Peter Vogel, VMD, DACVS

Peter Vogel, VMD, DACVS graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1990. He completed a Small Animal Surgical internship at the California Animal Hospital and a Small Animal Surgical residency at the University of California, Davis. Practicing in Southern California for over 32 years, Dr. Vogel has been the co-medical director, and founder/senior partner of hospitals located in Fountain Valley, CA and Irvine, CA. And currently, the founder of the “Veterinarian owned, Pet approved,” Animal Orthopedic Center located in Anaheim, CA. Dr. Vogel is the past President of the Southern California Veterinary Medical Association and was a Governor for the California Veterinary Medical Association, representing Los Angeles and Orange County, CA. He also is a recipient of the Dan Mahan Award for Excellence in Veterinary Medicine.
As a board-certified veterinary surgeon, and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Dr. Vogel has almost 35 years of experience in clinical practice, as well as teaching veterinary students and training interns and residents.
Why Choose Animal Orthopedic Center
Our surgeons are board certified, and all our nursing staff are RVT’s. Our ORs are designed for orthopedic surgery, and only orthopedic surgery with infection risk reduction a guiding principle.
  • Positive pressure prevents outside untreated air from entering the OR
  • Laminar flow to prevent turbulent air which can cause contamination of sterile areas UV disinfection of incoming air
  • Disinfected between each surgery
  • Weekly fogging
  • Heated tables and warmed air blankets to prevent hypothermia
  • Same sterilization protocols as at human hospitals (double pouching, sterilization indicators inside packs, double wraps, daily autoclave verification tests)
  • Spacious ORs with superior, shadowless LED surgical lighting
Our anesthesia equipment is superior for patient safety.
  • Latest monitors, including capnography, doppler and oscillometric blood pressure, Pulse Oxygen, ECG, core body temperature monitoring
  • Cart based anesthesia, so the equipment and monitors travel with the patient, no disconnecting and interrupting anesthesia during transport
  • Fluid line warmers to prevent hypothermia

Our anesthesia procedures are the most up to date.
  • Only highly experienced RVT’s monitoring anesthesia
  • Multi-modal anesthesia, including CRI’s to minimize anesthetic risk
Our pain management protocols are at the highest levels.
  • We use class II narcotics with most surgery (hydromorphone, Fentanyl, hydrocodone) instead of the more common, less effective class III

  • All patients receive Nocita, which provides 72 hours of complete local analgesia

  • Most patients receive NSAIDs with surgery, which decrease inflammation and pain
No infectious disease or sick patients.
  • All of our procedures are only performed on healthy animals
  • We do not house infectious or sick patients in our facility
  • Our ORs are not used for surgeries where contamination occurs
  • All patients receive a new, sterile endotracheal tube with general anesthesia. We do not reuse tubes between patients
Unlike other practices, we designed & built our facility specifically for orthopedics to minimize the risk of complications.
Animal Orthopedic Center446 N Lakeview AveAnaheim, CA 92807
714-701-6720 Tel 714-701-6830 Fax
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