SPECIALTY CARE
Emergency & Critical Care
When every moment matters, your pet deserves immediate, compassionate care. KIN’s emergency and critical care team is prepared to assess urgent concerns, stabilize patients, and coordinate the next steps.
Emergency & Critical Care
Urgent expertise.
Compassionate support.
Emergencies can be overwhelming. Our team combines rapid assessment, advanced monitoring, and collaborative specialty care to respond to each patient’s needs.
From initial stabilization through hospitalization and recovery, we keep families informed and care coordinated between the emergency, specialty, and family doctor team.
SERVICES
Emergency care built
around your pet.
We evaluate and treat a wide range of urgent and life-threatening conditions, with recommendations guided by your pet’s condition and diagnostic findings.
Emergency Evaluation
Rapid assessment and prioritization for pets with urgent medical concerns.
Critical Care & Monitoring
Continuous support for patients who require intensive observation and treatment.
Trauma Care
Coordinated evaluation and stabilization following accidents or serious injuries.
Respiratory & Cardiac Emergencies
Immediate support for breathing difficulty, collapse, or cardiovascular instability.
Emergency Diagnostics
Timely laboratory testing and imaging to guide urgent treatment decisions.
When to See an Internist
Know when to seek immediate help.
Seek immediate veterinary care when your pet develops sudden, severe, or rapidly worsening symptoms. If you are unsure, contact our team so we can help determine the safest next step.
Reasons for an emergency consultation:
- Difficulty breathing
- Collapse or loss of consciousness
- Severe bleeding or traumatic injury
- Repeated vomiting, seizures, or extreme pain
- Sudden weakness or significant behavior changes
Get to know your emergency care team
Meet the clinicians who provide urgent and intensive care for KIN patients.
Emily Deutsch DVM
Emergency
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Emily Deutsch DVM
Dr. Deutsch earned her veterinary degree at Colorado State and completed her internship at Dove Lewis in Portland. Her interests include trauma, stabilization, and wound care.
She enjoys cooking, houseplants, reading, Colorado’s outdoors, and time with her cat, Jorah.
Maddie Guzak DVM
Emergency
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Maddie Guzak DVM
Dr. Guzak earned her veterinary degree at Edinburgh and practiced emergency medicine in the US, UK, and Australia. Her interests include trauma, surgery, and wound care.
A Littleton native, she enjoys hiking, climbing, running, and playing banjo.
Victoria Harris DVM
Emergency
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Victoria Harris DVM
Dr. Harris earned her veterinary degree at the University of Florida and brings experience in emergency and urgent care. Her interests include soft tissue surgery and complex trauma.
She enjoys skiing, mountain biking, cooking, and time with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
Lauren Minner DVM
Emergency
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Lauren Minner DVM
Dr. Minner earned her veterinary degree at Texas A&M and interned at VCA Alameda East. A former veterinary technician, she enjoys feline care and wound management.
She enjoys gardening, live music, cooking, and life with three dogs and two cats.
Tracy Sy DVM, MS
Emergency
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Tracy Sy DVM, MS
Dr. Sy earned her veterinary degree at Colorado State and completed rotating and critical care internships at Colorado Animal Specialty and Emergency. Her interests include emergency and wildlife medicine.
She enjoys hiking, climbing, birding, and crocheting.
Iris Schaitkin DVM
Emergency
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Iris Schaitkin DVM
Dr. Schaitkin earned her veterinary degree at Midwestern and completed an internship at Colorado Animal Specialty and Emergency. Her interests include wound management and endocrine emergencies.
She enjoys hiking, camping, and snowboarding, and has a dog and two cats.
Andrew Linklater DVM, DACVECC
Critical Care
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Andrew Linklater DVM, DACVECC
Dr. Linklater earned his veterinary degree at Saskatchewan and completed a critical care residency in Milwaukee. His interests include trauma, transfusions, and speaking at conferences around the world.
He enjoys skiing, curling, cycling, and time with family and his two dogs.
Chap Pratt DVM, DACVECC
Critical Care, Dialysis/ECT
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Chap Pratt DVM, DACVECC
Dr. Pratt earned his veterinary degree at Colorado State University and completed a critical care residency at the UPenn. His interests include sepsis, extracorporeal therapy, blood banking, and mentorship.
He enjoys snowboarding, traveling, and time with his wife, two children, and dog.
Dan Gordon DVM, DACVECC
Critical Care, Dialysis/ECT, Nephrology/Urology
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Dan Gordon DVM, DACVECC
Dr. Gordon earned his veterinary degree at NC State, with advanced training at Ohio State and Wisconsin. His interests include nephrology, urology, and extracorporeal therapies.
He enjoys swimming, golf, camping, and time with his partner, son, and two cats.
Your patient’s care
is a team effort.
Reach out to discuss a case, refer a patient, or connect with our team through Kinnect
Kinnect
- Collaborative case management
- Direct specialist communication
- Streamlined referral process
- Shared commitment to patient outcomes
