Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center

Our Mission is to enhance the human-animal bond by providing our community of referring veterinarians and pet owners with exceptional specialty and emergency care. In 1994, Dr. Robert J. Orsher opened the doors to the Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center (VSEC), a 24-hour multi-specialty referral and emergency small animal hospital in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His goal for this veterinary specialty hospital was to bring board-certified specialists from multiple disciplines under one roof to practice as a cohesive team. Veterinary specialists in; anesthesia, cardiology, clinical pathology, dentistry & oral surgery, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, emergency & critical care, holistic medicine & acupuncture, internal medicine, neurology/neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, surgery and radiation oncology have joined together to actualize Dr. Orsher's vision. VSEC offers leading-edge medicine while working closely with pet owners and their referring veterinarians to ensure the highest level of communication and care. VSEC operates out of our state-of-the-art facility in Levittown, PA. The hospital features several amenities, including a linear accelerator to provide radiation therapy for cancer patients and a special room to administer radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroid cats, along with a CT scanner, MRI scanner, dedicated ICU, separate canine and feline wards and a presentation room for continuing education lectures. In February 2013, VSEC opened its second location, VSEC Philadelphia at 1114 South Front Street in Philadelphia. This hospital brings our state-of-the-art, personalized specialty veterinary medicine to the Philadelphia, South Jersey and Northern Delaware communities. These two new hospitals will help VSEC carry out its mission. In 2016 VSEC joined the BluePearl Veterinary Partners Network, a MARS Petcare brand.