| Monday | 7:30am - 8:00pm |
| Tuesday | 7:30am - 6:00pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30am - 6:00pm |
| Thursday | 7:30am - 6:00pm |
| Friday | 7:30am - 6:00pm |
| Saturday | 7:30am - 2:30pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
- Cats Only!
- Boarding and Grooming
- Chemotherapy, Endoscopy, Ultrasound
- Laboratory Services
- Wellness Care and Vaccines
- Animal Boarding
- Animal Daycare
- Animal Flea Control
- Animal Grooming
- Animal Microchipping
- Small Animal Vet
- Spaying/Neutering
- Veterinarians
- Veterinary Dentistry
- Veterinary Docking
- Veterinary Euthanasia
- Veterinary Medical Specialties
- Veterinary Surgery
Description
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Doctors
Elyse Kent, DVM, DABVP
Dr. Elyse Kent graduated from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1980 and completed an Internship at West Los Angeles Veterinary Medical Group in 1981.
In her early years in practice, Dr. Kent began to see a need for a separate medical facility just for cats, where fear and stress would be reduced for feline patients. In 1985, in a former home in Santa Monica, Dr. Kent opened the only exclusively feline veterinary clinic in Los Angeles, Westside Hospital for Cats (WHFC). Along with other forward-thinking feline practitioners from across North America, Dr. Kent founded the Academy of Feline Medicine in 1991. Through the efforts of these practitioners, feline medicine and surgery became a certifiable species specialty through the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP). Dr. Kent became board certified in Feline Practice in the first group to sit for the Feline exam in 1995. She certified for an additional ten (10) years in 2005. There are now 78 feline specialists in the world. Dr. Kent served as the Feline Regent and Officer on the Council of Regents for 9 years. She is a Past President of the ABVP, which certifies all species specialists. She served as head of a task force joining certain efforts of the ABVP with The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). She previously presided as Director on the Executive Board of The American Association of Feline Practitioners.
The present day WHFC facility opened in 2000. It was the fulfillment of a vision for a spacious, delightful, state of the art, full service cat medical center that Dr. Kent had dreamed of and planned for over many years. Many windows throughout the building allow visibility of the traditionally hidden �back rooms�. We offer endoscopy and ultrasound services in-house and consult with many other specialists in the greater Los Angeles area.
Dr. Kent welcomes �second opinion� cases and scheduled consults to review current treatments.
Nicole Coates, DVM
Dr. Nicole Coates graduated from The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. In June 2010, she completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in New York. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association. During veterinary school, Dr. Coates did externships at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah and at Pasadena Humane Society. She is a certified trainer in Small Animal Restraint & Handling and Small Animal CPR, through Basic Animal Rescue Training, a program that teaches firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and other first responders how to capture, restrain, assess, and perform first aid on animals they encounter in the course of their duties. She has a special interest in client education and preventative care for cats.
