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February 14, 2024 Surgery

What AMC’s New Surgical Institute Means for Your Pet

With great fanfare, the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center held a “leash cutting” ceremony to mark the grand opening of the Denise and Michael Kellen Institute for Surgical Care. The press release describes...

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  • Pets and Family Responsible Pet Ownership
    A dog next to a vacuum cleaner
    May 16, 2018

    Housekeeping Tips to Prevent Fleas and Ticks

    Summer is officially here, and everyone is looking forward to the next few months of outdoor activities. For those of us with furry family members, summer is the time of ...

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  • Blog Misc Pet Safety Pets and Family Traveling with Pets
    A dog wearing sunglasses in a suitcase
    May 09, 2018

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Summertime Travel Tips for Pets

    Pet travel has been all over the news these past months from the changes in service animal travel regulations to the errant shipping of pets to destinations other than their ...

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  • Cats Dogs Everyday Medicine Pet Safety Responsible Pet Ownership
    cat drinking water
    May 02, 2018

    Is Your Pet’s Water Bowl Half Empty? Disorders of Water Drinking

    A common reason pet families bring their pets to the veterinarians at the Animal Medical Center is an increase in water consumption, or polydipsia in doctor speak. If the pet ...

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  • Avian and Exotics Surgery
    Two mini pigs
    April 25, 2018

    Do I need to have my mini pig spayed? Or my bird? Or my rabbit?

    Spaying, or ovariohysterectomy, is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in dogs and cats. On my April 6th SiriusXM Stars Channel 109 show, “Ask the Vet,” I was ...

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  • Dermatology Dogs Internal Medicine
    A dog chews on itself
    April 18, 2018

    Doc, My Dog Has a Rash

    Last month, Nationwide Pet Insurance announced the top pet insurance claims for the 650,000 pets they insure. The top four are skin issues. Number one and four are both skin diseases. ...

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  • Blog Misc
    Ann hohenhaus and carly fox in the Sirius XM studios
    April 11, 2018

    Q&A on SiriusXM Radio

    Last week was somewhat of a personal record for me. I appeared on three different radio programs on SiriusXM in a single week. On Tuesday with my good friend Dr. ...

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About the author

Dr. Ann Hohenhaus is a third-generation veterinarian, double board-certified in Oncology and Small Animal Internal Medicine. As AMC’s Director of Pet Health Information, she writes AMC’s weekly blog, hosts a monthly “Ask the Vet” podcast, and regularly speaks to national news media about animal health. In addition, she has contributed widely to research articles and textbooks, lectures internationally, and has won prestigious awards for her work in both veterinary medicine and journalism. In 2021, she joined the influential World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Oncology Working Group, which she currently chairs.

Dr. Ann Hohenhaus of the Animal Medical Center in New York City