Our brand-new Specialty & 24/7 Emergency Hospital

Our 19,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility has been built from the ground-up and is home to our growing team of compassionate specialists, doctors, and support staff. Through the years, we’ve grown from an after-hours emergency hospital into a nationally recognized emergency, critical care, and specialty center. At Avets, we’re with you every step of the way, offering passionate expertise in emergency and specialty care. Our team of board-certified specialists combine their extensive training with Avets’ cutting-edge equipment to address our patients’ advanced surgical, imaging, and medical needs. For over 25 years, we’ve provided specialty and emergency care to Western Pennsylvania and the tri-state area at our Monroeville, PA location. We’re always here for you—24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Avets is proud to call Pittsburgh Home

Adventure is here in the city of Pittsburgh, and Avets can help you find it. Ranked one of the most desirable areas to live in, Pittsburgh offers a little something for everyone. Whether it’s the entertainment and the arts, the outdoor activities, or the great schools and nationally-recognized sports teams – Pittsburgh is the ideal city to live, work, and play. Located in Monroeville, PA, Avets is just a 25-minute drive into the city.

Avets is looking for a boarded or residency-trained Cardiologist to join our amazing team! Our VECCS Level I certified facility has specialists in surgery, internal medicine and critical care along with our 24-hour emergency service. We utilize a true multidisciplinary approach to cases, in order to provide state-of-the-art medicine and compassionate care to pets in our area. Our facility provides access to Karl Storz endoscopy equipment, Philips Affiniti 50 ultrasound with echo capabilities, Toshiba multi-slice CT scanner and open MRI.

Join our team and you’ll enjoy working in a friendly, collaborative environment. Avets has been named a top workplace by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2016 and 2017. We have also been rated a top hospital for employee satisfaction in employment surveys of veterinary specialty and emergency hospitals around the country.

“Pittsburgh has reinvented itself as a medical, educational, and, more recently, growing tech hub… This has allowed for Pittsburgh to crush it in the viral city rankings. WalletHub has ranked the city as its third-best city in America to live, Money Magazine rated it the top city in the Northeast, Glassdoor rated it the top city for job-seekers, SmartAsset labeled it the second-best city for college graduates, and CNBC rated it the second-best city for millennials.” – Business Insider Salaries in Pittsburgh are competitive with other cities, but because the cost of living is 11 percent lower than average, each paycheck can go further!

Foodie? Check out our award-winning restaurants. The city’s award-winning chefs, new restaurant concepts and suppliers have moved the restaurant scene forward with fresh ingredients from locally grown, locally raised goods. In Pittsburgh, farm-to-table is not just a saying, it’s a way of life.” – visitpittsburgh.com

We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package, inclusive of a hospital-wide bonus system.

Avets is part of the NVA Compassion-First network. NVA Compassion-First is a community of more than 80 specialty and emergency hospitals across North America driven by the spirit of collaboration and focused on empowering the advancement of veterinary medicine at the local hospital level. NVA Compassion-First is the trusted partner of hospital teams who are looking for more—more resources to advance their medicine, a greater sense of belonging, and increased opportunities to care for their patients, clients, and people.