Current Professional Activities

• Founding partner, small animal surgeon and surgical oncologist, Capital City Specialty & Emergency Animal Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Adjunct professor, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
• Collaborative clinical research
• Lecturing on surgical oncology and small animal surgery topics
• VIN consultant

Past Professional Activities

• Founding President of the Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology, 2006–2008
• ACVS Publications Committee, 2006–2009

Marital Status

• Married to Allison in August 2015

Children

• Oliver, born in February 2014

Pets

• Ruby and Oscar, two adorable cats rescued from our local humane society, and Morley, a rambunctious and loyal bernadoodle

Hobbies

• Cycling (road, cyclocross and mountain bike)
• Photography (especially street photography)
• SCUBA diving and underwater photography
• Cooking
• Enjoying great food and beer, wine and scotch
• Reading non-fiction and the occasional fiction if written by John Grisham, Michael Connelly, or Lee Child
• Watching movies
• Guitar
• Travelling
• Most importantly, spending time with my family

Favorite Quotes

• "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." -Henry David Thoreau
• "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -Maya Angelou
• "A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty." -Unknown
• "Never, never, never give up." -Winston Churchill

What I Like Most About VIN

Learning every day. Discussing and debating cases with other specialists and VIN consultants. Engaging with VIN members who want to do their best for their patients and clients.