I am a veterinarian who has specialized in zoo, wildlife, and exotic pet medicine for 25 years. I have a Master of Science in Wild Animal Health and am a Diplomat of both the European and American Colleges of Zoological Medicine. I have had positions as Head Veterinarian at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, in Jersey, UK, as a resident in Zoological Medicine at the Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri, and, for 17 years, as a veterinarian at the Toronto Zoo, Ontario, including five years as their Head of Veterinary Services. In November 2019, I left the Toronto Zoo and started my own zoo and wildlife veterinary consultancy company, primarily working as a wildlife veterinarian at the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre. In July 2020, I was hired as an Avian and Exotic Animal Specialist Veterinarian in the Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre, a referral facility focusing on high-level companion animal care, and became Chief of the Avian and Exotic Service. This Service closed in October 2022. Since then, I have worked on contracts for various organizations such as the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, the College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis, the 404 Veterinary Emergency and Referral Hospital, and for the Ministry of the Solicitor General in Ontario. I remain a Specialist Graduate Faculty in the Department of Clinical Studies and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College. I am the Chair of the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine.