Surgery
Our team approach, where we integrate a comprehensive treatment plan with a wide range of specialty area, means that patients will receive thorough, high-quality care. While the surgical team members take pride in their technical competence, our surgeons also believe that communication and compassion are important aspects to excellent care. Our five-member surgical team is committed to offering cutting-edge orthopedic procedures such as cementless total hip replacements, tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO), tibial tuberosity advancement, arthroscopy, and circular ring fixation. Consultation times are available in the morning, afternoon, and weekends. One surgeon is always on-call for surgical emergencies. Find out how to make an appointment.
Surgery Brochures (printable) |
Surgical SpecialistsJoshua Jackson, DVM, DACVS
Dr. Jackson served as a clinical instructor in orthopedics while at the University of California, Davis and gained experience in all aspects of veterinary orthopedics. His interests in soft tissue surgery include thoracic and abdominal procedures, such as oncologic/portal-systemic shunts and microvascular surgery. While at UC Davis, Dr. Jackson worked on several research projects with the comparative tissue transplantation laboratory. He also performed renal transplantation on clinical patients at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Led by Dr. Jackson, companion animal transplantation facility has been launched at Veterinary Specialty Hospital. Dr. Jackson has authored scientific articles on thoracoscopy, liver shunt surgery and stifle surgery. Recently, the doctor co-authored a textbook chapter on osteochondrosis.
Dr. Jackson is a graduate of Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery here at the Veterinary Specialty Hospital in Rancho Santa Fe. Following his internship, Dr. Jackson completed his residency in small animal surgery at the University of California, Davis. Fred Pike, DVM, DACVS
A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Dr. Fred Pike has undergone broad training leading to clinical interests in both orthopedic and soft tissue surgery. His special interests include trauma surgery and surgery of critically-ill patients. His soft tissue interests include reconstructive surgery and surgical management of diseases of the extrahepatic biliary system. Dr. Pike is trained in both the Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) and the Tibial Tuberosity Advancement (TTA) for the surgical management of cruciate disease. He has an avid interest in arthroscopy, total hip replacement and diseases of the immature skeleton. He is a member of the Veterinary Orthopedic Society (VOS) and the Society of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery (SVSTS). Dr. Pike is a graduate of the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada (1996). Following completion of his DVM degree, Dr. Pike was an associate in a small animal practice in Portland, Oregon. Following two years of general practice, Dr. Pike completed internships in medicine and surgery at the Veterinary Medical and Surgical Group, Ventura, California (1999) and anesthesia and critical care at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts (2000). Dr. Pike completed his residency in small animal surgery at the combined Tufts University/Angell Memorial Animal Hospital program in Boston, Massachusetts (2003) and became board-certified in 2004.
Sean Aiken, DVM, MS, DACVS
A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Dr. Sean Aiken served as staff surgeon at The Animal Medical Center (AMC) in New York City, an internationally distinguished veterinary teaching hospital, from 1995 to 2005. As an enthusiastic advocate in the advancement of veterinary medicine for the benefit of patients and their families, he was voted Teacher of the Year. He also acted as Associate Director of the Bobst Hospital of The Animal Medical Center for three years. While on staff at AMC, Dr. Aiken served as a Visiting Investigator at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, collaborating on several investigations with the orthopedic service. He is an author on more than 15 published scientific articles and book chapters. Dr. Sean Aiken, a native Californian, is a graduate of the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (1988). He completed his internship and small animal surgical residency at Purdue University in 1992, becoming board certified by the ACVS in 1995. An invited national and international lecturer, Dr. Aiken’s areas of special interest include surgical oncology and reconstruction, arthroscopy, joint replacement, minimally invasive fracture repair and TPLO surgeries. Dr. Aiken has served as a Wildlife Conservation Associate for the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Bronx Zoo. He is currently a reviewer for several veterinary journals. |
As surgical technology and techniques continue to advance, the surgical specialist has taken on an increasing role in advanced treatment. At Veterinary Specialty Hospital, the surgical service has recently added two board-certified surgeons to its staff of five surgeons and doubled the number of operating rooms.
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