Health Clinic Fall 2011

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10435 Sorrento Valley Road- Third Floor Veterinary Specialty Hospital

I-805 North From Downtown

Exit Sorrento Valley Road. Take the first right onto Vista Sorrento Parkway. Take the first right onto Sorrento Valley Road. The building is located (0.6 miles) on the right.

I-5 North From Downtown

Exit Sorrento Valley Road. Take the first left onto Roselle Street. Take the first right onto Sorrento Valley Blvd.. Take the first right onto Sorrento Valley Road. The building is located (0.6 miles) on the left.

I-5 South From North County

Stay in the left lanes and transition onto I-805 South. Exit Sorrento Valley Road and make a right. The building is located (0.5 miles) on the right.

I-15 From Poway

Take the 56 West to the I-5 South. Merge into the far right lane and transition onto the I-805 South. Exit Sorrento Valley Road and make a right. The building is located (0.5 miles) on the right.

Fall Health Clinic 2011

Health Clinic Brochure

9:00am-1:00pm Sunday, September 11, 2011

Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego
10435 Sorrento Valley Road
San Diego, CA 92121

EXAMS: Heart Ascultation – Dr. Joao Orvalho, Board Certified
Download the Cardio Form

CERF Eye Clinic – Dr. Anthony Basher, Board Certified

INFORMATION: For directions or other details, email:

cavalierclubofsandiego@yahoo.com

About our Doctors:

Dr.Joao Orvalho DVM, Dipl. ACVIM (Cardiology)

A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology), Dr. Orvalho is a graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lisbon, Portugal. He completed a rotating small animal medicine and surgery internship at The Ohio State University, and a residency in veterinary cardiology at the University of California, Davis.

After completing his residency, Dr. Orvalho joined the faculty of the UC Veterinary Medical Center - San Diego as a specialist in clinical cardiology. Dr. Orvalho’s expertise includes non-invasive techniques such as echocardiography, electrocardiography, and cardiac angiography.

He is especially interested in interventional cardiology, including pacemaker implantation, balloon valvuloplasty, and patent ductus arteriosus occlusion. His research has been focused on pulmonary hypertension as well as medical and surgical therapies that improve the quality of life of patients with heart disease.

Dr. Tony Basher is the only practicing veterinarian who is a Diplomate of both the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is also a Diplomate of the Small Animal Surgery (soft tissue) in the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Dr. Basher has special interest in soft tissue surgery with emphasis in ophthalmic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and head and neck surgery. He is skilled in soft tissue procedures, microsurgical techniques and cryosurgery. In addition to managing medical and surgical eye diseases, Dr. Basher provides eye certification examinations (CERF) for dogs.

Dr. Basher graduated with distinction from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 1981. He completed an internship at the University of Pennsylvania, and a three-year surgical residency with a Masters degree at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. For several years, Dr. Basher was a tenured professor of surgery at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. Basher has authored numerous scientific articles, reviews, and book chapters in surgery and ophthalmology. He maintains a research interest in wound healing. Dr. Basher is a reviewer for the journal of Veterinary Surgery, serves on committees for the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and speaks at international, national and local meetings.