Allied Partners Veterinary Emergency Service (APVES) has been in full operation since 2007 providing emergency and critical care services as a group-owned practice located within a private referral facility (surgery and physical rehabilitation) just 30 miles southeast of Washington, DC and 30 miles southwest of Annapolis, MD. Calvert County is a rapidly growing, picturesque DC Metro bedroom community, bounded on the east by the scenic Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. The hospital is equipped with a fully integrated IDEXX in-house laboratory, digital radiography, endoscopy, ultrasound, temperature controlled oxygen therapy and two surgery suites along with all necessary monitoring, defibrillation and patient support equipment. On-call, board-certified surgical support is provided on a full-time basis.