Our Team of Toronto Veterinarians
Lead by a team of highly qualified veterinary specialists, Animal Health Partners Toronto Emergency and Specialty Hospital is bringing the world’s best practices of private human healthcare to veterinarian care.
Veterinary Toronto
Edouard Marchal
Neurology
Edouard Marchal graduated from the Ecole National Veterinaire d'Alfort (France) in 2015. He moved to Saint- Hyacinthe (Quebec) for his rotating internship and stayed in Canada for his Neurology/Neurosurgery Residency at the University of Guelph from 2016 to 2019. He is now Residency Trained and will sit for the last part of the ACVIM (Neurology) Examination in June 2020. He decided to continue the Canadian adventure for longer and is delighted to be a member of the Animal Health Partners team and Neurology Service.view profile
Lydia Pan
Internal Medicine
National Taiwan University, College of Veterinary Medicine in 2007Master's degree in Veterinary Studies in 2012 from Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.Lydia moved to North America in 2014 and completed a rotating small animal medicine and surgery internship at North Carolina State University from 2014 to 2015Completed her Small Animal Internal Medicine resident program at Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), University of Prince Edward Island in 2018view profile
Alan Norris
Director of Veterinary Medicine, Head of Internal Medicine
view profile- Internal Medicine professional for over 40 years
- Board Certified Veterinary Internal Medicine Specialist, ACVIM
- Founder of Internal Medicine and Oncology Services, Veterinary Emergency Clinic, Toronto
- Former Partner Veterinary Referral Clinic of Mississauga. Deep expertise in oncology, blood disorders, respiratory disorders, nephrology and gastroenterology
Alicia Skelding
Head of Anesthesiology
view profile- Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia
- Doctor of Veterinary Science, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
- 3-year residency in Anesthesia and Analgesia, Ontario Veterinary College
- 1-year rotating small animal internship at 404 Veterinary Emergency and Referral Hospital
- Master of Science degree in dairy genetics, University of Guelph
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College
- Bachelor of Science degree, University of Guelph
Arata Matsuyama
Medical Oncology
view profile- Dr. Matsuyama graduated from Hokkaido University (Japan)
- Specialist in Veterinary Medical Oncology, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Oncology section
- 3-year specialty training residency in Medical Oncology at University of Guelph (Canada)
- Currently PhD candidate at Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph (Canada)
- Small animal internship at Hokkaido University (Japan)
Barbara Bryer
Head of Emergency Medicine
view profile- Head of Emergency Medicine, Toronto Animal Health Partners Emergency and Specialty Hospital
- Graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario
- Fear-Free training certified
Caroline Gregg
Emergency Medicine
view profile- Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine - Graduated with honours from Ontario Veterinary College in 2015
- Bachelor of Science (Biology) - Graduated with honours from University of Guelph in 2011
- Practicing emergency medicine in large referral hospitals across the GTA for the past 3 years
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Courtney Murray
Emergency Medicine
view profile- Graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine
- Former rotating intern at the Veterinary Emergency Clinic of Toronto
- 4 years practicing emergency medicine
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David Dukoff
Emergency Medicine
view profile- Graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College
- Masters of Science in Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
Dawn Crandell
Co-Head Intensive Care Unit
view profile- Diplomate of the American College of Emergency and Critical Care (DACVECC)
- Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc) from Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
- 3-year residency in Emergency and Critical Care at Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Guelph, ON)
- 1-year rotating internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, PEI)
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
Debbie Reynolds
Head of Surgery
view profile- Graduated from the University of Queensland (Australia)
- Specialist in Veterinary Surgery, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons – Small Animal
- 3-year specialty training residency in Surgery at the University of Guelph (Guelph, Canada)
- Research Fellow at Michigan State University – Stem cell research (USA)
- Small animal internship at Washington State University (USA)
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Francesca Di Mauro
Intensive Care Unit
view profile- Diplomate of the American College of Emergency and Critical Care (DACVECC)
- 3-year residency in Emergency and Critical Care completed at Cornell University Hospital for Animals, Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Ithaca, NY)
- 1-year rotating internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the Veterinary Emergency Clinic (Toronto, ON)
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
- Bachelor of Science (BScH) from the University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
Greg Kilburn
Head of Neurology
view profile- Board-certified Specialist in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College (2003)
- Rotating Small Animal Internship, Atlantic Veterinary College (2003-2004)
- Residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Veterinary Neurological Center (2004-2007)
- Graduated from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Neurology) (2007)
Jonathan Lichtenberger
Cardiology
view profile- Graduated from the École Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (France)
- Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Cardiology section
- 4-year specialty training residency in Cardiology and MSc in electrophysiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College (PEI, Canada)
- Small animal internship at Oregon State University (USA)
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Judy Brown
Co-Head Intensive Care Unit
view profile- Diplomate of the American College of Emergency and Critical Care (DACVECC)
- Masters of Science (MSc) from the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
- 3-year residency in Emergency and Critical Care at Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Teaching Hospital
- 1-year rotating internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Animal Medical Center (New York, NY)
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
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Julia Cecchini
Emergency Medicine
view profile- Graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science from the University of Guelph
- Small animal rotating internship at the Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Toronto
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Kevin Isakow
Surgery
Graduated from University of Pretoria (South Africa) with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, Small animal internship at Purdue University, Indiana, Surgical internship at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, SK, Masters of Veterinary Science and Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Special interest in orthopaedic surgeryview profile -
Laura Tindal
Emergency Medicine
view profile- Graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from McGill University
- Small-animal rotating internship at the Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Toronto
- Fear-Free training certified
Shannon Westgarth
Internal Medicine
view profile- Bachelor of science (honours) from Queen’s University - 2007
- Doctor of veterinary medicine from the Ontario Veterinary College – 2011
- Rotating internship at the Ontario Veterinary College 2011-2012
- Internal medicine residency at the Ontario Veterinary College 2012-2015
- Doctor of Veterinary Science degree from the Ontario Veterinary College 2015
- Board-certified from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (internal medicine) 2015
Scott Woodrow
Head of Innovation
view profile- Over 20 years of international commercialization experience
- Founder and Inventor of software company in data acquisition and informatics for mental health
- International Board of Governors Member, Technion Institute, Israel (2013-2016)
