Nashville Veterinary Specialists + Animal Emergency

Nashville Veterinary Specialists + Animal Emergency (NVS) is a veterinary emergency and specialty practice with hospitals in Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee. Its Nashville hospital, at 2971 Sidco Drive in South Nashville, is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the practice has cared for pets since 2010. Practices of this kind sit between general-practice clinics and university teaching hospitals, offering after-hours care and advanced treatment that most primary care veterinarians do not provide.

Its specialties span anesthesiology, cardiology, critical care, dermatology, internal medicine, neurology, rehabilitation, surgery and oncology, including radiation oncology. Its equipment includes in-house MRI and CT, digital radiology, ultrasound, cystoscopy, endoscopy, laparoscopy, electrodiagnostics and two Cubex inventory management units. The Clarksville facility offers surgery, internal medicine and emergency services to complement the Nashville hospital. Specialty cases come by referral from a primary care veterinarian, but the emergency room accepts walk-in patients without a referral, and the company works to return pets to their regular veterinarian as soon as possible.

The company's stated mission centers on the human-animal bond, covering patient care, client experience and the health of its team. It also emphasizes environmental sustainability through recycling, reuse, composting, rainwater collection and solar power. At the Nashville hospital, a solar panel system supplies about 40% of energy needs and a 5,000-gallon system collects rainwater for landscape irrigation, while skylights, Energy Star appliances and reclaimed furniture are part of the building's design and operations. Clinical facilities are resource-intensive by nature, relying on disposable supplies, energy-heavy diagnostic equipment and strong cleaning agents, which is why sustainability efforts in healthcare typically target energy, water and waste.