About Us

RIVERSIDE DRIVE ANIMAL CARE CENTER is a full-service veterinary medical facility, located in DUBLIN, OH . The professional and courteous staff at RIVERSIDE DRIVE ANIMAL CARE CENTER seeks to provide the best possible medical care, surgical care and dental care for their highly-valued patients.

We are committed to promoting responsible pet ownership, preventative health care and health-related educational opportunities for our clients. RIVERSIDE DRIVE ANIMAL CARE CENTER strives to offer excellence in veterinary care to DUBLIN, OH and surrounding areas.

Please take a moment to contact us today, to learn more about our veterinary practice and to find out more information about how RIVERSIDE DRIVE ANIMAL CARE CENTER can serve the needs of you and your cherished pet.

           

            RACC NEWS

*Julie, your smile will forever stay in our memories, and you will forever stay in our hearts* -Love Always
  
Please join us on Wednesday, March 7 for our first Community Lecture Series of 2012, Puppy Training/Behavior presented by one of our technicians, Courtney Kindler.  Courtney has been a technician at Riverside Drive Animal Care Center for 4 years.  She graduated from CSCC with an Animal Health Technology degree in 2006.  In 2010 Courtney finished an intensive 3 week training course at National K-9 Training School.  She offers puppy socialization classes at the clinic, as well as in-home visits for training.  She is a board member of Team Greyhound Adoption of Ohio and fosters greyhounds to find their forever homes.
Dinner will be catered by Olive Garden at 6:30 with the presentation starting at 7pm.

                 CONGRATULATIONS, GRACIE!
           We would like to congratulate Gracie for finishing her last treatment of chemotherapy on 11/2/11, after 6 months of treatments.   We are very happy for her and her family and want to wish them the best of luck.  We love you, Gracie!             


          LAST CHANCE FOR 2012 PET CALENDARS!
We still have about a dozen 2012 Riverside Animal Care Center Pet Calendars for sale! The calendars would make great gifts for those January birthdays for family and friends, or belated holiday presents! The calendars are being sold for $14 each, with all proceeds being donated to help provide veterinary care for stray or abandoned animals. All the photos featured in the calendar were submitted by our own clients, friends and family of their pets. So stop by anytime and check out the cute (and maybe familiar) faces in the calendar, and consider donating to our fundraiser!  
                       
                 MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR
                         UPCOMING RACC EVENTS: 

                  2012 Calendar of Events coming soon! 
                                            
       
            PLEASE WELCOME JUSTIN KIRCHHOFER, VMD
Dr. Justin Kirchhofer (known as "Dr. K") graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1999. He grew up in Westerville and attended the College of Wooster. He currently resides in Granville, where he practiced small animal medicine from 1999 until 2011, upon joining RACC. 

Dr. Kirchhofer's professional interests include all aspects of veterinary medicine with a particular interest in feline medicine, as well as the veterinarian-client-patient bond. Welcome Aboard, Dr. K!  
 
                      
ANNOUNCEMENTS:


RACC TEAMS WITH FRANKLIN CO. DOG SHELTER! ADOPT A PET, GET A FREE EXAM VISIT!
 
Riverside Animal Care Center is teaming up with Franklin Co. Dog Shelter in hopes to increase pet adoptions! We are offering a special promotion throughout the year.  When you adopt a new pet from Franklin Co. Dog Shelter your pet's first exam with us is FREE! Simply bring in copies of the shelter's records at the time of your appointment, and enjoy a FREE exam on us! 

INTRODUCING LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES and STEM CELL INJECTIONS!
The doctors and staff at Riverside Animal Care Center continually strive to provide the highest quality medicine and surgery as well as offering new techniques & advancements to benefit the patients and clients of our hospital.  We are now offering 2 new services:  minimally invasive surgery and diagnostics using a laparoscope and stem cell injections. 

Laparoscopy consists of a 5 mm telescope (camera) that is attached to a videoprocessor and LCD screen.  This allows a clear and magnified image of internal organs while only using a very small incision, approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch.  Laparcoscopy allows visualization of internal organs for diagnostic purposes.  We are also able to perform ovariectomies and ovariohysterectomies (spay) with the laparoscope.  The advantage of minimally invasive surgery is decreased healing time post operatively, as well as less pain and discomfort when compared to conventional surgery.

The second exciting service we are offering is a great breakthrough in regenerative medicine.  We are able to administer stem cell injections into arthritic degenerative joints which enables the joint to heal and rebuild normal tissue.  The stem cells are adult stem cells that are found in fat.  A small sample of fat is collected from the patient and sent by overnight shipping to San Diego, California.  The stem cells are isolated, then shipped back to us and within 48 hours we are able to inject these cells into the patient's arthritic joint.  This procedure has shown to provide a positive response in majority of patients with effects seen within the first month of injection.

Please ask your doctor or staff member for more information about these new exciting advancements.

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