Our Veterinary Team

Dr. Farhad Ghasemi “Dr. G”:

Veterinarian

Dr. Farhad Ghasemi, “Dr. G”, has been practicing small animal medicine for more than 10 years. He completed a specialty /residency in Theriogenology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon. Dr. G has worked at small animal emergency hospitals in Windsor, Ottawa, and March Road Veterinary Hospital for many years, and finally joined the Eagleson Veterinary Clinic team in April, 2019. Dr. G particularly enjoys emergency medicine, a variety of soft tissue surgery, dermatology, ultrasound and dentistry. He has completed specialty courses in abdominal ultrasound, root canals, and extensive dentistry. He is also developing expertise in canine cruciate repair surgeries.

Dr. G enjoys skiing and spending time with his family. He shares his house with a Guinea pig, Mr GinGin.

Dr. Dennis Verbickas:

Veterinarian

Dr. Dennis Verbickas graduated in 2004 from Ontario Veterinary College. After graduation, he worked in small animal practice in the greater Toronto area for 14 years before moving to Ottawa in 2018. He has special interests in preventive, internal and emergency medicine as well as veterinary opthomology and dentistry. Dr. Verbickas regularly attends veterinary conferences to keep up to date on the most current advances in veterinary medicine and has taken several surgical wet labs to enhance his surgical skills. He is a member of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) where the latest veterinary information is available. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, camping, and kayaking. He lives with his wife Gita and two cats; Mama and Tuxedo. Dr. Verbickas gets a great deal of satisfaction from making a difference every day in the lives of both his patients and their owners.

Dr. Stephanie Reid BSc., DVM, CVA:

Veterinarian

Dr. Stephanie Reid has specialized in practising Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) with an emphasis on Acupuncture and Herbal Therapy in the Ottawa area since 2008.  At that time, she completed her training in acupuncture at the Chi Institute in Reddick, Florida, under the guidance of Dr. Huisheng Xie.

She takes appointments as a visiting specialist at Eagleson Veterinary Clinic.  Prior to achieving her training in Acupuncture and TCVM, Dr. Reid had over 30 years of practise in “Western” veterinary medicine, during which she had established two small animal hospitals in Kemptville and Manotick.

Dr. Reid has 10+ years experience in Acupuncture, TCVM and Herbal Medicine cases in the Ottawa area.

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Dr. Julie Nielsen

Veterinarian

Dr. Julie Nielsen was born and raised near Burlington, Ontario.  At the age of 5, Julie decided she would become a veterinarian because of her love of animals, science and new experiences. Before becoming a veterinarian, she spent six years in the Naval Reserves while completing a BSc at the University of Guelph.  After working for 5 years with a growing environmental company, Julie set her heart on pursuing her childhood dream, and graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 2008.  Since graduation, Dr. Nielsen has worked in both general and emergency practice, as well as graduating from the Veterinary Management Institute at Purdue University and completing a rotating small animal medicine and surgery internship in the USA.  In 2015 Julie and her husband found their dream farm in Ottawa, and they live there with Griffon, their Labrador Retriever, Lucy the house cat, and a flock of laying hens. Julie also enjoys gardening, renovating, reading, music and stained glass.

Dr. Elizabeth Pulman

Veterinarian

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Dr. Allam

Veterinarian

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Jessica

Clinic Manager

Jessica began working in the veterinary field when she was 16 years old as a kennel attendant for sister clinics in Manotick and Barrhaven. She learned veterinary care and assisting skills as well as worked as a receptionist for almost 9.5 years, leaving the veterinary field in 2015. At the same time, Jessica attended Carleton University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Criminology with a Concentration in Psychology in 2011, and spent 10 years working in various social work positions in shelters, drop-in centres, and group care residences. Most recently, Jessica joined the Eagleson Veterinary Clinic team in September, 2019, leaving a supervisory position at an agency caring for individuals with special needs and exceptionalities. Jessica has a special love for pet care, client service, and genuinely appreciates the relationships people have with their pets. Jessica has worked with 2 of her own dogs to provide therapy to the vulnerable populations. She is owned by two beautiful dogs, Rory and Hazel. In her spare time, you will find her working on her new home in the country, listening to music, and spending time with family or friends.

Trina

Assistant Manager

Trina graduated as a Veterinary Technician from Ridgetown College in 2001. She has been with Eagleson Veterinary Clinic since the beginning. Her passion for animals began at a very early age by trying to convince the local wildlife to come into the house, as she did not want them to be cold.

She is currently owned by 2 cats, Kaylie and Zach. In her spare time, she can be found either at the barn with her Arabian and Quarter Horse or curled up with a good book.

Taryn

Assistant Manager

Taryn has always had an interest in helping people and animals since her childhood growing up in Montreal. After completing a BA in Psychology, she decided a hands-on method of healing was more her style and moved to Ottawa to become a Registered Massage Therapist. While working here in Ottawa, she was introduced to the world of Flyball, a competitive dog sport, and it’s canine athletes. She also began fostering rescue dogs with Sit With Me Dog Rescue and the combination re-ignited her passion for helping animals live their best happy, healthy life. When the opportunity came up to work with Eagleson Veterinary Clinic, she was thrilled to be able to help families give their pets the best care possible, even in emergency situations. When at home, Taryn shares her home with her two dogs Bazinga and Winston and her two cats Scout and OG.

