Dr. Jacqueline Pearce received her DVM in 2003 from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She did a 1 year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Purdue University from 2003-2004. She completed a residency in comparative ophthalmology and a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Missouri from 2004-2007. Dr. Pearce became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2007. She was an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri from 2007-2017 where her research and clinical focuses were infectious ocular disease, ocular imaging, ophthalmic surgery and the treatment of inherited retinal diseases and ocular tumors. She was a part-time staff Ophthalmologist at Animal Eye Consultants in the Chicago area from 2012-2017. She has worked with Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, The St. Louis Zoo, The Kansas City Zoo and currently works regularly with the Vancouver Aquarium to assist with eye disease management in many exotic species.
In the summer of 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Vancouver, Canada to start the Ophthalmology Service at VCA Vancouver Animal Emergency and Referral Centre. She is very proud of the practice her team has built. Dr. Pearce has a strong, balanced interest in both medical treatment of ocular diseases as well as surgery. She is the only Ophthalmology specialist in the BC mainland offering advanced surgical therapies for glaucoma and CT/MRI imaging for her patients. Dr. Pearce values a gentle approach to patient examination and she and her entire team are Fear-Free certified. Dr. Pearce and her team are also Recover CPR certified in both basic and advanced pet life support.
