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Originally Posted by aproctor  I just talked to my Vet and she said she thought the Dr at Blue Pearl that she sent me to WAS Board Certified....she is going to call them today to verify. Dr Myers did a residency at the U of M and my vet said either BP didn't update their website after she finished OR that she may not have finished or is in the process of finishing her BC residency.
Also, she said if I do decide to go to the U of M that I will most likely see a resident first and go from there.
She also said that if she was in this situation with her own dog she would start with Blue Pearl and that she would trust Dr Myers!
My vet is going to talk to Dr Myers and make sure she is familiar with shunts and liver disease and she said she will ask who will do the ultrasound and if that is where they would start so I am waiting for her to call me back on that. |
Hi Ann,
I am in MN too, welcome to YT, and sorry it is under these circumstances. I just wanted to tell you that I had to take one of my babies to the U of M for a different issue (cardiology), and they do have board certified specialists in most disciplines, and internal medicine for sure.
The way it worked for me is my Vet called them to make the referral, then they (U of M) called me and set up the appointment, I believe it was on a Friday, and I was in to see them on Monday. (You don't have to have a referral, but I believe it gets you in quicker)
I would highly recommend you go there if you can, it is a teaching hospital, but they always have the certified doctors see your baby along with the resident/tech. A resident may see her first, but at the appointment, you will also see a board cert specialist, who is the one who will be in charge of your case. It is a top notch place from my experience, and we felt very comfortable there with the way they handled my furbaby and our situation.
Hope this helps at least in understanding how it works there.
Good luck with your baby and I hope you can get some answers soon!