Bridgeway Veterinary Specialists of Vancouver

My cat, Walter, had to have an FHO surgery. Dr. Mark Smith was amazing. He did such a wonderful job on my boy. The surgery was done beginning of October 2024 and Walter is doing so well since then. Nicole, the RVT was great as well. Thank you so much for helping my boy run around and play like the cat he is! Have a happy New Year 🎊

posted: 12/29/2024

Dr. Jitender (Happy) did so much to keep us informed, investigate, diagnose, and understand our journey with our family pet - Mina (1year old) who had a very unfortunate accident that occurred to her hind left leg four days ago. The contentious efforts in reviewing and exhausting every possible scenario for her initial prognosis was discussed. To then doing his own exam, x-rays and avoiding an unnecessary surgery that would limit Mina immensely and be quite costly. He came up with two plans for Mina for best and worst case scenarios and explained both in detail that were way less invasive in previous diagnosis by other clinics. Honest, compassionate, professional, and genuine from start to finish. Our pets are part of our family, so we’re extremely grateful to the whole team today that helped us. Within two hours of leaving the clinic we received a follow up message checking up on Mina well after business hours. We left with the best case scenario!! Thank you! Joseph & Teresa

posted: 08/15/2024

we have a dog who has been sick with an cyst in his pancreas. we went to a few vets trying to figure out the best option and the risks involved . once we found Dr Smith it was a no brainer. he was amazing , he was kind, explained everything so we could understand, was so caring and we wish we had gone to him from the beginning. so Mark did the surgery and wow, for a surgery that could have gone either way it was amazing. our dog recovered in no time. they understood that our dog was reactive to being touched so no stitches to remove , the work was so professional we didn't even have to put a cone on my dog. the scar , which was huge is invisible now. our dog is back to being his normal self and it's been over a year of this. thank you Mark and your amazing team. Jagger loves his new found life

posted: 11/29/2024

We were referred to Dr Smith by our regular vet at Queensborough Veterinary after discovering that or dog, Rocky, had a 6cm by 8cm tumor in his colon that would have been fatal if left untreated. This was not a simple or routine surgery. Dr Smith was excellent about communicating the risks and possibilities. I would say he has a great balance of being able to "tell it like it is" and not sugar-coat anything while still being sensitive to the emotional side of our experience. He made no promises to us, but made us confident that he would do everything he could. They spent a full day operating on Rocky and the difficult surgery was a great success! They removed the tumor completely. The communication and assistance from the Bridgeway team was above and beyond the whole way through including the days after the surgery. It has been two weeks now and Rocky is 100% back to his normal self. Because of Dr. Smith, the Bridgeway team and Dr. Clark and the Queensborough Vet team, we get a chance at many more great years with our boy and we couldn't be more greatful. Thank you.

posted: 05/03/2024

Mark was AWESOME!! Was very calm and patient with my Daisy Dog making her comfortable with her visit. Was very helpful and honest with the treatment needed and didn’t suggest unnecessary treatment…would recommend him to everyone!!…thanks again Mark!!

posted: 07/24/2024