Dr. Julie Massey, DVM, brings University of Wisconsin-Madison-trained veterinary medicine to La Mesa as medical director at El Cerrito Veterinary Hospital on University Avenue. The hospital shares La Mesa's eastern University Avenue veterinary corridor with Our Pet Vets - University Pet Hospital, whose dermatology-focused caseload complements the advanced soft-tissue surgical work Massey's team performs. The current ownership assumed the practice in 2015 from a veterinarian who had operated it for 26 years, preserving a clinical continuity that stretches back to the hospital's founding in the 1930s. Preventive-care protocols follow American Veterinary Medical Association and American Animal Hospital Association guidelines customized for age, breed, and lifestyle factors, and the practice maintains post-surgical grooming coordination with providers like Village Pet Salon for medicated-bath and coat-care follow-ups. The surgical suite handles advanced soft-tissue procedures including mass excision, foreign-body extraction, and laceration repair under full anesthetic monitoring with pulse oximetry, capnography, and blood-pressure tracking.