Keeping veterinary medicine in the hands of veterinary professionals.
A Veterinary Partnership Community.
What is a Veterinary Partnership Community?
2026 RECOGNITION
Ranked in the 99th percentile for doctor partner satisfaction by Press Ganey for the fourth consecutive year, and named to three of Newsweek's 2026 workplace rankings — Health Care, for Women, and by State.
Read the announcement ▸A Veterinary Partnership Community is a group of hospitals whose doctors and administrators hold real co-ownership in the practices they lead. Each hospital keeps its own local identity and is connected to a larger community by a shared mission, shared values, and a shared culture. This vet-first organization provides industry-leading support, strategies and resources, while promoting clinical autonomy and celebrating the distinct identity, culture and legacy of each hospital in our community. Whether you're looking to build a practice from the ground up or grow your existing practice's potential, VPP offers partnership opportunities for all veterinarians.
Partner With Us Explore our communityOur doctor partners don’t sell their practices — they co-own them with VPP. By offering a true partnership model, VPP enables veterinarians to retain clinical autonomy and brand identity while gaining the operational and strategic support to reach their potential. VPP is also committed to the success of veterinarians by offering multiple pathways to partnership through tailored co-ownership opportunities.
Co-own with a partner who works alongside you while preserving your brand, your team, and your clinical autonomy.
VPP gives associate DVMs a way to buy into an existing VPP practice, join one as a partner, or build one with VPP from the ground up.
"I am so glad that I chose to partner with VPP. With the support from VPP, my practices are achieving the goals I had worked toward but that eluded me. We are practicing our best medicine & care, we are communicating as a team, we are growing the clinics and seeing more pets.
For years, my goal was to open a third hospital. I just could not do it with all the other demands for my time. Now within my first year of partnership, together we have acquired the practice I had dreamed of. Currently, we are renovating so that it can open in a few months. The VPP team are 100% rockstars! Every one of them is committed to helping my clinics and team grow and succeed."
- Dr. R. Reed Stevens
Ellicott Street Animal Hospital, West Side Pet Clinic, and North Buffalo Animal Hospital
"In one swift move, I secured my future (retirement) , my present (my income) and my dreams: to partner with people whom I trust while enjoying working with every day, so we can flourish together. Just please don’t tell them that I got the best part of the bargain: to practice the absolute best medicine I can and let them do the rest."
- Dr. Ohad Barnea
Tenafly Veterinary Center and Overpeck Creek Animal Hospital
"I partnered with VPP because I love seeing patients, and want to focus as much of my professional time on patient care while having a partner to support the rest of the business needs."
- Dr. Stephanie Liff
Pure Paws Veterinary Care
The doctor, and increasingly the administrator, owns a meaningful piece of the hospital, sets the standard of medicine, and makes the decisions that shape the practice, with the support of the home team.
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These hospitals are not separate businesses sharing a back office. People who own and run their own hospitals come to feel an obligation to the mission and to each other, and they grow because others who share their care are invested in them.
Learn moreNationwide footprint, united by co-ownership and a shared mission.
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Established in 2011, VPP now has partner hospitals across 35 states. Over the past two years, our practices have achieved higher visit growth rates than the veterinary industry average. This success speaks to VPP’s deep roots within communities, strong local leadership, and its ability to provide national resources and support to ensure continued high-quality patient care.
of doctors are partners
of doctor partners are female
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newly built hospitals and counting
former associate doctors who became partners
paid out to aid VPP family members in need
The third and final post in a series on VPP’s three pathways to partnership, told through the doctors who’ve walked them. Every veterinarian who dreams of ownership eventually runs into the same question: How? At Veterinary Practice Partners, we’ve built three distinct pathways to get doctors there. Some want to build a hospital from the […]
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The second in a series on VPP’s three pathways to partnership, told through the doctors who’ve walked them. Dr. Arlianne Velez, veterinarian and owner, Parkland Animal Clinic. Every veterinarian who dreams of ownership eventually runs into the same question: How? At Veterinary Practice Partners, we’ve built three distinct pathways to get doctors there. Some want […]
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The first in a series on VPP’s three pathways to partnership, told through the doctors who’ve walked them. Every veterinarian who dreams of ownership eventually runs into the same question: How? At Veterinary Practice Partners, we’ve built three distinct pathways to get doctors there. Some, like Dr. O’Keefe, want to build a hospital from the […]
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