Olivia

Lead Registered Veterinary Technician

Growing up on a farm, Olivia has had a passion for animals for as long as she can remember. This passion led her to the Veterinary Technician program at Algonquin College where she quickly discovered a love for emergency medicine. Olivia currently works alongside Dr. Ammar as his orthopedic technician and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment where she can utilize her skills to care and help animals. When not working Olivia can be found out adventuring with her dog Winnie.

Laurel

Registered Veterinary Technician

Laurel graduated from the Northern College Veterinary Technician program in 2011. She went back for the Canine Physical Rehabilitation program in 2012. Laurel is a Registered Veterinary Technician and she has worked in the Veterinary field for the last 8 years. She enjoys assisting in surgery and is very passionate about helping animals. In 2017, Laurel went back to school for Diagnostic Medical Sonographer and has made the career change to human medicine. In her spare time she hikes with her Boston terrier named Vera. She enjoys working as an RVT part time at Eagleson Veterinary Clinic.

Carolanne

Registered Veterinary Technician

Carolanne graduated College Boreal in 2018 and joined our team in 2020 as a registered veterinary technician. She really enjoys helping animals in both shelter medicine and general practice. She has a very loving German Shepherd Husky mix named Eli, a crazy adventure cat named Kraken, and two ferrets named Bear and Panda. In her spare time Carolanne enjoys being outdoors. She loves going on long hikes, camping or kayaking, all that with her animals.

Chelsea

Registered Veterinary Technician

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Katie F.

Veterinary Technician

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Melissa

Registered Veterinary Technician

Melissa graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Algonquin College in 2013. She joined Eagleson in November 2020. Melissa, grew up competitive show jumping for 13 years with her horse Benji before retiring him 4 years ago. Her passion for horses as a young girl made her pursue helping animals as a career. Her interests include dentistry, lab procedures, and nutrition. She shares her home with her 2 cats Emery and Oakley. 

Hawlinston

Veterinary Technician

Hawlinston R. C. Lima is from Brazil and graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2003 from Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. After graduation, he worked with his Father and Brother, both veterinarians, in small animal practice in the 13 years before moving to Smiths Falls, Ontario in 2016. Hawlinston then started to work as a Veterinary Technician with his Brother Dr. Lima. Hawlinston then Moved to Ottawa in February 2020 and has been working and studying very hard to get his Veterinarian license in Canada.  He has special interests in surgery/anesthesia, emergency medicine, radiology and neurology. In his spare time, he enjoys staying with his family, Kizzy his wife and Rebecca and Rachel his two daughters. He also loves soccer and plays guitar and of course studying veterinary medicine.

Josie

Veterinary Assistant

Abby

Veterinary Assistant

Abby is a Certified Veterinary Assistant with our animal care team. She has always had a love for animals since she was young and even has experience with raising exotic animals, such as reptiles. Abby knew it was a career that she would love and find fulfilling. She completed the Veterinary Assistant program at Algonquin College in 2019. Abby has aspirations of going back to school to advance her career as a Registered Veterinary Technician, and after doing so, would love to specialize in wildlife, exotics, or dental. Abby has two pets of her own; an American Leopard Cur named Aurora and a blonde Tabby named Louise. In her spare time, Abby enjoys watching her favourite shows and listening to music.

Tianna

Veterinary Assistant

Tianna is currently working on her BSc with a major in Animal Biology at the University of Guelph. She hopes to fulfill her dream of being accepted into the Ontario Veterinary College to become a veterinarian in the near future. Fingers crossed! Tianna was happy to begin volunteering at Eagleson Veterinary Clinic in the spring of 2019 and was even more excited to be hired as a Veterinary Assistant that summer. More than anything, Tianna loves the ever-evolving world of veterinary medicine. She feels extremely grateful to have the opportunity to be a part of such an amazing industry. Outside of work, Tianna can be found studying, volunteering, and spending quality time with her three pet rats, Rajah, Rizzo and Roses.

Anna

Veterinary Assistant

After working in the printing services industry for over 15 years, Anna decided to follow her love of animals and become educated and experienced in the veterinary field.  As a pet owner herself, she understands the human-animal bond and does her best to help pet owners through concerning and heart-breaking moments in their lives. Aside from over 3 years of experience working in a 24-hr veterinary emergency hospital as a Technician Assistant, and now over 1 year as a Veterinary Assistant with Eagleson Veterinary Clinic, Anna also volunteers with Community Veterinary Outreach, & Freedom Drivers Transport. Anna has 4 little dogs, (Soukie, Hattie May, Penny, & Bea), a cockatiel named Baby, and a guinea pig named Chubbeh Piggeh Boi. Anna not only loves her own furry and feathered babies, she enjoys sharing her love with clients’ pets and taking the opportunity to hug them whenever they need it.

