Vet College to open satellite specialty animal hospital

The College of Veterinary Medicine has announced it will open Cornell University Veterinary Specialists (CUVS), a satellite referral and 24-hour emergency care animal hospital in Stamford, Conn., early next year. CUVS will be the world's largest and most comprehensive university-affiliated veterinary satellite facility, employing 40 veterinarians and staff to provide services to patients referred by their local veterinarians. It will not engage in general practice. CUVS will be housed in a 20,000-square-foot building, as part of the $3 billion LEED-certified Harbor Point mixed-use urban redevelopment project, which also includes a new Fairway supermarket, 4,000 new luxury apartments, numerous office buildings and the worldwide corporate headquarters for Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Board-certified specialists will offer such high-end treatments and procedures as orthopedic and soft-tissue surgery, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, cardiology and imaging. Additional services will be added over time, in consultation with referring veterinarians.