Dr. Nessa Forde completed her veterinary degree at the University of Edinburgh in 2012. Following graduation she returned to Calgary and became the first small animal rotating intern at Western. Dr. Forde has since worked at Western as an emergency veterinarian and as a clinical associate supporting various speciality services.

Currently, Dr. Forde helps to oversee patients referred for out patient imaging and is an associate for the Internal Medicine service.

Dr. Forde spends her weekends in the mountains with her family, either skiing, mountain biking or hiking. While she doesn’t have her own pets, she loves to foster dogs until they can be reunited with their family or find a forever home.