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Walk to Cure Valley Fever Sunday October 10, 2010

Please join the Walk to Cure Valley Fever on Sunday, October 10, 2010 with activities from 8:30 am until 11 am. Two-legged and four-legged walkers are welcome. If you believe your cat or dog may have Valley Fever, please schedule an appointment with Dr. Lisa F. Shubitz, Valley Fever Center for Excellence, at Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson 520.795.9955 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 520.795.9955 end_of_the_skype_highlighting For more information and to register for the Walk to Cure Valley Fever, please visit click on this link below: http://sites.google.com/site/tucson2010walkforvalleyfever/

Jan Woods: Finalist for 2010 Woman Business Leader of the Year Award

Jan Woods, Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson’s Hospital Administrator & Co-Owner, has been selected as one of the finalists for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) 2010 Woman Business Leader of the Year Award. To find out more about this award, please visit this link below: http://www.nawbotucson.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=81205&orgId=ngt

Congratulations to Jan Woods, Finalist for the 2010 ATHENA Award!

Jan Woods, Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson’s Hospital Administrator and Co-Owner, has been selected as one of the five finalists for the 2010 ATHENA Award. The ATHENA Award is the most prestigious recognition a successful woman in business can receive. This award is bestowed upon an exceptional woman who has achieved and embodies the highest level of professional excellence in her business or profession; has devoted time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community through volunteer efforts; and actively assists and mentors women in realizing their full leadership potential and attainment of professional goals. The award is highly respected and well-known throughout the United States and the world. To learn more about this award, please visit http://www.pr.com/press-release/239429

Tucson's Giant George

Dr. Jim Boulay verifies accurate measurement of Tucson's Giant George - the World's Tallest Dog and Tallest Dog Ever for Guinness Book of World Records

Dr. Jim Boulay (pictured below: far right with Giant George below) oversaw the measurement of Giant George at the Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson on February 12, 2010. George stands 43 inches tall at the shoulder and weighs 145 lbs.

Giant George - World's Tallest Dog

If you would like to read more about Giant George, please click on this news story from the Arizona Daily Star: Record-setting Great Dane set to do Tucson proud on "Oprah"



Veterinary Specialty Center Undergoes Building Expansion

Due to the increasing demand for our veterinary emergency and specialty services, and in order to continue to serve the pets, pet owners and veterinarians of southern Arizona, the Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson broke ground in January 2009 for a 22,000 square foot hospital building expansion that will effectively triple our overall size. This expansion was always planned and will finally come to fruition when the construction is completed roughly 6 years from the date of our initial opening in July 2004. A few facts about the hospital expansion:
  • VSCT opened to serve southern Arizona's pets, pet owners and primary care veterinarians on July 19, 2004 with 10,000 square feet offering multi-specialty medical, surgical and 24/7 emergency services. Our building expansion is projected to be complete by July/August 2010 and will bring our total hospital square footage to just over 32,000 square feet making us the largest multi-specialty veterinary hospital under one roof in the state of Arizona.
  • VSCT has full time doctors and nurses 24 hours a day, 7 day a week, 365 days a year -- we never close our doors and all of our doctors reside in Tucson available to serve you and your pets as best as we possibly
  • can.
  • Our new hospital expansion will include solar energy systems making VSCT the first multi-specialty emergency veterinary center in Arizona to utilize a renewable energy source in an effort to reduce our environmental impact.
  • VSCT currently provides more complimentary continuing education than any other veterinary center in the state. Included in our expansion is a new conference room that will seat approximately 125 people, more than doubling our current capacity for educational seminars and events.
  • Once completed, the 32,000 square foot, two-level hospital will have:
    • 16 patient examination/consultation rooms
    • 4 surgical suites
    • A separate dental/oral surgical suite
    • Expansion of our diagnostic imaging facilities with 2 digital radiology units, 2 ultrasound suites, and room for a future MRI scanner (the first for pets outside of Phoenix) in addition to our in-house helical CT scanner.
    • An even larger central ICU and in-house laboratory facility
    • I-131(Radioactive iodine) suite for treatment of hyperthyroidism in cats
    • As is the case currently, all of the examination rooms are equipped with computers for retrieval of patient information and presentation of digital radiographic images, and we will now have two designated "comfort" rooms to be used for patient visitation and client bereavement.

If you would like to read more about this exciting hospital expansion, please click on this news story from the Arizona Daily Star: Pet Hospital Tripling Its Size
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