Platte Woods Animal Hospital

Platte Woods Animal Hospital is a full-service small-animal practice on NW 72nd Street in the Northland, operating since 1971 and owned since 1993 by Ron Armstrong, DVM. His son Tyler Armstrong, DVM joined in 2015 and became medical director in 2020, making it a two-generation, father-and-son veterinary practice that describes itself plainly as a family-run business. It runs four veterinarians, keeps emergency and overnight hospitalization capability during business hours, and is open six days a week. No corporate parent appears in its materials.

Description

Platte Woods Animal Hospital is a full-service small-animal practice at 5901 NW 72nd Street in the Northland, north of the river in Platte County. It has operated since 1971 and treats “many types of animals including but not limited to cats, dogs, rabbits, and guinea pigs.”¹

The hospital’s defining feature is its family structure. Ron Armstrong, DVM bought the practice in 1993; his son Tyler Armstrong, DVM joined as an associate veterinarian in May 2015 and became medical director in 2020.¹² The hospital states the point directly: “We are exceptionally proud to be a family-run business that thinks of all our staff and clients as extended family.”¹

It is open six days a week and carries more clinical capability than a strictly appointment-hours general practice. It takes emergency cases during business hours and provides overnight hospitalization to patients who need it, and its medical work extends into orthopedics, dentistry and reproductive medicine alongside general wellness.¹ Breeding services are a distinct listed service line, which is comparatively unusual among metro small-animal hospitals.¹

Four veterinarians practise there, with a mix of backgrounds. Dr. Richard Brus, who joined in 2019, began his career at a southwest Iowa practice where he treated buffalo, elk, llamas and livestock alongside dogs and cats; his interests are now endocrinology and dermatology. Dr. Riley Newson holds a Human-Animal Bond Certification, practises Fear Free medicine, and lists veterinary hospice and end-of-life care, animal behavior, clinical pathology and veterinary social work among her professional interests.²

The practice also runs a long internal promotion track worth noting: its practice manager, Courtney, started at the hospital as a kennel attendant in 2019, went through the Maple Woods veterinary technology programme, qualified as a registered veterinary technician in 2021, and stepped into the practice-manager role at the start of 2023.²

Goods and services

• Wellness and vaccination programmes¹³
• Preventive services³
• Medical services — including orthopedics, dental and reproductive medicine¹³
• Surgical services³
• Anesthesia and patient monitoring³
• Emergency and urgent care — taken during business hours, with overnight hospitalization available¹³
• Breeding services³
• Nutritional counseling³
• Boarding and grooming¹
• Pet supplies and an online store³

History

Platte Woods Animal Hospital has been operating in the Kansas City area since 1971.¹ Its earliest history — who founded it, and who owned it between 1971 and 1993 — is not stated on the current site and could not be sourced.

Ron Armstrong graduated with his doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in 1982. He began his career as an associate veterinarian at Desert Inn Animal Hospital in Las Vegas and worked there until 1992, then purchased Platte Woods Animal Hospital in 1993. His fields of interest are surgery, critical care and preventive care; away from the clinic he spends time with his grandchildren and bird dogs.²

Tyler Armstrong received his doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in 2015 — the same college as his father, thirty-three years later — and joined the practice as an associate veterinarian that May. He became medical director in 2020. His fields of interest are surgery, dentistry, reproduction and preventive care.¹²

As of 2026 the hospital marks fifty-five years of operation and thirty-three years under Armstrong ownership.

Sources

Links

• Website: https://plattewoodsanimalhospital.net/
• About Us: https://plattewoodsanimalhospital.net/about-our-clinic/
• Our Doctors: https://plattewoodsanimalhospital.net/about-our-clinic/our-doctors/

Footnotes

1. Platte Woods Animal Hospital — official “About Us” page — asserts: “Platte Woods Animal Hospital is proud to have been offering exceptional veterinary care to the Kansas City area since 1971”; it is a small animal practice treating “many types of animals including but not limited to cats, dogs, rabbits, and guinea pigs”; “Dr. Ronald Armstrong purchased Platte Woods Animal Hospital in 1993 and his son Dr. Tyler Armstrong joined the practice in May of 2015”; “We are exceptionally proud to be a family-run business that thinks of all our staff and clients as extended family”; the hospital is open 6 days a week, takes emergency cases during business hours and provides overnight hospitalization; medical care spans orthopedics, dental, reproductive and general wellness; boarding and grooming are offered. Address 5901 NW 72nd St, Kansas City, MO 64151; phone (816) 741-8600; email pwah5901@gmail.com; hours Mon–Fri 7:00am–6:00pm, Sat 8:00am–1:00pm, Sun closed. Footer reads ”© 2026 Platte Woods Animal Hospital. Provided by Patterson | Powered by LifeLearn WebDVM” — no corporate parent. This is the primary founding, ownership and current-operation proof. (Retrieved 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Platte Woods Animal Hospital — official “Our Doctors” / Meet Our Team page — asserts: Dr. Ron Armstrong graduated with his doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in 1982, began his career as an associate veterinarian at Desert Inn Animal Hospital in Las Vegas and worked there until 1992, purchased Platte Woods Animal Hospital in 1993, and has fields of interest in surgery, critical care and preventive care. Dr. Tyler Armstrong received his DVM from the University of Missouri in 2015, has worked as an associate veterinarian at PWAH since 2015 and became medical director in 2020, with interests in surgery, dentistry, reproduction and preventive care. Dr. Richard Brus joined the clinic in 2019, graduated Iowa State Veterinary College in 1992, began his career at a southwest Iowa practice treating dogs, cats, buffalo, elk, llamas and livestock, and has interests in endocrinology and dermatology. Dr. Riley Newson graduated from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in 2019, has experience in shelter medicine, general practice and emergency medicine, holds a Human-Animal Bond Certification, practises Fear Free medicine, and has interests in veterinary hospice and end-of-life care, animal behavior, clinical pathology and veterinary social work. Practice manager Courtney, RVT began at PWAH in 2019 as a kennel attendant, graduated the Maple Woods Veterinary Technology program in May 2021 and became practice manager on 1 January 2023. Page also lists registered veterinary technicians Madison and Mariah. No corporate-parent reference appears. (Retrieved 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

3. Platte Woods Animal Hospital — official site navigation and services index — asserts: the itemised service lines carried in the site’s Services menu — Anesthesia and Patient Monitoring, Breeding Services, Emergency and Urgent Care, Medical Services, Nutritional Counseling, Pet Supplies, Preventive Services, Surgical Services, Wellness and Vaccination Programs, and Additional Services — plus an Online Store and a New Clients section covering online forms, payment options and what to expect. (Retrieved 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