Ann Gratzek, DVM

Dr. Gratzek and staff are WONDERFFUL, capable and caring. Considering the specialized nature of the care they provide, their fees are reasonable. I appreciate their dedication. Recently they added my boxer to their busy schedule to perform an urgent eye procedure. This caused the entire staff to have to stay in the office long after their day should have ended. Who does that? Amazing!

We have been taking our pugs to Dr. Gratzek for 8 years and wouldn’t dream of going anywhere else. The staff are exceptional as is Dr. Gratzek. You are in great hands here.

I was incredibly impressed by Ann Gratzek. She clearly knows her stuff. I had taken my dog Truffles to Westside Animal Hospital because she kept pawing at her eye. I thought she might have been scratched by a cat, so one of the vets there gave me antibiotic ointment to treat the eye with. When it still didn’t seem to have healed after a week, I brought her back to Westside, at which point Dr. Martinelli referred me to Dr. Gratzek. I was very reluctant because I was completely broke at the time, but I didn’t want Truffles to suffer, so I took her in. Within literally 45 seconds of walking into the room, Dr. Gratzek looked at Truffles’ eye with her instruments, determined there was a foxtail that had been lodged BEHIND her eyeball this whole time (poor baby!), and deftly removed it.
She then continued examining Truffles’ eyes, and within probably 2 more minutes had diagnosed Truffles with a completely unrelated eye disorder known as «immune-​mediated keratitis», which she said was extremely rare. Truffles’ eyes had always looked sort of cloudy and marbled, but I just assumed it was cataracts and no vet had ever said anything about it before. Dr. Gratzek prescribed these special steroid eyedrops to administer daily, and what do you know — a year later, Truffles is not only no longer going blind but actually seems to have REVERSED much of her vision loss! She can actually see the ball when I throw it now, and has found even more things to bark at (sigh). And her eyes don’t look cloudy or «scarred» anymore! In a way, getting that foxtail stuck in her eye was one of the best things that ever happened to Truffles, because it brought her to Dr. Gratzek… and now she can see! :-)

Fantastic office/​team and great vet all around. If you need an eye specialist I would highly recommend. She treated my dog like she was her only patient and had her well being at the forethought of her mind. Unfortunately I didnt have an optimal outcome (due to other issues), but I know that Dr Gratzek did everything that she could to try and make the outcome as good as possible. I would (and still do) take my dog to her as a patient.