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Wellness care to surgery and specialty services for puppies, kittens, adult dogs, cats, and seniors! Great care with plenty of savings opportunities! Great care, modern facility, and advanced procedures including imaging, surgery, orthopedics, and more! Essex Middle River Veterinary Center is a complete animal care clinic, and dog and cat hospital, located just outside of Baltimore, Maryland.

We have provided professional, high quality care to Baltimore's communities for nearly 70 years. Proudly serving the Baltimore communities of Essex and Middle River from our convenient location on Eastern Boulevard.
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Essex Middle River Veterinary Center, also known as EMRVC, has provided animal care to Baltimore, Maryland since 1950, nearly 70 years! Conveniently located between Essex and Middle River, our clients come from all across the Baltimore region for our wellness, preventive, and surgical care for cats and dogs.
Our veterinarians, technicians, and staff are available during business hours only to help you get your pet the medical attention it needs. We can accommodate same-day appointments in a lot of cases, depending on the urgency of the situation. Depending on the severity of your pet's condition, we may recommend that you transfer to and emergency specialist for continued critical care and supervision.
Get the convenience of pet food delivered directly to your home with Purina Pro PlanVet Direct. Request prescription refills to be delivered straight to your door or for fast pick-up at the practice. Save time when you arrive for your first appointment by completing our new client registration form prior to your first visit.
We will continue curbside for all other services. This allows us the ability to practice social distancing, while keeping the staff and clients safe during the early days of easing restrictions. When you call to schedule your pet's exam, you will have the option of a limited-contact curbside appointment or to enter the building for an inside exam.
Reviews (10)
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Jose Santiago
Jun 20, 2022
This place has given my dog great care for 9 years. From the free puppy play class they offered to them fitting me on their very busy schedule to get my dog a vaccine he needed so he could be boarded, they are all just awesome all the way around.
LaLa P.
Jun 18, 2022
Unfortunately I never took my dog here b/c I never travel on the other side of Eastern Blvd, so I never noticed it. However, my furry best friend passed away last week, and they were able to take care of Chico's final remains which was TOUGH for me. First time losing a pet in my life. I chose the paw print and hair clipping. I have to say that I was very happy (although sad at the same time) that they were thoughtful in the process and gave me clippings of all 3 colors of his hair since he was a Tri-colored dog.

I was scared I'd only get the black, but the fact that they thought that through was very thoughtful. If I get another pet, I will come here. Everyone was very nice and sympathetic even though my pet was not a patient there.
Barbara Perry
May 18, 2022
We brought our Little Bit in for an evaluation for dental and spaying. She is a recent rescue. I couldn't be happier with our visit. I would highly recommend Dr. Hicks.
Janet Ramirez
May 08, 2022
I love Dr. Hicks. Her & I have been through 2 sickly dogs who have since passed. I now have a cat who has seizures whom we have adjusted his phenobarbital and are monitoring the effect on his system. Whatever Dr. Hicks recommends is in the best interest of the pet.
Kim Meyers
Apr 23, 2022
Absolutely fantastic. Dr. Hicks is the absolute best. She has been our vet since my dogs were 6 and 8 days old. When we lost our oldest dog she cried right with us. She felt like he was one of her own since she had him at 8 weeks and he passed away at 13 1/2. Absolutely love her and her compassion and care goes above and beyond.
Jennifer Rogers
Apr 11, 2022
I have been coming to Essex Middle River Veterinary Center for about 14 years, and never had a problem until this last year and a half. Impossible to get an appointment! I have had to use the Emergency vet. My senior cats just can't wait for two to three months for an appointment all the time. Looking for another vet. Clearly you just don't care.
Lila Pniewski
Mar 22, 2022
I sincerely want to thank the team of Essex Middle River Veterinary Center who really came through for my pet who required surgery. Dr. K and Dr. Beizavi are AWESOME! I felt so reassured by their care, treatment. The staff are excellent as well. Always quick to get you in to see doctors, helpful, giving guidance and support in the care of my pet. My only two criticisms would be to give more education/demonstration to owner of pet on how to administer pet medications to pet.

I felt very uncomfortable with this and clearly not successful with this as I would have liked to be. I really struggled with getting my sick pet to take the oral medications prescribed. The pricing is a little high but all vet centers are also pricey. Wish there was some type of insurance for pets. But the TEAM at EMRVC are really caring about animals! Thank you EMRVC Team for everything you did to help my sick pet get better! I LOVE YOU ALL!
S. Marie
Dec 15, 2021
I cannot say enough good things about Dr Zulty, Dr Hicks, Dr Beizavi and the cheerful techs and support staff. They give compassionate care to all their animal patients. In addition, they're always patient and understanding with their human caregivers and go the extra mile to explain procedures and treatments. The treatment plans are explained ahead of time in writing, and now they have an online prescription service with extremely competitive prices. I've been bringing my animals to EMRVC since 2008 and I cannot imagine going anywhere else.
Cathy Omregcik
Dec 10, 2021
Essex Middle River Veterans, are Soooooo kind and friendly to me and Sassy. Dr. Z is the best. Best service always.
Kathryn Baker
Nov 13, 2021
We took our cat there to get his nails trimmed because some of them were in to the pad of his paw. The did an amazing job trimming them and making sure there were trimmed back enough. While there they also looked at a wound he has and cleaned it up and gave him an antibiotic shot.