Our Services
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
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"Knee Surgery" - Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), Cranial Cruciate Ligament (CCL) and Patella Luxation Repair via Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) and Extracapsular Repair (Dr Greco has performed THOUSANDS of these procedures with incredible success)
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Hip surgery: Total hip replacement vs. Femoral head and neck excisions
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Elbow Surgery: Elbow dysplasia, OCD, incongruity
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Angular limb correction
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Limb spare procedure for certain bone tumors
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Tendon repair
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Arthrodesis (joint fusion)
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Fracture repair
SOFT TISSUE SURGERY
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CardioRespiratory : Arytenoid lateralization for laryngeal paralysis, Brachycephalic airway correction, tracheal surgery, Lung lobectomy, surgical treatment of pleural space disease, pericardial window
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GI/hepatobiliary: Gastropexy for GDV or prophylactic, FB removal, Tumor excision, Intestinal biopsies, liver lobectomy/biopsy, cholecystectomy, shunt correction.
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Urinary: surgical treatment for unrinary obstruction, neoplasia,
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Wound repair including skin flaps and grafts
Oncologic (cancer) surgery
TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
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Local steroid/local anesthetic injections
All patients are meticulously monitored under anesthesia by highly skilled and experienced technicians with state of the art monitoring equipment. For patients not ready to go home the same day overnight care is available and provided by HH emergency services. Dr. Kristen Woosley DVM, DACVECC (link) will also be available for higher risk procedures. Pain control is taken very seriously at PVS and all patients will be aggressively treated for pain. In addition to continuous infusions of pain medications and overnight care most patients will also be given a very safe and long acting local anesthetic (Nocita).
About Us
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Personal and Compassionate
Dr. Greco and his staff will ALWAYS take the time to discuss all of the treatment options and their respective pros and cons. Surgery is often times not the only or best solution. -
Highly Specialized
Surgery is all we do! So we make sure we are extremely good at it. -
Extensive Experience
Dr. Greco and his staff have performed thousands of procedures which means optimal results and recovery times. -
Available, Efficient and Low Stress
Able to do most elective surgeries in the comfort and familiarity of your veterinarian's hospital or at our specialty animal hospital in Laguna Hills.
Meet Dr Greco DVM DACVS
Our Founder & Chief Surgeon
Justin J. Greco, DVM, Diplomate, ACVS (Board certified veterinary surgeon),
a native of southern California founded Precision Veterinary Specialists in 2016. His vision is to offer veterinarians and their patients the best university level surgical service possible by an experienced, board certified surgeon, and making the experience as pleasant as possible for the client and the patient. Dr. Greco lives in San Clemente with his wife, two children, his yellow lab Wesley (photo to the right) and his Guinea pig Nacho!
Dr. Greco has been board certified in veterinary surgery since 2007. He is a 2002 Phi Zeta graduate of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Upon graduation, he completed a rotating internship at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. He received his formal surgical training at the Animal Medical Center, in New York City. After completing his surgical residency he went on to become a lecturer in surgery at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine and stayed on as a staff orthopedic surgeon and then adjunct assistant professor for 4 years.
EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
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Owner & founder of Precision Veterinary Specialists
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Board Certified Veterinary Surgeon for over 15 years
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20+ years of surgical experience in academia and private practice
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Visiting Professor/Locum at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
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Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Vet Med (PENN)
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Staff Orthopedic Surgeon & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at PENN
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Asst Professor/Locum at Cornell University and University of Illinois and PENN
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Chief of surgery at multiple large private referral practices in New York, Maryland, and California
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Course instructor for numerous RACE approved continuing education courses and wet labs
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Has lectured extensively on many different surgical topics throughout the US
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Has been actively involved in the instruction and training of hundreds of students, interns, residents and general practitioners in the most advanced surgical principles in the field
Dr. Greco is supported to highly skilled and compassionate support staff. Dr. Kristen Woosley (bio link) a veterinarian board certified in emergency and critical care is also available to assist with higher risk procedures in addition to the wonderful clinicians and staff of Healing Hearts Emergency Animal Hospital.
Testimonials
Dr. Greco has been providing his surgical services in the Southern California area over the past 7 years and has performed thousands of procedures with a much higher success rate and lower complication rate than any published data to date. But don’t just take our word for it:
Our Maverick fell off a fairly large cliff out on Catalina island and broke both of his front legs. He had two very scary fractures, but Dr. Greco did an amazing job at putting our boy back together. Two days after the surgery, Maverick is already trying to walk! Our family won’t go anywhere else with our pets. This team really does have a true passion for their work and animals.
