Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Puerto is currently the Chief of Surgery at CARES (Center for Animal Referral and Emergency Services) and also owner/surgeon of Healing Hands Veterinary Surgery, LLC. He offers mobile surgery services at our hospital. He travels with two certified technicians and provides state of the art surgery and pain management in the familiar and comfortable environment of our hospital. He performs soft tissue surgeries and orthopedic surgery. He provides regional anesthesia with epidurals or nerve blocks when applicable for a pain-free recovery. Dr. Puerto received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, his DVM from Cornell University, and completed his residency in small animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.