Dr. Royal featured in Crain’s Chicago Business & Barrington Courier-Review

 

"I put a microchip in each of my pets. I believe that the benefits outweigh the risks. I am concerned about the increasing reports of possible tumors and inflammation associated with these chips, but an exact causal relationship is not yet conclusively proven. Other causes for tumors, such as vaccination, seem more likely to me, and I have not seen any tumors at the sites of microchips in my patients. All in all, I believe microchipping a pet is a good idea."