certified anesthesiologist.

IN-HOSPITAL SERVICES FOR YOUR PET

As a board-certified veterinary anesthesiologist, Dr. Dooley enjoys providing primary care for patients undergoing anesthesia. Whether it is an elderly cat with kidney disease, a dog with heart disease, an 8 hour old calf with a broken leg, or a Clydesdale with life-threatening colic, Dr. Dooley ensures all aspects of a particular patient's physiology, personality, and procedure needed are taken into account when tailoring an anesthetic plan from sedation to recovery.

All anesthetic episodes are continuously monitored with vital parameters recorded. By having an anesthesiologist at a patient's side, you can be sure that undivided attention and expertise will be provided, leaving the veterinary surgeon able to focus on the procedure at hand.

Dr. Dooley is fully trained in many aspects of analgesia including co-infusions and locoregional anesthesia. Nerve blocks of the head, abdomen, and front and hind limbs can ensure patients are as comfortable as possible post-operatively. These blocks also allow for much less systemic drugs to be used which helps avoid some unwanted side effects. Dr. Dooley has also administered steroid epidurals for patients with chronic lumbosacral pain.

As a service, we are available on a per-case basis to provide anesthesia to a pet when he or she needs a procedure done with their primary care veterinarian. 

For questions on what an anesthesiologist does and when you may want to consider one for your pet or patient, please visit our FAQs

 

Nerve Blocks, one of the many ways we can keep your patient comfortable

Sciatic nerve block, using ultrasound to visualize the image. The bright white structure running through the middle of the screen is the nerve. The bright white structure to the upper right is the approaching needle. With the femoral nerve block, th…

Sciatic nerve block, using ultrasound to visualize the image. The bright white structure running through the middle of the screen is the nerve. The bright white structure to the upper right is the approaching needle. With the femoral nerve block, this will desensitize the knee for surgery.

Guiding a nerve-stimulating needle to the sciatic nerve for a sciatic nerve block. The leg twitches in a predictable manner as as the stimulating needle approaches the nerve. Local anesthetic is deposited around the nerve, making the leg numb.

Guiding a nerve-stimulating needle to the sciatic nerve for a sciatic nerve block. The leg twitches in a predictable manner as as the stimulating needle approaches the nerve. Local anesthetic is deposited around the nerve, making the leg numb.