08/16/2025
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Must Read—Staff cites 33% pay cut directive by to overnight emergency vets as reason for closure of celebrated NYC-area vet hospital whose clients have included Martha Stewart, Chevy Chase, Rob Thomas . There is a huge need for emergency and specialized services in our area,” Katonah Bedford Veterinary Clinic founder Dr. Alan Green told The New York Times in a 2001 profile which ran ahead of its widely anticipated opening. “Westchester is unique in the lack of such services,” he added. 24 years later in 2025, the NYC tri-state area is now saturated with emergency and specialty veterinary hospitals, but Dr. Green’s idea to have board-certified specialists in cardiology, internal medicine, oncology, orthopedic surgery, etc. with primary care under one roof with a 24-hour emergency service remains unique. “I was told I could never incorporate a general practice and specialty/emergency facility under the same roof,” Dr. Green wrote in a 2019 email to TCR. “I’ll never forget what an amazing group of people we assembled to get KBVC off the ground,” he added.
Last weekend, Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center ("KBVC") shut its doors for the first time since the hospital's celebrated founding in 2001. ...