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Our Dedication to Quality Veterinary Care

Our founders opened Pet+E.R. in order to support Baltimore area veterinarians and pet parents by providing emergency and critical care services after normal office hours. To this day we remain focused on our founders' mission. We know how important seconds can be in an emergency, which is why we strive to serve our community by practicing cutting-edge medicine any time you need us, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our Dedication to Quality Veterinary Care

Our founders opened Pet+E.R. in order to support Baltimore area veterinarians and pet parents by providing emergency and critical care services after normal office hours. To this day we remain focused on our founders' mission. We know how important seconds can be in an emergency, which is why we strive to serve our community by practicing cutting-edge medicine any time you need us, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Maryland's Only Certified 24-Hour Critical Care Center

Both of our locations are certified by the Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society (VECCS) as Level-II facilities, an accolade awarded to veterinary hospitals that provide expert care around the clock.

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Collaborate With Board-Certified Specialists

Pet+E.R. is located within the Chesapeake Veterinary Referral Center, a group of world-class specialty practices. We regularly work with other departments within CVRC to provide complete & quality care.

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Who We Are

Pet+E.R. has been providing Maryland pet owners with expert veterinary emergency and critical care services since opening as Animal Emergency Center in 1986. Since then our animal hospital has changed names, expanded, and moved into two state-of-the-art facilities in Columbia and Hunt Valley. To date, Pet+E.R.'s hospitals are the only two 24-hour VECCS-certified critical care facilities in Maryland. This certification reflects the level of excellence we provide to our patients, 24/7.

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Pet+E.R. Emergency & Critical Care Internship Program

Pet+E.R. accepts applications for five Emergency and Critical Care specialty internship candidates each year. Pet+E.R. is a VECCS Level II certified 24-hour emergency and critical care hospital that shares a facility with multiple specialists (internal medicine, oncology, surgery, cardiology, dentistry, neurology, and ophthalmology). There are two Pet+E.R. locations: Hunt Valley, MD and Columbia, MD, which are in the Baltimore and DC metro area.

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