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The new practice has a Snyder Intensive Care Unit where Broderick can offer aerosol medication and oxygen.

While many businesses are struggling to stay afloat resident Michael Broderick recently celebrated the expansion of his veterinary practice from a small office to a new 3,000 square foot high tech practice complete with a quasi-new building on Litchfield Turnpike. Broderick graduated veterinary school in 1989 and has had his own practice since 1993

Broderick, a long standing member of his town’s Planning and Zoning Commission, said his business was the first building to comply with the new village standards which he, as a member of the TPZ, was part of designing the standards for. And there was no opposition to the development. The Arts and Crafts style building was originally a home built in the 1800s that was first in Bethany and brought to the Woodbridge site in 1918.

Parts of that home have been incorporated into the architecture, especially the upstairs offices which have the original plank floors. Broderick said the new practice is ultra clean, exceptionally modern, complete with digital radiology, which eliminates less radiation and is more accurate. It is a lot like working with an image in Photoshop, a computer program that allows images to be viewed very closely.

The new practice also has a Snyder Intensive Care Unit where Broderick can offer aerosol medication and oxygen. There is also a ‘dirty surgical area where dental cleanings abscesses can be treated. There is also a full surgical suite with the latest monitoring equipment. Broderick can also board clients’ pets and has provided a separate feline area, isolation unit and huge canine kennels complete with a radiant heated floor.

And wanting to decrease the likelihood of a canine escaping, Broderick also enclosed an outside exercise area. Broderick said his areas of medical expertise include internal medicine, dermatology and oncology. He describes his practice as progressive.

“If you want to be cutting edge you can,” he said adding that he regularly attends medical conferences to stay up to date on new advances in veterinary medicine. Broderick said he wanted to have some fun in designing the practice.

One example is the detail in much of the tile work where you can see periodic bold patterns resembling the work of artist Piet Mondrian. Mondrian was a 20th century abstract painter whose most famous compositions are made up of black lines and colored rectangles. Broderick is a firm believer of preventive care, especially in aging animals.

If a senior canine owner wanted to make sure their critter was in good health, wanting to prevent unnecessary hardship on the animal Broderick said he would recommend a geriatric work up that would include a complete blood count, vet screen, urinalysis, T-4 (thyroid), two views of the chest radiograph and ultrasound of the abdomen This he said would run $667 including office visit.

“With this workup you can catch a lot (of problems beforehand),” Broderick said adding that many lesions seen on the ultrasound or radiograph might still be operable in the early stage.

Source: ctbulletin