Description
ECC - Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Join a Team of Six Criticalists. Help Build What's Next.
Dogwood Veterinary Specialty and Emergency is growing, and we are looking for a
board-certified or residency-trained Criticalist to join an established critical care team that believes exceptional ICU medicine is built through collaboration.
Dogwood has six ECC doctors on staff, creating an environment where criticalists can collaborate with criticalists, discuss challenging cases, share knowledge, support one another, and continue pushing the standard of care forward.
Critical Care Is Our Foundation
Critical care has been part of Dogwood's foundation from the beginning. It influences how our hospital is designed, how our teams collaborate, and how we approach the most complex patients.
You'll practice alongside:
- Six ECC doctors
- Eight emergency doctors, including a Certified Palliative Care DVM
- Three surgeons
- Two neurologists
- A cardiologist
- An oncologist
- A dedicated anesthesiologist
- Internal Medicine support every weekday
- A collaborative team of board-certified and residency-trained specialists
Our advanced capabilities include:
- Dialysis and renal replacement therapy
- Mechanical ventilation and advanced respiratory support
- Advanced hemodynamic and ICU monitoring
- Transfusion medicine with in-house blood bank
- CT, MRI, ultrasound, and digital radiology
- Advanced surgical and interventional capabilities
Practice With Criticalists, Not Just Around Them
One of the most important things we can offer a Criticalist is other Criticalists.
Having six ECC doctors within Dogwood means access to colleagues who understand the complexity of your cases, the decisions you make, and the demands of ICU medicine.
Whether your interests include mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal therapies, sepsis, trauma, transfusion medicine, renal replacement therapy, advanced monitoring, or another area of critical care, we want to give you the resources and support to pursue them.
At Dogwood, you'll work directly with Surgery, Neurology, Cardiology, Oncology, Internal Medicine, Anesthesia, Emergency, and other specialty services to provide comprehensive care for critically ill patients.
That means collaboration with specialists when needed, advanced diagnostics, and a team that believes the best outcomes come from working together.
What Makes Dogwood Different?
Veterinary-Led Medical Leadership
Our medical leadership comes directly from practicing specialists. Kevin Kirchofer, DVM, MS, DACVECC, and Peter Czajkowski, DVM, DACVS-SA, serve as Dogwood's Medical Directors while continuing to practice alongside our team.
They understand firsthand the challenges, responsibilities, and rewards of specialty and critical care medicine. This creates a culture centered on clinical autonomy, collaboration, mutual respect, and supporting exceptional medicine while building a healthy, sustainable workplace.
A Strong, Well-Trained Support Team
Dogwood invests in the staff supporting our doctors. Our RVTs and technician assistants receive structured, Dogwood-specific training designed around the needs of a specialty and emergency hospital, helping build a knowledgeable, capable team prepared to support advanced patient care.
Culture and Respect
Practice at a hospital where you are part of the team, your voice matters, and your expertise is respected. We believe exceptional medicine and a healthy workplace go hand in hand.
Competitive Compensation, Benefits, Who We're Looking For & Why Dunwoody / Atlanta
We believe your employment agreement should be straightforward and designed to support your long-term career.
- Competitive ProSal compensation with no negative accrual
- No non-compete
- $5,000 annual CE allowance
- 4 additional CE PTO days
- 120 hours PTO
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) with company match
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Licensing, professional dues, and DEA fees covered
Who We're Looking For
We're looking for a collaborative, medicine-forward DACVECC or residency-trained Criticalist who wants to practice in a collaborative environment.
Someone who:
- Believes exceptional ICU care requires a team of staff
- Enjoys managing complex and challenging cases
- Values collaboration with other criticalists and specialists
- Enjoys teaching and mentoring
- Wants the autonomy and resources to pursue individual clinical interests
- Values a culture of respect, learning, and clinical excellence
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who wants to be part of a team.
Why Dunwoody / Atlanta?
Dunwoody offers the best of both worlds: a highly desirable suburban community with easy access to everything Atlanta has to offer.
Atlanta provides a vibrant food, music, arts, and cultural scene, excellent public and private schools, and one of the world's most connected international airports—making conferences, family visits, and travel remarkably easy.
It's also a rapidly growing metropolitan area with an expanding veterinary community and an increasing need for advanced specialty and emergency care.
Come Build What's Next With Us
If you're looking for your next Criticalist position, we think it is important to join an ICU and join a critical care team.
At Dogwood, you'll have both.
We'd love to start a conversation.
Dr. Agda Tamassia
agda@dogwood.vet