Dr. Marcus Whitaker
DVM · DACVS
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Soft-tissue surgery. UC Davis '95, Colorado State residency. Co-founded Field & Stone in 2009. His chocolate lab Calvin still comes to work.
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Pasadena · Since 2009
Specialty medicine, general care, and an actual conversation about your animal.
Thirteen veterinarians under one roof in Pasadena. Four of them are board-certified — surgery, internal medicine, oncology. Seven are general practitioners. We see wellness patients by appointment and specialty referrals by referring-vet handoff. Everyone gets the same hospital.
AAHA Accredited
since 2012. Surveyed every three years.
Fear Free Certified
practice-wide certification since 2018.
ACVS Diplomates
two board-certified surgeons on staff.
ACVIM Diplomates
internal medicine + oncology.
AAVO Consult
partnership for ophthalmology referrals.
Specialty Medicine
Four service lines, four board-certified specialists.
Surgery · ACVS
Surgery
Soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, performed by ACVS Diplomates. Approximately 1,100 surgical cases annually. Read more →
Internal Medicine · ACVIM
Internal Medicine
Endocrine, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, and infectious disease — performed by an ACVIM Diplomate. In-house CT and ultrasound. Read more →
Oncology · ACVIM
Oncology
Consultation, chemotherapy protocol design, palliative care, and end-of-life conversations. Led by Dr. Ji-won Park, ACVIM (Oncology). Read more →
Dentistry & Oral Surgery
Dentistry & Oral Surgery
Dedicated dental surgical suite. Periodontal therapy, oral mass biopsy, complex extractions, full-mouth radiology. Read more →
General Practice
Seven general practitioners. Same-day urgent care most days.
The GP side of Field & Stone runs parallel to the specialty side — same building, same laboratory, same imaging, same protocols. Most clients see their general practitioner DVM for wellness and never meet a specialist. Some do. The handoff, when it happens, is across the hallway.
Seven DVMs cover general practice in 30-minute appointment slots from 7 AM to 8 PM weekdays and 8 AM to 5 PM Saturdays. Two of them are emergency-capable and cover same-day urgent care most weekdays — bloat, lacerations, foreign-body intake, acute decompensation. For overnight emergencies we refer to ACCESS Pasadena (Mission Hospital), two miles south of us, open 24/7.
Premium-tier general practice doesn't mean different medicine. It means longer appointments, current protocols, and a DVM who actually remembers your animal. The wellness exam is $185. The medicine is the same medicine you'd get at the best academic teaching hospital — performed by doctors who chose private practice on purpose.
Board-Certified Specialists
Four Diplomates. Each one practices the medicine they were trained to practice.
Dr. Reema Sandhu
DVM · DACVS
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Orthopedic surgery. Tufts '06, Ohio State residency. Joined in 2014. Performs about 240 TPLOs a year. Her boxer Pepper is the office greeter.
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DVM · DACVIM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Internal medicine. Cornell '88, UC Davis residency. Co-founder. Reads every abdominal ultrasound personally. Her Maine Coon Ash audits all of it.
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DVM · DACVIM (Oncology)
Diplomate, ACVIM — Oncology Specialty
Veterinary oncology. UPenn '11, Animal Medical Center NYC residency. Joined in 2023 to formalize the oncology line. His two whippets, Atlas and Juno, ride shotgun.
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Concierge Wellness
An annual membership for the families who want one phone number.
$895 a year, flat, for one pet. Two in-person wellness exams, all routine bloodwork, all vaccines, twelve months of heartworm prevention, an annual 30-minute telehealth check-in at the six-month mark, prioritized scheduling, and a direct text-message line to your assigned DVM. Not for everyone. Not pet insurance. Not an upsell on surgery. Just the relationship you'd want with your animal's doctor — billed once, in full, every twelve months.
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Referring Veterinarians
For colleagues sending us cases.
Most of our specialty caseload arrives by referral. We treat the referring DVM as our actual customer — the person whose trust we have to earn before we ever see the patient. The online portal lets you upload imaging, bloodwork, and chart notes in one place. We confirm an appointment within one business day. For routine specialty referrals the target is a same-week consult; for urgent cases we'll see the patient the same day.
After the specialist visit, a written report goes back to the referring DVM the same day — for complex cases, we call. Each of our four specialists gives every referring DVM a direct cell-phone number for case discussion. The relationship between you and your client is yours; we don't solicit ongoing GP work from referred patients.
"I trained as a surgeon to do surgery — not to manage P&L for a regional corporate office. We opened Field & Stone in 2009 with a simple premise: the doctor decides how long the appointment takes. Seventeen years later, the doctor still decides."
— Dr. Marcus Whitaker, DVM, DACVS · Director of Medicine, Co-Founder
East Pasadena · South Side of Allen
2240 East Colorado.
Pasadena, CA 91107Validated structure parking in the lot off Colorado, plus a small surface lot on Allen Avenue.
Allen Ave Metro Gold Line is 0.6 miles north. Bus 180 stops at the door.
We servePasadena · South Pasadena · San Marino · La Cañada · Altadena · Glendale · Burbank · Eagle Rock · La Crescenta · Sierra Madre · Arcadia · Monrovia — and any pet whose family is willing to drive to us.