The Heart of PriorityPet Urgent Care
Your Trusted Veterinary Team
At PriorityPet Urgent Care in Hermitage, we’re ready to support you with after-hours veterinary care for illnesses, injuries, and everything in between.
We’re proud to care for the pets of our community with the best veterinary care and loving dedication. Here, your pets are family.
Our Doctors
Dr. Stacy Smith
DVM
Dr. Stacy Smith is one of the increasingly few native Nashvillians, having grown up in the Inglewood area. She has always possessed a profound love for animals, and this has been cultivated since she was a child with over 20 years of experience in veterinary medicine. She sees each animal as a gift, and regards the human-animal bond as one of the most beautiful aspects of our lives.
She earned her undergraduate degree in History and Pre-professional studies from the University of Notre Dame. She completed her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, followed by a one year rotating internship in medicine and surgery at Blue Pearl Pet Hospital Pittsburgh North (formerly Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center.) After this, she moved back home to Nashville to start her career in veterinary medicine. She has worked in general practice, the fast-paced arena of emergency/specialty medicine, and also the difficult but necessary hospice/end-of-life field. Her unique skill set and vast experience gives her the ideal background for urgent care. Urgent care is a vital area of practice that is much needed in veterinary medicine today as the number of beloved pets continues to grow, especially in the Nashville area. At Priority Pet Urgent Care, we want to fill a need for pets and their owners when the unexpected happens, when the ER is extremely busy, the problem is not life-threatening, and the primary veterinarians are overloaded.
Dr. Smith lives in Nashville with her husband and daughter, and two big goofy dogs, Althea and Bowie. An avid music fan, she enjoys the plethora of opportunities to see live music here in Music City. She also enjoys reading, hiking, spending time with her family, and watching her favorite football and hockey teams.