The Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center
at The San Francisco SPCA

Medical Impact

• The Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center will have 17 spacious consulting and examination rooms, in both the primary care hospital and shelter medicine department, with in-room computer systems for immediate, electronic patient record retrieval, display of radiographs and client continuing education.  The existing Community Veterinary Hospital has nine tiny exam rooms for the entire facility.

• Two modern hospital surgery rooms with state-of-the-art surgical lighting will be adjacent to the main treatment complex and intensive care ward.  Currently, the Hospital surgery room is isolated, up two flights of stairs, and with no elevator.

• An intensive care ward with telemetry for monitoring vital signs of critical patients and temperature regulated oxygen cases will help save lives.  The existing hospital has no critical care ward.

• A double surgery room suite for Spay and Neuter will double the surgical capacity of the existing Spay/Neuter Clinic.

• Multiple isolation and quarantine wards for felines and canines will improve disease control and treatment.

• The facility will have upgraded, state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment.

• Direct digital radiology and dental radiology will replace film-based radiology, eliminating chemical film processing, enhancing worker safety and improving image quality.

• Two modern in-house laboratory rooms will accommodate diagnostic equipment to aid rapid diagnosis and treatment of shelter and hospital patients.

• The Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center will provide a separate entrance and housing for the Feral Cat Assistance Program. One of the two surgery rooms will be dedicated to feral cat spay/neuter procedures.

• The existing Community Veterinary Hospital is in a very old building with aging mechanical, electrical, plumbing and structural infrastructure.  The Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center will provide a modern, safe, attractive and efficient facility as The SF/SPCA moves forward into the 21st century.