Anesthesia Services

The VTH Anesthesia Service provides the following services:

• Multi-species general anesthesia, pain management, and local anesthetic services for patients in the Small Animal and Large Animal Hospitals of the VTH.
• Anesthetic services for all surgeries performed in the hospitals as well as for animals undergoing diagnostic procedures requiring general anesthesia.
• Consultation for other sub-specialties within the hospitals seeking solutions to sedation and pain management problems.

All of our patients undergo a careful physiological assessment prior to being pre-medicated and anesthetized. Extensive monitoring with state-of-the-art equipment, analgesia, and intra-operative fluid administration are conducted throughout the procedure and until the patient has fully recovered consciousness.

Anesthesia Personnel

• Rachael Carpenter, DVM
• Natalia Henao-Guerrero, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVAA, Service Chief
• Marcela L. Machado, DVM, MS, Anesthesia Resident
• Ashley Bath, LVT, Anesthesia Technician
• Heather Catanzaro, LVT, Anesthesia Technician
• Maryann Cline, LVT, VTS (Anesthesia), Anesthesia Technician
• Carmen Waddell, LVT, Anesthesia Technician
• Amy Richardson, LVT, Anesthesia Technician
• Missy Stillinger, LVT, VTS (Anesthesia), Anesthesia Technician
• Valerie Vaught, RT(R)(CT), Supervisor, Diagnostic Imaging and Support Services