Clarity at scale
Transforming veterinary hospital networks into high-performing systems
How We Work
High-Touch Consulting. Success Beyond Industry Standards.
Built for scale, tailored for impact—solutions that scale across hospital groups, consolidators, and corporate-owned networks. VSS Consultants specialize in helping corporate veterinary groups align operations, elevate performance, and scale with confidence. From exceeding industry benchmarks to optimizing multi-location workflows, we bring decades of experience in veterinary medicine, hospital operations, and business strategy.
High-Touch Consulting
We partner with leaders at every level—Practice Managers, Regional and Area Managers, Integration Teams, and the C-Suite—to ensure alignment across your hospital network. Our hands-on consulting and leadership coaching equip your organization to scale smoothly, integrate acquisitions effectively, and sustain performance across multiple locations.
Data-Driven Insights
We start with the numbers—analyzing performance metrics, financials, and operational data to uncover what’s working, what’s not, and where the biggest opportunities lie.
Proprietary Playbook
Our playbook blends real-time data with tailored hands-on coaching to drive performance at every level. From practice managers to the C-suite, we align teams around shared goals—boosting EBITDA, cutting costs, and scaling growth without losing clarity or culture.
Why Clients Trust Us
With our Group Hospital Solut!ons, corporate and group-owned veterinary hospitals gain a strategic partner committed to scalable growth, seamless acquisition integration, empowered leadership, and lasting operational transformation across multi-location networks.
Veterinary Industry Expertise
We understand the complexities of managing multi-site veterinary operations—from clinical excellence to business performance at scale. With decades of industry and business expertise, we help hospital networks achieve clarity, consistency, and measurable results across every location.
Customized Solutions
Our strategies are designed for the realities of corporate veterinary ownership—whether you’re integrating new acquisitions, managing dozens of hospitals across regions, or aligning leadership roles to drive results. Every solution is customized to your structure, culture, and growth objectives.
Proven Strategies
We leverage data-driven insights, industry benchmarks, and our proprietary playbook to deliver measurable improvements across hospital networks—boosting EBITDA, improving COGS, strengthening leadership pipelines, and optimizing operations at every level.
Long-Term Partnership
We’re more than consultants—we’re collaborators. Our high-touch approach ensures your organization is equipped for sustainable growth across acquisitions and integrations, ensuring your network thrives today and is built for the future.
Where Do You Need the Most Help?
We understand that every veterinary practice has unique challenges. That’s why our veterinary consulting solutions are designed to address your most pressing needs—from managing inventory to boosting team morale. Explore the areas below to discover how we can help your practice thrive.
Our Group Hospital Solut!ons
Performance Consulting
We partner with Practice Managers, Regional Directors, and the C-Suite to blend data-driven insights with tailored coaching. Our solutions address multi-location KPI alignment, systemic roadblocks, acquisition integration, revenue drivers, and delegation—delivering measurable results across hospital networks.
Organizational Design Consulting
We help corporate hospital groups structure teams, roles, and workflows for maximum clarity, agility, and alignment—ensuring your network scales efficiently, integrates new acquisitions seamlessly, and maintains clinical excellence.
Senior Leadership Coaching
We provide personalized leadership coaching for corporate and regional leaders—equipping them with the skills and insights to inspire teams, align multi-location operations, and achieve organizational goals at scale.
Team Efficiency
From frontline staff to leadership, we cultivate high-performing teams through evidence-based team assessments, targeted coaching, and culture-building strategies that boost morale and retention.
Learning & Development
We design and implement customized training programs that elevate clinical, operational, and leadership capabilities across your hospitals.
Strategic Planning Retreats
Our expertly facilitated retreats align executive and regional leadership teams around a shared vision, actionable goals, and a roadmap for sustainable growth across corporate veterinary hospital networks.
Valuations
Accurate valuations provided by our Certified Valuation Analyst, whether you’re preparing for acquisition, investment, or internal benchmarking.
TESTIMONIALS
What People Are Saying
“Mary LeMay is incredible to work with. She is accountable, detail-oriented and does the tough task of keeping me, and my hospital moving in a positive direction. She is never shy about asking the hard questions and she pushes me to grow as a business owner and leader. Mary is so incredibly easy to talk to and has such a fabulous sense of humor that the challenging conversations don’t feel like a push at all. She always makes time for me, no matter what else she has on her plate, which is quite a lot. I would strongly recommend Mary to anyone who is in need of a coach. I have no doubt in my mind that she would help them and their hospital to expand.”
“Mary and Dr. Mel are truly an extension of our team. They genuinely care about our growth as individuals and as a whole, and provide the tools and support for our success to be sustainable. Since working with them, my leadership skills have evolved tremendously- I feel so much more equipped to handle various situations quickly, proactively, and with a solution-oriented mindset. They have helped me to identify and understand where my opportunities and blind spots affect my perspective, and how to leverage my unique strengths to work through them together as a team. I am so grateful for the support, encouragement, and partnership that both Mary and Dr. Mel continue to give me throughout all the stages of my veterinary management career.”