When your pet needs specialized medical care, our team works with your family veterinarian to diagnose, treat, and guide you through the next steps.
When a pet develops a serious illness, complicated symptoms, or requires advanced surgery, your family veterinarian may recommend specialty care. Lancaster Veterinary Specialties is a referral-focused specialty hospital dedicated to diagnosing and treating complex medical conditions in dogs and cats.
Unlike a general veterinary clinic, we do not provide routine wellness care or vaccinations. Instead, our doctors have advanced training in specific areas of medicine and surgery and use specialized diagnostic technology designed for conditions that require deeper investigation and expertise.
Our team works alongside your primary veterinarian to provide advanced diagnostics, specialized treatment, and thoughtful long-term management plans. From the first consultation through follow-up, both you and your family veterinarian remain important members of your pet’s care team.
We focus not only on treating disease, but on helping pets maintain comfort, function, and quality of life throughout every stage of care.
Advanced soft tissue and orthopedic procedures performed with modern surgical techniques, anesthesia monitoring, and attentive post-operative care.
Comprehensive evaluation of chronic, unexplained, or complicated medical conditions using advanced diagnostics and structured case management.
Medical and surgical cancer treatment focused on comfort, quality of life, and individualized care planning.
Diagnosis and long-term management of heart disease supported by advanced imaging and tailored treatment plans.
Specialized treatment for eye disease, injuries, and vision disorders in dogs and cats.
Advanced imaging including CT and ultrasound to guide accurate diagnoses and treatment decisions.
Dr. Stacy Santoro Binstock is a New Jersey native. She completed her undergraduate degree in animal science at Rutgers University in 1997 and continued on to earn her veterinary degree from Iowa State University in 2002. Following veterinary school, Dr. Binstock returned to New Jersey to complete a rotating internship at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital. She moved back to the Midwest to begin an oncology residency at Kansas State University and finished the training at the University of Wisconsin in 2007. After working at several specialty referral hospitals along the east coast, she now calls LVS and the Philadelphia suburbs home.
Dr. Binstock’s special interests include lymphoma/relapse therapy, mast cell tumors, molecular and minimally invasive diagnostics, acupuncture and holistic therapy, oral cancer, and advanced imaging of tumors. She strives to offer the best possible care for each client by customizing a specific treatment plan to fit the needs of the owner and pet, along with providing the education and emotional support needed to go through the journey together. She also works closely with primary care veterinarians to create a comprehensive care plan and support system. In her spare time, Dr. Binstock enjoys spending time with her husband and children, cooking, reading, outdoor activities, and exploring farmers markets and festivals. Her first “child” is a Chihuahua mix named Luigi.
Dr. Julie Compton, graduate of Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000, continued her education by completing a rotating internship at the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. Dr. Compton finished a surgical internship in 2002 in Texas and was accepted into a 4-year residency program at the University of Missouri. There, she completed a Master’s degree in Arthrology and achieved Diplomate status in the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Residing in western Pennsylvania, Dr. Compton has worked in a referral private practice for over 15 years. She was the president of the WPVMA for 2 years, helping to bring the local veterinarians together to provide meaningful continuing education. She has successfully trained multiple rotating interns, surgical interns, and surgical residents during her time in private practice.
Dr. Compton has expertise in all aspects of surgery, including soft tissue, orthopedics, and neurosurgery. She enjoys perineal hernias, urogenital surgeries, TPLOs, patella repairs, and fracture repairs, to name a few. She encourages veterinarians to reach out to her to ask questions and nurture a team approach for mutual patients.
Dr. Compton enjoys spending her spare time with her family, 4 children, 3 dogs, and 3 cats. She loves to watch her daughter play softball, watch her son run cross country, and experience the outdoors. Her goal at this point in her career is to work together with clients and their primary veterinarians to provide the personalized surgical expertise and experience owners expect, and their beloved family pets deserve.
Dr. Goodwin is a native of Detroit, MI. He graduated from Tuskegee University College of Veterinary medicine and completed his cardiology residency at Purdue University. Dr. Goodwin specializes in helping families combat cardiovascular disease in their four-legged family members.
Lancaster Veterinary Specialties has partnered with Dr. Paek of VetRad to provide real-time board-certified radiology interpretations of our CT studies. Dr. Matthew Paek has earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He then went on to earn his veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2010. After completing a one-year rotating internship in medicine and surgery at a large private practice in New Jersey, he returned to the University of Pennsylvania for a three-year residency and completed his board certification as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology.
He enjoys all aspects of diagnostic imaging including radiology, contrast studies, ultrasound, and computed tomography (CT). His clinical areas of interest are advanced imaging of musculoskeletal injuries, central nervous system disorders, and oncological conditions. He has authored numerous scientific articles and textbook chapters, and regularly gives lectures at regional and national continuing education conferences.
In his spare time, Dr. Paek enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, watching Philadelphia sports teams, and grilling on his Big Green Egg.
Dr. Rodriguez received a bachelor degree from Cornell University in mathematics in 1993 and his doctorate of veterinary medicine from the University of Florida in 1997. Dr. Rodriguez headed back north to Boston where he completed a one-year internship in medicine and surgery at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital. After 2 years in general practice he completed a three-year residency in small animal internal medicine at Mississippi State University and became board certified in small animal internal medicine in 2003. Dr. Rodriguez practiced at two large referral practices in Cincinnati and Philadelphia until he formed his own specialty group in Lancaster in 2012.
Dr. Rodriguez feels very fortunate to have the privilege of being surrounded by an incredible group of specialists and veterinary nurses that serve the community with passion, love, and a family mentality. Dr. Rodriguez and LVS treat every referred person and pet as if they are part of our own family.
Dr. Rodriguez’s interests within the discipline of internal medicine are broad and include endocrinology, hematology, oncology, cardiology, and infectious disease. He has published articles in several professional journals and has given talks at both the local and national levels. Dr. Rodriguez performs numerous specialized procedures which include but are not limited to gastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, rhinoscopy, bronchoscopy, cystoscopy, abdominal ultrasound, echocardiography, contrast radiographic studies, PEG tube placement, ultrasound guided biopsies, and bone marrow aspirates/biopsies.
When not serving clients and patients, Dr. Rodriguez enjoys spending as much time as possible with his three children.
No. We are a specialty-only hospital and do not provide wellness exams, vaccinations, or routine dental services. Our focus is advanced diagnostics and treatment of complex medical conditions.
Yes. We communicate directly with your veterinarian and send detailed findings and recommendations so care stays coordinated before, during, and after your visit.
We provide specialty care exclusively for dogs and cats.
Your pet’s first appointment will involve a comprehensive review of medical history, diagnostics as needed, and a detailed discussion of findings and treatment options. Appointments are scheduled to allow time for in-depth evaluation and conversation.
