Specialty veterinary medicine depends on having the right tools immediately at hand. Dogwood’s hospital is built with the diagnostic imaging, laboratory, critical care monitoring, respiratory support, and advanced therapeutics that complex cases require — and they’re all available, 24/7, in one building.
Advanced veterinary diagnostics and therapies in Atlanta, GA.
Every tool the most complex cases need — all under one roof in Marietta.
All In One Hospital
- CT, ultrasound & digital radiography
- 24/7 in-house laboratory & coagulation
- ICU, telemetry & surgical suites
- High-flow oxygen & mechanical ventilation
- Blood bank, dialysis & pain management
- Board-certified anesthesiologist on staff
Why capabilities matter
What separates a specialty hospital from a general practice.
It’s the depth of capability available the moment a patient needs it — not three days from now, not at another building.
Most veterinary clinics handle most cases very well. But when a case becomes complex — trauma, sepsis, multi-organ disease, advanced surgery, critical anesthesia — outcomes depend on what tools are in the building when the patient arrives. CT imaging within minutes of admission. A blood transfusion before circulation collapses. Mechanical ventilation when oxygen alone isn’t enough. Dialysis for acute kidney injury that would otherwise be fatal. Dogwood is built so that every one of these capabilities is in the same hospital, 24/7, and integrated with the specialty teams who use them.
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Advanced diagnostic & therapeutic capabilities
In-house
CT, ultrasound & 24/7 lab
24/7
Emergency & critical care access
Integrated
Every specialty service uses the same toolkit
Diagnostic imaging & laboratory
Seeing inside the patient — and the bloodwork to back it up.
Most specialty cases begin with a diagnostic question. Answering it reliably requires cross-sectional imaging, real-time ultrasound, and a laboratory that turns around results in minutes, not days.
CT Scan
Cross-sectional imaging on-site for trauma, neurology, surgical planning, and advanced workups — same-day reads.
Ultrasound
Bedside abdominal and thoracic ultrasound, plus ultrasound-guided sampling of internal organs for ER, ICU, internal medicine, and oncology.
24/7 In-House Laboratory
Complete blood count, chemistry, coagulation, urinalysis, blood typing, and bedside diagnostics — results in minutes, around the clock.
Thromboelastography
Real-time clotting analysis — few Atlanta hospitals offer it. Guides transfusion decisions and detects subtle coagulopathies.
Critical care, monitoring & surgery support
Around-the-clock care for the sickest patients.
Critical care isn’t a place. It’s a combination of trained people, continuous monitoring, and a space designed to keep unstable patients stable. Dogwood’s hospital is built around that idea.
24/7 ICU
Continuous monitoring, telemetry, and 1:1 nursing under board-certified critical care oversight — the hospital’s heart for the sickest patients.
Telemetry Monitoring
Continuous ECG, blood pressure, and SpO₂ tracking for cardiac, post-anesthesia, and critical patients — the smallest change caught immediately.
Surgical Suites
Modern operating rooms with cutting-edge anesthesia monitoring equipment, supported by a board-certified anesthesiologist — the only one in the Atlanta area.
Isolation Ward
Dedicated isolation space and protocols for contagious cases (parvo, panleukopenia, leptospirosis) — protecting both the affected patient and the rest of the hospital.
Respiratory support
Breathing support, from gentle to advanced.
Some patients arrive struggling to breathe. Others develop respiratory distress in the hospital. Having the full range of respiratory support immediately available is one of the things that distinguishes a specialty hospital.
Oxygen Therapy
Oxygen cages and supplemental oxygen for any patient whose oxygen saturation needs support — standard for many ICU patients.
High Flow Oxygen Therapy
Non-invasive respiratory support that delivers heated, humidified oxygen at much higher flow rates than standard oxygen — helping severely affected patients without ventilation.
Mechanical Ventilation
Advanced respiratory support when oxygen alone isn’t enough — for severe pneumonia, ARDS, certain neurologic patients, and select toxin exposures.
Therapeutic capabilities
Advanced therapies that change outcomes.
Some of the capabilities listed below have only recently become available in veterinary medicine. Several — like dialysis — are offered at very few veterinary clinics in the region.
Blood Bank & Transfusion
On-site whole blood, packed cells, and plasma — available 24/7 for trauma, IMHA, hemoabdomen, and any patient with critical blood loss.
Dialysis
The only clinic in Atlanta offering dialysis — for acute kidney injury, severe toxicity, and select autoimmune cases that need rapid clearance from the bloodstream.
Multimodal Pain Management
Local blocks, CRI infusions, and non-opioid options for real comfort. Comfortable patients eat sooner, move sooner, and heal faster.
Capabilities FAQ
What pet families and referring vets ask us most.
A service is a specialty area — emergency, surgery, oncology, internal medicine. A capability is a specific tool or technology that supports those services — a CT scanner, a 24/7 in-house lab, dialysis, mechanical ventilation. Capabilities are the “what’s in the building” that lets each service line do its work.
Yes. Primary care veterinarians can refer patients for any specific capability — a CT scan, an ultrasound-guided biopsy, an echocardiogram, an endoscopy, dialysis. We coordinate directly with your veterinarian, share records and imaging, and return the patient to their primary care team.
Most of our critical care and diagnostic capabilities — the in-house laboratory, CT, ultrasound, ICU, blood bank, oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation, and ER imaging — are available 24/7. Some advanced therapeutic capabilities like dialysis are scheduled but available urgently when a case requires it.
That’s the point of building a specialty hospital with everything under one roof. A trauma case might need CT imaging, then surgical repair with multi-parameter anesthesia monitoring, then ICU recovery with telemetry — all in the same building, on the same record, without transfer between facilities.
Yes. Dogwood is the only clinic in the Atlanta area with a board-certified veterinary anesthesiologist on staff — supporting every advanced diagnostic and surgical procedure that requires anesthesia.
Service area
Proudly serving the Atlanta metro, and welcoming families from beyond.
Dogwood is located in Marietta, GA — a short drive from anywhere in the Atlanta metro. Most of our patients come from the surrounding cities, but pets and families travel from much farther for the right specialty care, and we welcome them all.
- Atlanta, GA
- Buckhead, GA
- Johns Creek, GA
- Marietta, GA
- Sandy Springs, GA
- Roswell, GA
- Alpharetta, GA
Coming from out of town? We routinely care for pets traveling from across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and beyond — whenever the right specialty care is worth the drive. We’ll coordinate with your primary veterinarian, share records before arrival, and help make the visit as smooth as possible. If you’re thinking about coming to Dogwood, please reach out — we’d be glad to hear from you.
All in one hospital
The toolkit your pet needs, all in Marietta.
Whether your pet needs advanced imaging, around-the-clock monitoring, or a therapy that’s only available at a specialty hospital — our team is ready 24/7. Call us anytime or contact us to schedule a referral consult.