Veterinary Internal Medicine in Gaithersburg, MD

Best Friends' Veterinary Hospital, Gaithersburg, MD was started in memory of the best friend Dr. Hollifield ever had. She believes that regardless of species, there is a connection we all have with some animals that makes them part of our chosen family. They give us never ending love and we want to do the best we can for them in return. That belief is how she runs her hospital. She treats your pet like her very own. Every procedure, preventive, or service needed is available for every species. No unnecessary procedures or medications will be prescribed, only just what will directly benefit their health so they can live a long full life with you. There is a long list of credentials and services for you to read, but Dr. Hollifield would like to meet you in person, so call and stop by sometime. Your direct impression is the best way to decide if we are worthy of your trust to take care of your Best Friend's health and well being.

Welcome to Bennett Creek Animal Hospital!

We are now open after nearly 8 years of planning, designing and development. We are excited to be a full time member of the northern Montgomery County community and we welcome your continued feedback. We hope you enjoy the information we have posted about our state of the art animal hospital and boarding and grooming services and we will continue to post periodic updates. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the many loyal friends, clients, Clarksburg neighbors, consultants, and our families for standing by us year after year as we worked toward our dream of opening a beautiful modern animal hospital to provide the highest quality pet care for our community.
Medicine, Surgery & Dentistry: From the routine vaccination or teeth cleaning, to complex orthopedic surgeries in our sterile surgical suite, Dr. Walcoff provides high quality veterinary services to dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets, pocket pets, birds, and all other exotic pets.
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Preventive Healthcare

Wellness checkups, vaccinations, fecal checks, and preventive treatments for parasites (fleas, ticks, and worms) help maintain optimum health for your pet. Dr. Walcoff and his experienced technicians can help guide you through your options for the best routine wellness and prevention plan to meet your pet's individual needs.
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Geriatric Screenings

We offer full diagnostic work-ups for the early detection and treatment of disease in our older patients. Proper management of arthritic patients will help your pet live a happier more comfortable life.
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Dentistry

Regular ultrasonic dental cleanings are an important part of maintaining your pet's health. In our state-of-the-art dentistry suite we offer digital dental radiography to take X-ray pictures of the teeth, bones, and surrounding soft tissues. These pictures are available within moments on our advanced computer system to enable our staff to screen for and identify problems with the teeth, mouth and jaw including cavities, hidden dental structures (such as wisdom teeth), and bone loss that can not be seen during a routine visual examination. Dental X-rays may also be done as follow-up after dental treatments.
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Laboratory Services

Complete blood counts, serum chemistry profiles, urine and fecal testing, as well as specific tests for heart worm disease, lyme disease, ehrlichosis, feline leukemia, feline AIDS and others can be performed in minutes in our hospital laboratory. Additional and more complex testing services are also available.
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Pharmacy and Prescription Diets

Prescription medicines, parasite prevention regimens, flea and tick control products and prescription pet food are available from our convenient in-house pharmacy.
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Hospitalization And Special Services: For our very sick patients we provide hospitalization and intensive care as well as a specialized isolation area for patients with contagious diseases.
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Anesthesia, Surgery and Recovery

Pre-anesthetic blood testing, state-of-the-art monitoring devices and modern anesthetic and pain control regimens make necessary surgeries on your beloved pets as safe and worry free as possible. Our advanced surgery suite has positive airflow to help maintain the most sterile environment for surgical procedures. Our recovery area is equipped with the latest in specialty monitoring devices and is located adjacent to the hospital treatment area to ensure your pet's post-operative care and comfort.
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Hospitalization and Intensive Care

Your pet's care and comfort are most important to us. Our large hospital ward features comfortable and well equipped space for your pet to recover and receive ongoing treatment. For our sickest patients, we have intensive care and a separate isolation ward equipped with a negative airflow system to ensure pets who might have a contagious condition receive specialized care with minimal risk to other pets.
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X-Rays: Our in-house digital radiology lab allows Dr. Walcoff to take the most advanced X-rays on site in our hospital and view them immediately so he can make a rapid diagnosis of your pet's illness or injury.

