Our History

VSOS was founded with a clear vision: to provide pets with access to world-class specialist and emergency veterinary care, delivered with genuine compassion. What began as a mobile surgical service has since grown into one of Australia’s leading multidisciplinary referral hospitals. Built on a foundation of clinical excellence and heartfelt care, VSOS has expanded to offer a full range of specialist services — including surgery, internal medicine, emergency and critical care, neurology, cardiology, ophthalmology, diagnostic imaging, and rehabilitation. From the beginning, our purpose has remained the same: to be there when pets and their families need us most, offering hope, expertise, and unwavering support.

Our philosophy

At VSOS, being at the cutting edge of medicine isn’t a logo we like to throw around. It’s part of our very core as specialists, both in our mobile services and our new animal hospital services.

Some of this comes from having trained globally, in some of the most renowned veterinary institutions around the world. But mostly it comes from our specialists’ deep commitment to being leaders in our fields.

Compassionate, ethical, reliable

Our values are simple: operate with compassion, integrity, reliability and honesty. These are at the very core of VSOS, and every member of our team is deeply committed to these values.

We are all animal lovers first and foremost, and we understand the deep love and commitment pet owners have with their animals. You want to see them happy, healthy and thriving, not suffering from a complicated illness.

And as vets, we also understand the commitment referring vets have for your patients. You want to bring in specialist care, but keep it affordable. And you want to work with specialists in partnership, not as a separate entity.

At VSOS, our priority is pet wellbeing, comfort and restoring quality of life through our specialist expertise.

But we are also equally committed to building partnerships with vets and working with you before and after our specialist surgical or medical services. Always offering the best quality of care to your patients.

Advanced Treatment Centre

Our hospital was built as an advanced treatment centre, equipped with cutting-edge technology and a dedicated 24-hour emergency service to provide critical care whenever animals need it most. We continue to offer mobile specialist services to support referring vets across Sydney, ensuring pets receive expert care both in our facility and within their local clinics.

And that vision has come to life. In June 2020, VSOS’s brand-new, purpose-built animal hospital opened its doors to offer specialist medical, surgical and mobile services to all pets, their owners and referring vets.

Our hospital is located in the Sutherland Shire and provides world-class, innovative veterinary care to all household animals in need.

Pet owners with a sick animal can bring their pet to the new hospital, if there is an emergency. And vets can refer their patient to VSOS’s specialist team, either at the hospital or through our mobile service. Pet owners can contact us at VSOS if their pet needs specialist care and they’d like to have us consult with their local vet.

Patient stories

“Karina, and all of the vet nurses and vet specialists at VSOS, have such incredible empathy."
On the hardest day of Jimmy Barnes' life, the VSOS team was there.

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