Louisville Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Services is composed of eight board certified specialists, three residents, two staff veterinarians and over 19 paraprofessionals that allow LVSES to provide specialty veterinary care that is incomparable in quality and service. In order to provide the highest quality of medical care, we believe in an integrated team approach. Our dedication and combined talents, skills, and knowledge allow us to provide the best medical, surgical, and critical care available in veterinary medicine.

We have a high level of expectation in our staff and the service we provide. The LVSES nursing staff are required to receive extensive and specialized training to provide quality care to our animal patients.  At LVSES we have five levels of paraprofessional staff. The first, the Animal Caretaker, provides for the comfort of all our patients, and are able to advance to nursing after undertaking training. The Animal Caretaker is competent at basic patient monitoring, housekeeping, and assisting the doctors and nurses. Level One Nurses are familiar with various tasks performed throughout the hospital. The Level One Nurse is responsible for the basic care of the patients as well as for some fundamental treatments and diagnostic tests ordered by the specialists or interns. Level Two nurses are proficient with tasks performed in the treatment room, radiology, medicine, ward, and laboratory. The Level Two Nurse is trained and able to work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Registered Veterinary Technicians (RVTs), and are licensed and regulated to administer advanced medical services, such as anesthesia, chemotherapy and suturing.   RVTs are supervised by The Veterinary Medical Board, and must complete a rigorous training program in order to obtain their credentials.  The Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) has the highest level of training of all the paraprofessionals at LVSES.  The VTS must first meet all the requirements of a registered veterinary technician (RVT) and must also successfully meet additional  credential requirements and passed a specialty examination in the area of interest.