Learn About Eastfield Hospital for Animals

Our Philosophy

Our hospital philosophy is to offer compassionate, quality veterinary medical and surgical care to all of our clients and their pets. The extraordinary fact is that we can offer a similar level of medical technology to your pet that would be offered to you in a human hospital. We work hard to keep our fees reasonable and strive to stay within your budget.

To help with finances, we offer a credit plan, CareCredit™, and work with pet health insurance companies.

Eastfield Hospital for Animals is a family-owned small animal practice directed by Bob Shurtleff, DVM and his wife, Theresa Shurtleff. We have been helping animals since 1989.

Dr. Brashear is a 1987 graduate of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine practicing general medicine and surgery. He is an avid lover of the great outdoors both in Western Mass and Arizona!

Dr. Shurtleff and Dr. Chris Brashear are your pets family doctors providing wellness and sick care services 5 days a week.

We have available onsite consultations with a Board-certified veterinary internal medicine specialist and ultrasonographer. We also have quick-turnaround telemedicine access to Board-certified veterinary radiologists and pathologists.

We schedule office visits by appointment, but will accommodate unscheduled Urgent Care visits during office hours whenever possible. Since we are not open and staffed twenty-four hours a day, true life-or-death emergencies will be stabilized and referred to one of the nearest available 24-hour facilities.

We primarily see pet cats and dogs, but we also work extensively with dog and cat rescue groups in the area, as well as with wildlife under the auspices of the Urban Wildlife organization of Springfield. We handle a variety of medical, surgical, dental, and behavioral problems, and offer referrals and consultations with specialists as needed.