About Doctor Reid Pearlman
From an early age I have always enjoyed and excelled at solving problems. My orthopedic work is the same way. I solve problems for a living. If there is a problem that is affecting your pet's ability to live and move comfortably, I am the person to solve it.
I am extremely fortunate to have received excellent educational opportunities thus far.
I spent eight years in Starkville, Mississippi. I graduated from undergraduate at Mississippi State University with a degree in chemistry and then went on to graduate veterinary school in 2022.
I chose Huntsville as the place Id begin to practice upon graduation. My parents both reside and work in Birmingham and I have 4 siblings. One of my brothers and his family live in Florence, Alabama and is a healthcare provider there. My other siblings are also relatively close by (in the Southeast) and Huntsville represents a good balance of proximity to family as well as excellent professional opportunity due to the rapidly growing community of young professionals.
A few months after graduation, after being exposed to many types of cases and patients, I knew that what I was really interested in was becoming a veterinarian who provided orthopedic services for patients in my area. Since that time, I have done exactly that.
Prior to forming North Alabama Veterinary Orthopedics I spent a year working in a general practice at a busy walk-in clinic in South Huntsville. I additionally spent around a year working at a local veterinary ER.
Ultimately, I found that the best way to help as many patients as possible receive care was to form my own practice,
North Alabama Veterinary Orthopedics.
North Alabama Veterinary Orthopedics is a niche type practice. We fill a certain "niche" in the community which is access to high quality orthopedic surgical services offered at competitive prices.
We are able to offer these services at competitive prices by performing specific procedures in the facility of a general practice veterinarian, greatly reducing overhead costs.
We are able to offer such highly skilled surgical service because NAVO is a practice that exclusively performs orthopedic procedures. You can rest easy knowing your dog's knee surgery is one of many that we perform every single week.
I find orthopedic work to be extremely satisfying knowing that the service I provide not only saves limbs and cures pain, but is often saving their life. An animal's ability to live often depends on their ability to get up and move.
Currently, the conditions I treat are knee issues (torn ACL/ CCL) and trauma.
60% of my cases are knees. I currently only perform TPLO for these patients for the simple reason that it yields more consistent, excellent results in my hands than any other procedure.
The other 40% of my cases are trauma cases. Most of these patients were hit by a car, unfortunately. Many of these cases come from rural areas and often travel from surrounding states due to the lack of these type services in their area.
My current professional associations are as follows:
American Veterinary Medical Association
Alabama Veterinary Medical Association
Veterinary Orthopedic Society
AOVet
SURGE Veterinary Surgeon Group
I am partnering with several clinics and doing several major orthopedic procedures per week. The majority of what I do currently is knee surgery and fracture surgery. I am always looking to expand the services I offer and will be offering other advanced surgical services in the future depending on the community needs and being able to find a way to fill that niche.