Our ICU runs 24/7 with continuous monitoring, telemetry, oxygen support, and 1:1 nursing — overseen by board-certified critical care specialists.
Critical care vet in Atlanta, GA: an ICU open every hour, every day.
The sickest patients need the most attentive care.
What Our ICU Offers
- Continuous patient monitoring
- Multi-parameter telemetry
- Oxygen + high flow therapy
- 1:1 nursing care
- Board-certified critical care oversight
Why it matters
ICU care is the difference between stability and survival.
Critically ill patients can deteriorate in minutes. Veterinary critical care isn’t just a fancy room — it’s the combination of advanced monitoring equipment, trained critical care nurses, and the immediate availability of specialists who can intervene the moment a patient’s status changes.
In general practice or after-hours clinics, critical patients often need to be transferred to a 24/7 facility for overnight monitoring. At Dogwood, that handoff doesn’t happen — your pet stays with the same team that admitted them.
Our ICU is integrated directly with our emergency, surgery, and specialty teams. Cases that need surgery in the middle of the night, oncology consultation, or internal medicine workup can move seamlessly between teams without leaving the building.
The Dogwood standard
What sets our ICU apart.
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Board-certified oversight
Our ICU is overseen by a board-certified critical care veterinarian (Diplomate of ACVECC) — a critical care vet who has completed the highest credential in emergency and critical care medicine.
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Continuous monitoring
Multi-parameter telemetry tracks heart rhythm, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, temperature, and respiration in real time. Trends are reviewed continuously, not just at scheduled checks.
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1:1 nursing
The sickest patients get one-on-one nursing — a dedicated technician at the kennel for the entire shift, monitoring vitals, adjusting therapies, and communicating with the doctor.
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Integrated specialty access
Surgery, internal medicine, oncology, anesthesia, radiology, and cardiology are all in the same building. ICU patients can move between specialties without ever being transferred.
Open 24 Hours
Emergency Walk-Ins
DUNWOODYCOMING SOON
Dunwoody, GA
What we use it for
Conditions that require ICU-level care.
Post-operative recovery from major surgery (GDV, splenectomy, foreign body)
Severe trauma cases — hit by car, falls, dog-fight injuries
Toxin and poisoning cases requiring continuous monitoring
Parvo and other infectious diseases (with isolation)
Diabetic ketoacidosis and other endocrine crises
Heart failure, arrhythmias, and respiratory distress
Sepsis and severe infections
Patients on transfusion or oxygen therapy
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.
Open 24/7
Advanced diagnostics in Atlanta, GA — located in Marietta.
If your pet is critically ill, our ICU is ready any hour, any day. Walk in 24/7 or have your primary care veterinarian refer.