Sun City Veterinary Surgery Center

Sun City Veterinary Surgery Center is a veterinarian in El Paso, TX, providing advanced small animal surgical care to dogs and cats across El Paso, western Texas, Las Cruces, and southern New Mexico. The practice is locally owned and operates strictly by referral from a pet's primary care veterinarian. Founded in 2015 on the Westside of El Paso, the center is led by Dr. Edward Silverman, a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the only Board Certified small animal surgeon in the western Texas and southern New Mexico region. Dr. Silverman has been performing small animal referral surgery in El Paso since 2008. The center holds a rating of 4.50 based on 83 reviews.

The practice offers a wide repertoire of advanced surgeries and diagnostic procedures, with services organized into surgery, internal medicine, diagnostics, nuclear medicine, and surgical support. Dr. Silverman administers multimodal preoperative pain management protocols and uses advanced diagnostic equipment along with innovative surgical instrumentation. Several of the center's offerings are described as the only ones available in the region, including laparoscopy and thoracoscopy for minimally invasive surgery of the abdomen and chest, arthroscopy for joint disease, minimally invasive fracture repair using intra-operative digital radiographic imaging, tracheal and urethral stenting, and Synovetin, a nuclear medicine therapy that can alleviate osteoarthritis pain for up to one year with a single treatment. The center was also the first provider in the region to offer 3-D high density volumetric CT imaging. Dr. John Heidrich, who holds a PhD and DVM, serves as the practice's Radiation Safety Officer for Nuclear Medicine. Phones are answered Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm, and patients are seen by appointment only.

The center sits on Westwind Drive, about 0.1 miles from Polk Elementary School, 0.7 miles from El Paso Fire Station 27, and roughly 0.8 miles from Park Hills Park, with Rivera Elementary School about 0.9 miles away.

The practice has built a solid reputation among the pet owners and referring veterinarians it serves, supported by a steady record of repeat and referred clientele.