About the AMC

Pet Stories

Neurology is AWESOME!

Neurology is AWESOME! Rocco has been seen by Dr. JP McCue several times over the last few months. Sadly he is very sick. Your entire staff has been professional, caring and attentive to both Rocco and I.

Our beloved dog, Foxy

This story starts off very sad but has a very happy ending. On 2/7/2010 our beloved dog Foxy was hit by a car (she's a mini dachshund). She had traumatic brain injury, pulmonary contusions, and she was comatose from sunday night till some time on wed.

My 9 year old dog, Lara

my small 9 year old female dog lara had started not to feel well after a second day of being under the weather and being sick to her stomach. I took her to the local vet. she had a temp so they took an xray of her abdomen. what they saw was she had and infection in her uterus. the vet said she had to get to the animal hospital asap.

John Farrelly DVM, MS, DACVR (Radiation Oncology), DACVIM (Oncology)

Staff Doctor
Director, Radiation Oncology

Dr. Farrelly, the only board certified radiation oncologist treating animals in New York City, oversees the use of The AMC's newly installed linear accelerator (LINAC). The LINAC uses Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), a high intensity radiation treatment which can be focused on tumor tissue while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. Dr. Farrelly has published several papers on the use of radiation in the treatment of mast cell tumors and melanoma.

Education

BA - New York University, New York, NY 1994, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
DVM - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1998
MS - Biostatistics, New York Medical College – School of Health Sciences and Practice, Valhalla, NY, 2010

Recent Publications

Evaluation of strontium 90 irradiation in treatment of cutaneous mast cell tumors in cats: 35 cases (1992-2002) Turrel JM, Farrelly, J Page, RL, McEntee, MC J Am Vet Med Assoc 2006. pp 898-901

Phone

(212) 329-8794