History of National Veterinary Associates (NVA) NVA was founded in 1996 by Dr. Stan Creighton with a goal to provide long-term support to hospitals and their teams while providing an avenue for Sellers to achieve their dreams and retain the legacy that they created. Stan’s vision has emphasis on supporting local medical standards as established by individual hospitals and practitioners. He believes that veterinary medicine is best practiced when veterinarians craft their own hospital and community specific strategies for high quality patient care and client services. This vision continues to guide NVA as we make available the tools and resources for hospitals to achieve their medical goals while avoiding any single standardized national plan that might not be the best fit for an individual hospital. The variety of tools and resources we provide include emerging research and care standards, access to our national medical database, human resource guidance, marketing support, recruiting assistance, accounting support, tax preparation, and training and education for staff. Managing veterinarians decide what level of medicine they would like their hospital to achieve, and NVA provides the support to get them there. Since its inception, NVA has grown to over 1200 locations in the US and Canada including General Practice, Specialty/ER, Pet Resorts and Equine locations, as well as partnered with VetPartners in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
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