Jared

Veterinary Assistant

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Alyson

Veterinary Assistant

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Broady

Veterinary Assistant

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Liam

Veterinary Assistant

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Katie W.

Veterinary Assistant

Currently, Katie is taking Animal Biology for undergraduate studies. Katie has been working with large animals and farms for a little while now and always loved to see smaller animals. Katie is finding it amazing to be able to take the best care of small animals and really enjoys how selfless animals are. Katie particularly appreciates that special bond between owners and their pets and learning all of the different personalities that pets can have. Katie feels it’s amazingly rewarding knowing she is doing work to really make pets have the best life they can. Katie loves all sorts of sports and being active and can be found playing basketball and soccer in her spare time.

Emma

Veterinary Assistant

Emma is excited to be joining the Eagleson team as a Veterinary Assistant, after volunteering in the clinic. She is a current BScH student at Queen’s University majoring in Life Sciences and is hoping to start studying at the Ontario Veterinary College in the near future to become a vet. She loves the interesting cases and different challenges the veterinary field brings each day. She has an energetic husky named Memphis and a pointing griffon named Winnie. Outside of work she enjoys horseback riding, hiking and reading.

Julia

Veterinary Assistant

Julia’s whole life she has had a love for all animals. Throughout all of her years of high school, Julia worked at a dog kennel, and also participated in a co-op placement at a veterinary clinic. Once Julia found out about the veterinary technician role, she never really considered any other form of employment, she just knew that was exactly what she wanted to do. She is currently enrolled in the veterinary technician program at Algonquin college. In her spare time, she enjoys going on long walks with her dog Flo, as well as playing games online with friends and listening to music.

Angie

Veterinary Medical Receptionist, Veterinary Assistant

Angie graduated from St. Lawrence college with a certificate in Hospitality and Tourism in 2009. This led her to a career in casino marketing, and then retail management and client services. She has always enjoyed customer service and connecting with the public, but knew she wanted a more fulfilling role. Angie grew up in a house full of animal lovers, with many cats and dogs joining her family over the years. The love she has always felt for her pets led her to seek out a career in the veterinary field in 2019, and she has never looked back! Angie loves learning new things every day from the veterinary staff, to help her be the best mom she can be to her 3 year old cat named Stella, and her 2 year old Husky named Kodi. 

Holly

Lead Veterinary Medical Receptionist

Holly has been a huge animal lover since the day she was born and has spent her life growing up around animals and with numerous pets of her own.  Holly officially started working in the animal field in 2009. In 2014 she graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Algonquin College and spent many years working in the shelter environment. New curiosities and the will to help people led Holly to start a career in the human health world. That being said, she was never able to fully leave the animal world and still continues to give all the love and care to each animal as if they were her very own. Holly spends most of her spare time hanging out with family and friends and adventuring outside with her dog, Lola. She also shares her home with two mischievous tabby cats named Bob and Gus.

Shelby

Veterinary Medical Receptionist

Shelby is currently studying Biology at Carleton University. She joined our staff in May of 2020 and has experience working as both a Kennel attendant and receptionist at a different clinic in the city before joining Eagleson.  She has volunteered at local wildlife centres caring for orphaned raccoons, squirrels and chipmunks! She believes that every living creature deserves love and that’s why she’s made room in her heart and home for 3 snakes, a bearded dragon and 2 dogs.

Natasha

Veterinary Medical Receptionist

After working in the medical field for 6 years, transferring to the veterinary field was an easy transition for Natasha, given a life long passion for animals. With 15 years of experience in the front lines of a veterinary practice, coming to Eagleson Veterinary Clinic has been a new welcoming challenge. With interests in client care and pet nutrition, Natasha wants to share her passion and knowledge, and has been known to be the cat whisperer. She has surrounded myself with many furry friends over the years and currently has 2 dashchunds named ‘Timmy’ and ‘Lulu’. Natasha’s love for the veterinary profession continues into her hobbies, as an avid artist, she enjoys doing pet portraits.

Nikki

Veterinary Medical Receptionist

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Pearl

Our Clinic Cat

Pearl, Clinic cat – Pearl was chosen to join Dr. Ammar’s family when they found her at the Hamilton SPCA as a young kitten. Pearl lived with Dr. Ammar’s family until they moved to Ottawa a few years ago. Once Eagleson Veterinary Clinic opened, Pearl officially joined the staff team and has never left. Pearl is a young lady who loves to supervise and observe throughout the clinic. She eats 3 times a day and is very adamant about ensuring she is fed on time, if not early. Pearl enjoys watching the leaves and the birds near the front door of the clinic, sleeping on her favourite shelf in the front, chasing a laser pointer, and supervising procedures from the counter in the back. Pearl is a sassy girl, and although she enjoys broom scratches as well as occasional snuggles and pets, she is never afraid to stand up for herself. Pearl is a valued member of EVC’s team!