General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  As humans, we usually see weight loss as a good thing, but your cat or dog’s rapid weight loss does not carry the same positive meaning. When your pet has heart disease and is losing a lot of weight quickly, it’s because there is a hormone-like substance produced at high levels during heart failure. This results in muscle and weight loss in your pet.
• Primary Care
  Speaking of the vet, make sure you’re taking your cat or dog to their primary care veterinarian for checkups at least once a year. A regular checkup could easily spot the early warning signs of heart disease in cats or dogs.
• Emergency Care
  Our client service representatives will help you find a time and a location that works for you. Urgent and same-day appointments are available as needed. Emergency care will be coordinated with you and your veterinarian.
• Infectious Diseases
• Electrocardiogram
  The cost of a cardiology consultation with an echocardiogram is $842.00. If an electrocardiogram is also indicated, there will be an additional cost of $983.50. Please advise clients of the estimated range of $842-$1026.
• Diarrhea
• Immunizations
  Even if you don’t think your dog needs a checkup, you should at least make sure that all of their vaccines are up to date. These shots are essential for helping your pup avoid fatal illnesses such as distemper, rabies, parvovirus, and much more. Ask our veterinarians about heartworm vaccinations and more!

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Our very own Steven Rosenthal, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology) has co-authored a chapter in a new reference book, Clinical Small Animal Internal Medicine, edited by David Bruyette! This is a handy text for veterinary professionals and covers a wide array of clinically-relevant material!

Neurologists

• Neurology
  CVCA – Cardiac Care for Pets is joining Hope Advanced Veterinary Center along with Bush Veterinary Neurology Service and Bush Advanced Veterinary Imaging, with board-certified veterinary surgeons, internists, cardiologists and neurologists to diagnose and treat advanced conditions in dogs and cats.

Psychiatrists

• Mental Health
• Anxiety

Endocrinologist

• Thyroid
  It’s not common knowledge, but most dry cat foods are usually full of too many carbs for your pet. Cats are meat-eaters, and too many carbs can lead to obesity. This can cause other health problems like thyroid disease, high blood pressure, and congestive heart failure in cats.

Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  Taking your pet to a cardiologist allows a hands on thorough cardiac examination of your pet along with the expert actually performing an echocardiogram– a non- invasive ultrasound of the heart that is done with the family present. The board-certified veterinary cardiologist will explain the results to you during the course of your visit. Based on their findings, the cardiologist will determine exactly what type of therapy will best treat your pet.
• MRI
  Located at 1 Taft Court, just off of East Gude Drive, Hope Advanced Veterinary Center will contain more than 32,000 square feet of veterinary medical space including on-site MRI, laboratory and 24/7 emergency center. Renovations of the building will help to revitalize a historic area of Rockville. The hospital will open in early 2014 in the thriving City of Rockville, recently named one of the top 10 places for young families in Maryland by NerdWallet.
• Radiology
• X-Rays