Dr. Callum Hay is a board certified small animal surgeon with over 17 years of experience in veterinary medicine and surgery. He graduated from the University of Glasgow Veterinary School in Scotland, in 1991. For 6 years following graduation, Dr. Hay undertook extra post-graduate study in large and small animal surgery and anesthesia at the University of Georgia. He completed his surgical residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  In 1998, the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) certified him as a specialist in small animal surgery.
Dr. Hay has a special interest in knee diseases and did experimental research on cruciate ligament disease at the University of Wisconsin. His research is published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research.  He is one of the first veterinary surgeons in the region performing total knee replacements. He is proficient with all currently accepted veterinary knee surgeries and has performed more than 2500 knee surgeries in the past 7 years at Veterinary Surgical Services, Inc. his referral center in Tampa. He has built his reputation on his honesty, integrity, compassion and his surgical expertise. Clients can trust that the treatment options Dr. Hay offers are the options he believes to be the best for their pet; not the best for his business. Dr. Hay has performed more than 9,000 surgeries since becoming board certified in 1997 with a post operative infection rate of less than 0.5%.

The staff at Veterinary Surgical Services is dedicated to providing our patients with competent and compassionate nursing care in a modern, clean and loving environment 24 hours a day (Monday through Friday). They monitor your patients closely, keeping them clean and dry and delivering all medications, including pain management, in a timely manner.
Our staff members are experienced certified technicians who provide overnight care for the surgical patients. Pets are pampered here. The staff members love their profession and it shows in the quilts they use for bedding, the baby food and bites of chicken they use to encourage eating and the hugs and kisses they give their patients. We welcomes calls from concerned owners pre and post- operatively. In many instances owners will be able to speak with the technician who was directly responsible for their pet’s nursing care.

Patients must be referred by their veterinarian to us for diagnostic and surgical procedures. Dr. Hay and the staff are proud and honored that veterinarians have entrusted the care of their patients to us since 1999. Excellence is the goal at Veterinary Surgical Services, Inc. inside and outside the operating room.