Dr. Adam Honeckman is a board certified SPECIALIST, a Diplomate of the American College of…read moreVeterinary Internal Medicine. He performed an ultrasound on one of our companion animals. Many people erroneously believe (us included, in the past) that AVS, aka Affiliated Veterinary Specialists, is the only place where one can have a gastroduodenal endoscopy, colonoscopy, or ultrasound performed on their companion animal.
Unless your veterinarian happens to inform you about Dr. Honeckman, you would have no way of knowing that he even exists. If you wish your companion to have either of those tests, or to see an internal medicine veterinary SPECIALIST, there are indeed, other choices other than AVS, aka Affiliated Veterinary Specialists.
Dr. Honeckman's written report after doing a procedure is akin to what one would see in 'human' medicine. (and I always get copies of all reports for our human family members as well) ...i.e., it is very thorough, extremely detailed, and gives valid reasons for his recommendations. For example, he lists findings, physical examination, assessment, and recommendations in great detail, as one would expect if they themselves were having the same test done, instead of the test being done on their companion animal.
If your primary care veterinarian refers you to AVS for endoscopy or ultrasound, please at least consider calling Dr. Honeckman as an alternative, as he is a board certified specialist, and a Diplomate of the ACVIM. Dr. Honeckman is a mobile vet, and from our experience, very good and very thorough. Granted, there are certain tests like MRI, etc, that can only be performed at AVS, but from past experience, it is our opinion that your companion animal would get much better care /diagnostics from Dr. Honeckman than from the veterinarians at AVS. (particularly some of those in the internal medicine dept., i.e. Marika Laszlo and Susan Randell) And with Dr. Honeckman, you can be assured that the first person that your companion sees is a board certified specialist and not an intern or a DVM.
His business name is: Mobile Veterinary Diagnostics, P.A.
His phone number is : 321-279-3MVD