Merrick Animal Hospital

Dr. Leon K. Leonis established the Summit Animal Hospital in Summit, Illinois, in the early 1950s. In their home at 6050 S., Dr. Leonis and his wife started their animal practice. Harlem. It has always been the same structure that you can see now. Dr. Leonis served as Summit Animal Hospital's lone doctor for forty years. Dr. Leonis sold his practice to Dr. Gary R. Friederich in 1992, but he continued to collaborate with him on a part-time basis. Dr. Friederich, who comes from the small Illinois town of Pekin and graduated from the veterinary school at Iowa State University in 1970, admired the atmosphere Dr. Leonis built at the Summit facility. He spent much of his childhood living with his grandparents.

"A full-service animal hospital with a fully qualified team offering preventatives, vaccines, diagnostics with a full in-house lab, and delivering treatment(s)."

In addition to offering thorough and compassionate care for cats and dogs, Animal Hospital on Route 66 in Cicero, Illinois also offers wellness checks for hamsters, rats, guinea pigs, reptiles, and birds.

For all things pertaining to pets, PetVets Animal Hospital is pleased to service the Oak Park, Illinois region. Dr. Yael Cidon, a qualified and accomplished Oak Park veterinarian, is in charge of our veterinary clinic and animal hospital. Along with numerous skilled technicians and assistants, she is assisted by five associate veterinarians: Drs. Kara Kelleher-Brennan, Richa Sachdev, Meg Barron, Arian Santiago, and Ashley Forti.

For more than 30 years, Dr. John Brancel has been treating animals with medicine. Dr. Brancel developed and ran Midtown Veterinarian, a business that made home calls for animals and provided relief coverage for other veterinary practices, before launching Prairie State Animal Hospital in Oak Park. After receiving his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois, he was first assigned as the Chief Veterinarian at the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago in 1982.

"Full-service animal hospital in Oak Park, IL that has been serving Oak Park, Forest Park, River Forest, Chicago, Berwyn, Elmwood Park, and surrounding communities for over 50 years. We treat your pet like family and as fellow animal lovers, we are committed to ensuring the highest level of care and service to give your companion the best possible life.