Blue Springs Animal Hospital & Pet Resort - (816) 229-1544

Our Mission at Blue Springs Animal Hospital & Pet Resort is to provide the most caring service possible to our patients or guests, and their human friends, through a team of dedicated professionals. Blue Springs Animal Hospital & Pet Resort in Blue Springs, MO is a full service veterinary hospital that has been serving Blue Springs and the surrounding communities since 1946. Service areas include: Blue Springs, Lees Summit, Independence, Kansas City, Raytown, Oak Grove, Grain Valley, Buckner, Odessa, and surrounding areas. We welcome all new clients as well as second opinions or referrals from other veterinarians. Our American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) accredited services and facilities are designed to provide preventive services as well as advanced medical and surgical treatment. We are committed to providing compassionate and top quality veterinary care throughout the life of your pet. At Blue Springs Pet Resort our Pet Care Services Association (PCSA) facility offers such boarding kennel amenities as themed cabins complete with a bed and TV and a 1000 foot indoor play room and activity center. Our grooming salon features top notch groomers who will groom your dog or cat to look their very best. Blue Springs Pet Resort boarding kennel and grooming salon are a home away from home for your pet.

• Biography:
  Dr. Jerry Carey Dr. Carey has been doctoring Blue Spring's area pets for more than 30 years. After graduating in 1968 from the Veterinary program at the University of Missouri, he started Haymarket Animal Clinic in Blue Springs. In 1986, he purchased Blue Springs Animal Hospital and moved his practice to the 40 Highway location. Dr. Carey resides in Blue Springs with his wife Donn...
  
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  Dr. Joe Rodier Dr. Rodier is a 1982 graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. He has been at the Blue Springs Animal Hospital since 1986. He is especially interested in providing quality patient care through client education. His other passion is providing state of the art surgical care including complex orthopedic corrections. Dr. Rodier is a lon...
  
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  Dr. Nikki Stark, Hospital Administrator Dr. Nikki Stark joined the team at Blue Springs Animal Hospital after graduating from Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. (Go K-State!!) Dr. Stark practiced clinical veterinary medicine for 12 years at Blue Springs Animal Hospital & Pet Resort. After battling a shoulder injury for several years, she turned in her scalpe...
  
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  Dr. Susan Steiner Dr. Susan Steiner joined the staff of Blue Springs Animal Hospital in March 2003. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia. Dr. Steiner grew up on a beef cattle farm in rural Warren County Missouri. She currently lives in Lee's Summit, Missouri with her husband, Nick. Their interests include updating their recently purchased home, photography, and spen...
  
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  Dr. Stuart Ryder Dr. Ryder joined the team at Blue Springs Animal Hospital in June of 2005 after he graduated from Vet School from North Carolina State University. He grew up in Arkansas, and his wife Amanda grew up in Oklahoma, so Blue Springs is much closer to family! Dr. Ryder met his wife when they were attending Oklahoma State University for undergrad. She is a chemist and works wit...
  
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  Dr. Elise Lesko Dr. Lesko grew up in central Illinois and attended Eastern Illinois University, graduating with an undergraduate degree in zoology. She joined the team at Blue Springs Animal Hospital & Pet Resort after graduating from Ross University Veterinary School in early 2006. Although she is a mid-western girl by heart, she has lived in such exotic places as Chicago, southwestern Flo...
  
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  Dr. Rachel Smith Dr. Smith joined Blue Springs Animal Hospital in February of 2007 after spending 7 months working in Emergency Medicine. She grew up in Independence, Missouri and spent many years in Columbia, Missouri obtaining both her undergraduate and DVM degrees from the University of Missouri. Dr. Smith currently resides in Lee????s Summit, Missouri with her husband, Garrett, and her...