Veterinary Medical Center Of Long Island

Veterinary Medical Center Of Long Island is a veterinary clinic in West Islip, New York, on Sunrise Highway North Service Road. Current public details do not list emergency availability, opening hours, or the full range of animals seen. Recent reviews specifically mention dogs and describe care in dental work, dermatology, imaging, and surgery.

Services

•Dental surgery, including closure of an oral-nasal fistula mentioned in a recent review
•Dermatology care
•Internal medicine or internist care mentioned in reviews
•Diagnostic imaging such as sonograms
•Surgery, hospitalization, and postoperative or overnight monitoring mentioned in reviews

Pricing

No published pricing information is available for this clinic.

People

Recent reviews mention Dr. Carmichael for dental surgery, Dr. Umstead in dermatology, Dr. Fondacaro for sonogram review and diagnosis, and Dr. Hillock in connection with internal medicine care.

Reviews

On Google, the clinic has a 3.2/5 rating from 1,038 reviews. Recent written comments are mixed: some reviewers praise compassion, dental outcomes, dermatology care, and diagnostic expertise, while others report communication problems, concerns about added testing and costs, dissatisfaction with some internal medicine care, and a distressing postoperative experience.

Reviews for Veterinary Medical Center Of Long Island

Note: Showing the 5 most recent Google reviews out of 1038 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Laura Lopez

Yesterday

My dog was referred to Dr. Carmichael for dental surgery. She was having nosebleeds and had a fistula from her mouth to her nose which the doctor was able to close. Dr. Carmichael was compassionate, patient, and thorough. Thankfully our dog is fully recovered, I would absolutely recommend him for dental services. It is expensive but a specialist was needed for operating on our senior small dog with a heart murmur.

Grce Walker

2 days ago

The doctors and the back staff BEYOND HORRIBLE!!! THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT MAKING MONEY. ADD ON UNNECESSARY TEST/ BILL FOR WHATEVER THEY CAN THINK OFF. NO UPDATES UNLESS YOU CALL AND IF YOU QUESTION THEM IS IT'S WHY?????

Andrea Calabria

4 days ago

Knowledge staff , caring and compassionate.

Matt Pinelli

1 week ago

Only go here for dermatology. The internists are horrible. Now that my dog has passed, I'm posting my original review and an extra review after he passed due to surgery at VMCLI **Original Review** They have no problems taking my $2500 for services rendered. But call them to speak to your doctor regarding the fact his treatment didn't work, nope. You'll need to come in and spend more money. The doctor won't talk about your pet on the phone. Thanks Dr Hillock for not spending 10 minutes of your time on the phone discussing my pets life threatening immune system issues. Means a lot and says a lot about you. It's all about the dogs well being right? Not here. PS He was misdiagnosed after $2500 in tests and exams. But a 10 minute phone call was apparently overkill. According to Dr. Hillock he did not have ITP and only after the second episode where my bulldog almost bled to death and my regular vet called him did he reconsider. Post My Dog Dying The dermatology department was spectacular. Dr Umstead and her staff were great. Over the course of three years I maxed my insurance each year until his death doing our best to keep him comfortable. I knew and was well aware the surgery was a risk but it was necessary to give him a chance to get to his 5th birthday and beyond. I wasn't expecting him to survive but he did and post surgery, the operating doctor told me he was walking around and did very well during the operation. But of course, it went south. After missing a call at 3am that my bulldog suffered cardiac arrest and was revived, I callee back and one of the overnight doctors had to say something that ruined my whole impression of VMCLI. But I appreciate his honesty. His exact words, less than 12 hours after successfully completing the surgery and in recovery, "Elvis suffered cardiac arrest and was revived very shortly after. It appears he got stressed because when he woke up he had to pee didn't want to pee his enclosure; and I don't know why he didn't have a catheter in. He's on a breathing tube now." So, because he didn't have a catheter, he had a heart attack because he didn't want to pee his crate. He wasn't able to breathe on his own after that and i put him down, never getting to see him again prior What a way to go that I have to think about for the rest of my life. Thanks VMCLI. Thanks for everything.

Lynne Schoepfer

1 week ago

After several months at another vet, we decide to go to Vmc. Dr. Fondacaro was extremely caring and his expertise is amazing. He redid a sonogram that we had done another Vet and saw that she had stomach cancer. The other Vet and the other sonogram did not pick it up, which was only two weeks prior even though the ending really sucked. I like to thank Dr Fondacaro for his talent and his compassion.