Digital Radiology

Digital radiology may represent the greatest technological advancement in medical imaging over the last decade. Our hospital has its own digital radiography (in addition to our digital dental radiography capability). Radiographs and specialized contrast techniques are valuable diagnostic tools and can play an important role in determining the best course of treatment and care for your pet.
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Exotic Pets: Dr. Walcoff has extensive medical and surgical experience in treating all types of exotic pets. Birds, ferrets, rabbits, reptiles, amphibians, guinea pigs, and all other pocket pets receive quality, knowledgeable care.

“We Are Your Other Family Doctor”

We genuinely believe in the bond between a person and their pet. Our doctors and staff dedicate their time to understand you and your pet’s individuality which allows us to customize your pet’s health and wellness needs.

Please read our staff biographies to learn more about our passion for what we do. We are here for you and your pet, call to set up an appointment today.

“We Are Your Other Family Doctor”

We genuinely believe in the bond between a person and their pet. Our doctors and staff dedicate their time to understand you and your pet’s individuality which allows us to customize your pet’s health and wellness needs.

Please read our staff biographies to learn more about our passion for what we do. We are here for you and your pet, call to set up an appointment today.

Carrolltown Veterinary Hospital is a well-established, full-service, small animal veterinary hospital providing comprehensive medical, surgical and dental care.

We provide a broad spectrum of diagnostic procedures through in-house testing and the use of external laboratories. The facility includes a well-stocked pharmacy, in-hospital surgery suite, in-house x-ray capabilities, a closely supervised hospitalization area, and indoor boarding kennels with outdoor walking areas.
At Carrolltown Veterinary Hospital we strive to offer not only medical advice, but also we can provide some behavioral advice and at home care. Our job is not only to treat your pet when he or she isn't feeling well, but also to help you learn how to keep your best friend happy and healthy.
Serving Carroll County and the Eldersburg area for over 30 years!
Congratulations to our sister hospital, Cat and Dog in Columbia, for Winning Best Hospital Of the year 2010!

Because of the shorter lifespan of our pets, we stress the importance of an annual physical examination and twice a year for the older pets. Thorough check-ups and preventive care can help alleviate serious health problems. We offer a wide range of veterinary services to keep your companions feeling their best:

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services: Our hospital is equipped to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services to care for your pets' complete health care needs.

Surgical Services: Our state-of-the-art surgical suite provides for the performance of a wide variety of surgical procedures from soft tissue to orthopedics.

Anesthesia: We utilize the safest available anesthetics to provide an extra margin of safety, especially for our older or high-risk patients. Using the most modern equipment, the patient's vital signs are monitored during all anesthetic procedures.

Internal medicine consults: We offer in-hospital ultrasounds, endoscopic procedures that can help us with the diagnosis of more complicated cases.

Radiology Services: Our on-site, new digital X-ray equipment provides high quality radiographs to aid in the quick diagnosis of many disorders.

Electrocardiography Services: We provide E C G services on-site that can help determine if a consultation with a cardiologist is necessary.

Dentistry: Our dental services include teeth cleaning and polishing, dental X-rays, tooth extractions and minor oral surgery. February Dental month! 20% off all dental procedures and bloodwork!

Laboratory: Our in-house laboratory facilities provide for serum chemistry, hematology, serology, urinalysis and parasite testing. We also utilize commercial veterinary laboratories for specialized diagnostics and consultations.

Permanent identification: We offer Homeagain microchip identification.

Pharmacy: We maintain a complete inventory of pharmaceuticals, vitamins, shampoos, flea and tick control products and heartworm preventatives to meet the needs of your pet. We also carry a full line of prescription diets.

Individualized Flea Control Programs: We develop programs for the specific needs of your pet and your own particular environmental situation. We will review with you the best ways to control fleas in your house, in your yard and on your pet.

Dietary Counseling: We will provide guidance regarding your pet's nutritional needs for each life stage, including dietary requirements for growth, weight maintenance and performance.

