Pet Orthopedic Referral

Our orthopedic team will ensure your referred clients feel educated, informed, and comfortable with their pet’s procedure.

Pet Orthopedic Referral

Following Dr. Gauger’s retirement in early 2023, our orthopedic surgical services have been in the skilled hands of Dr. Tim Gintz and Dr. Stuart Sherburne. Dr. Gintz began working with Dr. Gauger prior to his retirement and has more than three decades of experience in orthopedic surgery, including more than 1,000 successful TPLO procedures. Dr. Sherburne has experience in fracture repair and joint disease and regularly utilizes minimally invasive surgical techniques. Both Drs. Sherburne and Gintz have trained extensively with nationally recognized experts in veterinary orthopedics, and they’re ready to coordinate with you to provide trusted care for your patients’ orthopedic needs.

Our surgical suite is large, modern, and equipped with advanced patient monitoring technology, digital imaging, and an extensive array of state-of-the-art orthopedic instrumentation. Our orthopedic team will ensure your referred clients feel educated, informed, and comfortable with their pet’s procedure. We will actively collaborate with you to ensure superior patient care from the first consultation to post-surgical recovery and rehabilitation.

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Our Orthopedic Services Include:

Fracture Repair

Joint Disease

TPLO Surgery

Arthroscopy

Cranial Cruciate Disease

Elbow Dysplasia

Medial Patellar Luxation

Meet Our Orthopedic Surgeons!

Dr. Stuart Sherburne

Dr. Stuart Sherburne

More than 25 yrs of experience in veterinary medicine and orthopedics with over 1000 successful TPLO surgeries. 

Dr. Sherburne obtained a BS from the University of Vermont, an MS from Utah State University and his DVM from Tufts University. He owned a mixed animal practice in Maine for many years, managing multiple veterinarians and support staff in a practice that served three rural counties. His practice focus was on small animal surgery and equine lameness and surgery. He also worked for the State of Maine as a consulting veterinarian for various wildlife projects.

In the second half of his career, he decided to further his training in small animal surgery and spent two years training in ACVS surgical internship and residency programs where he had the benefit of working with and learning advanced procedures from nationally recognized surgical experts. His areas of interest are joint disease, fracture repair and spinal surgery. He routinely uses minimally invasive surgical techniques like arthroscopy when it is in the best interests of his patients. Dr. Sherburne limits his practice scope to orthopedic surgery and a few select soft tissue procedures.

Dr. Tim Gintz

Dr. Tim Gintz

Dr. Gintz is a practicing veterinarian with over 35 years of experience. During his career, he grew his two-doctor practice into a 15-doctor, 24-hour practice; was an Area Medical Director for VCA responsible for medical quality and enrichment of 18 hospitals in Washington and Idaho from 2000 to 2021; served on the board of governors for Washington from 2006-2010 and was chair from 2010-2011, and served on the board of the Tacoma Humane Society from 2018-2021.

Dr. Gintz’s interests have always been orthopedic and soft tissue surgery. He enhanced his skills by training extensively with local and national surgeons and attending training labs. He has completed more than 1,000 successful Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) procedures and has repaired thousands of fractures. His soft tissue surgery interests include thoracic, abdominal and cancer surgery. When not at work, Dr. Gintz is likely hiking and fishing with his two dogs, spending time with his family or woodworking.

Norway Veterinary Hospital is now offering

Synovetin OA® is a different approach that offers an easy and long-lasting way to treat your dog’s limp and offer the pain relief he or she needs to become an active, life-loving pet again.

Very easy
Just 1 simple,
out patient treatment

Very convenient
No more of the headaches and safety concerns of daily pills or chews

Very safe
Unlike traditional arthritus medicines for dogs, Synovetin OA is non-systemic

Very long lasting
Up to 1 vear of
Pain relief

Norway Veterinary Hospital is excited to be offering this
unique way to treat your dog’s elbow arthritis.

All that’s required is a sedative, and then our specially trained and licensed veterinarians will treat your dog’s affected joints) with a dose of Synovetin OA.

Dogs can generally go home the same day and return to whatever level of activity they are comfortable with, while Synovetin OA goes to work to reduce the arthritis inflammation and pain.

Interested in Learning More?
Please give us a call at 207-743-6384 or
email us at office@norwayvet.com
This procedure can only be performed by licensed veterinarians at veterinary hospitals permitted to use internal radiation therapy. On rare occasions, discomfort in the treated elbow has been seen in dogs that can last up to 72 hours after treatment.
Short-term home-care instructions must be followed after treatment to minimize extended close contact such as co-sleeping.