VSH Fact Sheet

• The first private, specialty hospital in the Triangle
• VSH partners with Paws4Ever in Orange County and the SPCA of Wake County to provide specialty care for animals with injury or illness that prevents them from being adopted. VSH also partners with the North Carolina Zoo to assist with specialty care of the zoo animals.
• Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• Employs approximately 112 people including:
  • Cary: 75 full time /part time non doctors, 12 doctors
  • North Raleigh: 20 full time/part time non doctors, 5 doctors
• The only private veterinary hospital in North Carolina with one of only 45 radiation oncologists in the world on staff
• 80% of our clients have a household income of less than $75,000 a year
• 75% of our patients come from a 25 mile radius
• In addition to North Carolina, VSH attracts patients from Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia
• The first veterinary hospital in North Carolina to have a linear accelerator for radiation therapy of cancer patients
• Treats over 5000 patients a year
• Performs 1500 major surgical procedures a year
• Two specialists on staff who are board certified in more than one specialty; Jerry Waddle, internal medicine and medical oncology; Dave Ruslander, medical and radiation oncology
• Offers a residency program in veterinary surgery