Behavioral Counseling: We can provide advice regarding the correction of problems such as excessive barking, chewing, spraying, scratching, digging, house soiling and aggression. (Mark McCabe)

Boarding: We provide pet boarding as a service to our clients. All boarders receive personal attention from our caring staff. Pets may be dropped off and picked up during regular business hours Monday through Saturday.

Bathing: Routine and therapeutic bathing services are available.

Emergency Care: Please call our main telephone number for instructions for after-hour emergencies.

Dulles South Animal Emergency and Referral Hospital is dedicated to providing emergency and critical care services for your companion pets. We are located within the new Dulles South Veterinary Center.

Animal emergencies, much like human ones, tend to be unexpected and often occur outside of regular office hours. Dulles South Animal Emergency will ensure that your pet’s medical needs are met regardless of the time or day of the week. We will partner with both you and your primary care veterinarian to provide overnight observation, after-hours emergency services, rehabilitation & laser therapy, emergency surgery, as well as critical and intensive care to meet your pet’s needs.

From admission to discharge, we keep your veterinarian informed so your follow-up appointments with them are seamless.


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Family Veterinary Hospital was built in 2008 by Dr. Chau to serve south eastern Loudoun, western Fairfax, and parts of Prince William County. Our clients often travel much further however, due to Dr. Chau’s loyal following who first got to know her when she was working in Maryland and the DC area as an independent doctor working at over 15 facilities after she first graduated.

Family Vet Hospital was built with the highest standards in mind which is why even after 12 years, many clients still comment that our facility is the nicest, quietest, cleanest and odor-free facility that they’ve experienced. We invested in costly high-quality seamless epoxy floors which do not accumulate contamination that is common in tile grouting. Similarly we purchased a separate AC and heating unit that allowed us to have separate ducting that keeps airborne contaminates from migrating throughout the hospital. We also use the highest quality charcoal filtering that improves our air quality, and in 2020 we installed 2 UVC shortwave sanitizing scrubbers to our air handling system for 100% coverage that kills bacteria and viruses (including airborne COVID 19.)

In addition to tremendous investments in facility, we made equally high investments in equipment, including human-quality ultrasound scanning equipment and digital xrays. This has helped clients and pets who don’t need multiple scans due to the high quality imaging we can get on the first scan or xray image taken. Many of our images are of such high quality that specialists can (and have) made diagnostics remotely. We have the highest speed internet access to our facility and are completely paperless so sharing patient records, xrays and even movies with specialists in the area or around the world is a daily activity of ours. Also we do not sell retail items, pet food, groom, board, and we maintain minimal pharmacy so our staff can focus on what we do best: delivering the highest-quality vet medicine that we would want for our own family members.

Illustrative of our commitment and passion to patient care, we have for years touted and still maintain a perfect record of having no patients dying under anesthesia, regardless of the complexity of the procedure. One rare tool in the veterinary profession that we have had for years is the tool that is so often touted as the difference between life-and-death in human patients who are battling COVID 19; that is, we own 3 mechanical ventilators and make their use mandatory for every anesthetic procedure we preform. Having no “accidental” deaths under anesthesia is nearly unheard of in the veterinary industry, and we believe that must change by leading by example.

We believe we provide superior quality care at competitive prices. We have more than 1,000 5-star reviews (https://local.demandforce.com/b/family-vet), have appeared in national magazines and newspapers, and are considered a benchmark on how high quality vet hospitals should be run (on paying a living wage to our staff, providing health and retirement benefits, promoting staff safety through smart infrastructure and machine-assisted lifting tables, etc.) Our staff receive a fixed salary and DO NOT get paid on commission unlike many vet hospitals in our area that have many doctors per clinic. Also, our staff have received pay increases every year since the year we opened. We are so proud of our business and are dedicated to operating as transparently as possible. We are regularly a highest-performer animal hospital by YELP and AngiesList, and Dr. Chau has been identified as one of the best veterinarians in Northern Virginia (as recently as 2020.)