Veterinary Specialty Center of Delaware

The Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center of Delaware (VSCD) is the only veterinary practice in Delaware providing both 24/7 emergency and intensive care services, as well as specialized care for dogs and cats. The original hospital was founded in 2000 in Newport, Delaware by a group of five practicing veterinary specialty partners and was located just outside Delaware’s metropolitan area of Wilmington for the first nine years of its existence. In 2009, the hospital expanded into a larger building behind the New Castle County Airport in New Castle, Delaware on Churchmans Road and is easily accessible via major tri-state highways such as I-95, Delaware Route 13, and the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Pet parents and their pets are drawn primarily from Delaware, Maryland, Southern New Jersey and Southern Pennsylvania.

Service options have been expanded since the original opening to include weekday and some weekend appointments for Acupuncture, Anesthesia, Cardiology, Diagnostic Imaging including CT, Emergency and Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Physical Rehabilitation with Hydrotherapy and Surgery. As a 24/7 facility, weekend appointments are also held for Ophthalmology, Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation, as well as a busy Emergency/Critical Care Services. In addition, a Radiocat service is available on-site by a private contractor.

Our main hospital in New Castle is located at 290 Churchmans Road in New Castle, Delaware, just behind the New Castle County Airport, where we see specialty appointments and provide state-of-the-art emergency and critical care services.

Our satellite site is located at 1482 East Lebanon Road, Dover, Delaware (site of the Delmarva Animal Emergency Center). Specialists in internal medicine and ophthalmology surgery are available for consultations, rechecks, screenings, and limited diagnostics on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with major procedures

The practice now has three veterinary partners, approximately 33 specialists and staff veterinarians, almost 50 nurses and five management team members.