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Our mission is to provide our patients with the best possible quality veterinary care while maintaining the highest professional ethics and standards. Southshore Animal Hospital is the one you trust to nurture your pet and to provide you with priceless peace of mind. Many veterinary clinics and shelters frequently have found animals brought in with no form of ID.

Microchipping is the only effective permanent identification. The facilities at Southshore Animal Hospital are equipped to handle all of your pets surgerical needs. Southshore Animal Hospital is a full-service small animal medical facility that serves the Greater New Orleans metro area including Metairie, Jefferson, Kenner, and the city of New Orleans.

Having a reputation for excellence in soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, we also provide boarding accommodations, chemotherapy, dental care, dermatology, in-clinic diagnostics, heartworm testing, immunotherapy, laser therapy, pharmacy, intensive care, stem cell therapy, digital radiography, ultrasound, wellness visits, and more.
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Dr. Chris Forstall, a New Orleans native, has been practicing in the area since 2005.
Dr. Forstall attended Jesuit High School then went on to the University of Mississippi for his undergraduate studies.
For his doctorate, Dr. Forstall took in the beauty of the Caribbean while at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.
He returned home to Louisiana and completed his clinicals at LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004 and has been practicing in the area since.
Dr. Forstall has now opened Southshore Animal Hospital in Metairie with the mission to work together with you as a team, to provide the best health care and quality of life possible, for all stages of your pet's life.
Dr. Jack may look familiar to most of you because he has been shadowing, Dr. Chris, since he was a senior at Jesuit High School.
Dr. Jack pursued a biology degree at the University of Alabama and came home to New Orleans every summer to gain hands on experience with our doctors and technicians.
After graduation, he returned to Louisiana to attend Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine.
During his clinicals, he completed an externship with us and graduated in May of 2020.
We are thrilled to officially welcome Dr. Jack Ferro as a full-time veterinarian.
Lisa has been a vet tech and has worked in various animal hospitals since 2001, but she currently calls Southshore Animal Hospital her home.
Her son, Ty, and daughter, Emma, love coming to work with her.
She has a husband of 10 plus years, and together they have 2 dogs and 2 cats.
She is our head veterinary technician at our Transcontinental location.
Justine was raised in rural Southwest Missouri on her family's 200+ acre ranch.
She graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelor's degree in Animal Science and a minor in Ag Business.
When you need to go out of town and cannot take your pets with you, bring them to Southshore Animal Hospital where there are compassionate pet lovers and qualified animal caretakers that you know and trust.
Offering full service boarding to pet owners in Metairie, Jefferson, Kenner, and New Orleans, we provide a home away from home where your pets will be treated like family.
At Southshore Animal Hospital, our indoor climate controlled facility is always kept clean and comfortable for our boarders.
At Southshore Animal Hospital, we understand that cancer is a word no pet owner wants to hear in connection with his or her beloved pet's health.
However, cancer is a diagnosis that seems to have become almost commonplace in today's society, affecting humans as well as our canine and feline companions.
Fortunately, the treatment of cancer in veterinary medicine has greatly improved in recent years, and safe effective medications have been developed giving your pet the greatest opportunity for recovery.
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