Lake Grove, NY · Serving Long Island, New York
Surgical care for your pet,delivered with compassion
“Where operational excellence meets compassionate value”
An outpatient and mobile veterinary surgery center. We travel to your veterinarian’s hospital or welcome your pet to our surgical suite in Lake Grove: orthopedic and soft tissue procedures, CT imaging, and regenerative therapies, all built around the care your veterinarian already provides.
Led by
Dr. Rosemary Lombardi
Founder, with more than two decades in small animal surgery on Long Island.
New center
Discover our new center in Lake Grove
The Veterinary Center for Operational Wellness has a home of its own on Middle Country Road in Lake Grove. An outpatient surgical center for orthopedic and soft tissue surgery, mobile surgery and regenerative treatment, working alongside your primary care veterinarian rather than in place of them.
Our new address
3070 Middle Country Road, Suite 4
Lake Grove, NY 11755
- Phone
- 631-946-8269
- Visits
- By appointment
Surgery dates and consultations are still booked through your veterinarian, so the slot is arranged around the referral rather than walked in.
Two ways in
Find the path that fits you
Pet owners and referring veterinarians need different information. Start where you belong. Everything else on the site branches off from these two pages.
Your vet said your pet needs surgery
Here is what a mobile surgeon actually is, how a referral works, what to do the night before, and what recovery looks like, in plain language and without the jargon.
- How the process works
- Preparing for surgery day
- Recovery and pain control
- Payment options
You have a case that needs a surgeon
Surgery at your hospital or at the center, with the client relationship and the follow-up staying with you. Send the records, get a plan, keep your patient.
- How to refer a case
- Records and imaging needed
- Procedures accepted
- Surgeon-to-surgeon consults
What we do
Surgery, imaging and pain care under one roof, or under yours
The center is built for the procedures that a general practice would rather not take on alone, without the cost structure and logistics of a large referral hospital.
Orthopedic surgery
TPLO, fracture repair, FHO, patella luxation and more: the procedures that get a painful leg working again.
Soft tissue surgery
Mass removal, splenectomy, abdominal exploratory, foreign body retrieval and the full range of general soft tissue work.
CT imaging
Cross-sectional imaging for surgical planning and staging, so the plan is built on what is actually there.
Regenerative & pain care
Therapeutic laser, platelet-rich plasma and joint injections, for comfort measured in months not just the week after surgery.
The surgeon
Dr. Rosemary Lombardi
Two guiding principles, in that order
Dr. Rosemary Lombardi founded Operational Wellness after more than a decade as surgical director of a Long Island specialty hospital. The practice exists to complement the primary care veterinarian, never to replace them, and to make excellent surgical care reachable for the families who need it.
Primum non nocere
First, do no harm
Every decision starts with whether the procedure is genuinely the right thing for this patient, including the decision not to operate.
Dolores relevare
Relief of pain
Pain control is planned before the first incision and carried through the whole recovery, not added on afterward.
Every procedure, with compassion
A commitment to excellence is the baseline. How your pet is handled while they are frightened and sore is the part that matters to you, and it is the part we take most seriously.
Partnered with 24-hour facilities
Cases that need advanced monitoring or an overnight stay are coordinated with trusted 24-hour hospitals, so the level of care always matches the case.
Care that stays local
Mobile surgery keeps your pet in the hospital they already know, with the staff they already trust, and the follow-up right where it belongs.
In their words
What owners say afterwards
Reviews left on Google by the people whose animals came through the door.
“Ultimately he beat the odds and is cancer free so the removal was curative. I would recommend anyone to come here with their pet because everyone was so kind and informative and really just helped save our dog.”
Cheryl
Splenic mass removal
“My dog needed emergency diaphragmatic hernia surgery, and Dr. Lombardi took the time to explain everything thoroughly and answer all of my questions in detail. She made me feel completely comfortable and confident leaving my baby in her care.”
Danielle Palma
Emergency diaphragmatic hernia surgery
“I have a large dog with bad arthritis in all 4 legs. Dr Lombardi did joint injections that help with his pain management & mobility.”
Monica Cashel
Joint injections for arthritis
Next step
Ready to talk about your pet, or your patient?
Owners: bring your veterinarian into the conversation and we will take it from there. Veterinarians: send the records and let's build a plan.