Hirsch David A DVM

Dr. David Hirsch is a phenomenal veterinarian, who has nothing but the best interest of the animal in mind when it comes to taking care of them. He is incredibly thorough, very concerning, he takes his time with the humans to be sure to have a complete understanding of what a potential problem could be. He is certified with Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. He is wonderful. My family has been seeing Dr. Hirsch for the last 20 years with our dogs. Recently, while having my own, I made Dr. Hirsch my dogs primary physician and with his help, guidance and expertise we were able to add 3 years and 3 months of healthy, high-​quality life to my dogs life after being diagnosed with Lymphoma. He not only treats me and my family right, but he treats all of his patients extremely well. I highly recommend Dr. Hirsch to anyone looking for the best veterinary care for their furr-​babies. He is incredibly knowledgeable and his love for animals shines bright. I have nothing but excellent things to say about Dr. Hirsch and the entire practice at Parkway Veterinary Hospital. He is a blessing to us furr-​parents and is a true friend to our animals!

A cold individual who should not be working with animals.
I took my dog there when he was younger to have a small nib off skin removed from his head, at the top near his ear where the average person would pet him. He is very active and it tended to get hit and bleed often. I figured the best solution would be to simply have it looked at and removed.
After waiting a while in the exam room, Hirsch walks in such a chilling manner, I was shocked. He is just like a Nazi henchman. No emotion, blank, cold. He did not acknowledge the dog whatsoever, and barely acknowledged me.
So I give my dog to him and he takes him back. After a few minutes, he is back in my hands. I look at the spot and notice it looks like a little bit of the nib is still there, but think to myself that it is probably excess tissue from the procedue that will fall off.
As I walk outside, I stop and look at it in the sun. The doctor missed. he missed the spot with his hot poker and removed tissue from next to the nib, but not the nib itself. I drove home and contemplated what to do. I called them back and told them he missed, and they said to bring him back. My wife brought the dog back because I was so angry and they try again. They tell my wife that the dog was squirming too much and caused them to have trouble with the procedure. There are about 10 things I can think of that would have solved that issue, none of which they executed.
My wife arrives home with him and now he has several staples in his head! When i said small nib to be removed, imagine your typically tiny skin tag. I mean small. We wait the required time for the staples to be removed, and that is when I got a real impression of what they did to my dog. The spot promptly opened up and bled, and revealed they removed about ¾ of a dime-​sized area of tissue and hair. It healed to be a dark spot in the same size of bare skin, a bit lower than the surrounding tissue. No hair will ever grow there, he was and is scarred for life.
I reported this to my mother, who has owned horses since the 70’s. She asks me which vet at Parkway Vets did this and once I told her, she relayed a story where years ago Hirsch worked for another area vet (who has since passed). Hirsch was sent to handle a house call for one of my parents’ horses and long story short, he actually hurt the horse and made a bad situation MUCH worse. Her assessment of this guy from years ago is the EXACT feeling I had about him.
It is a shame because the practice has some good people working there, but because he is a principal to the operation, I do not recommend anyone patronizing Parkway Vets.
Go see Dr. Susan Rew in Galloway — she is superior in every way.