Eugene Gorodetsky, DVM

Dr. Gorodetsky has spent most of his career as an emergency and critical care veterinarian in a busy 24 hour referral hospital. He has also developed an interest and considerable experience in various areas of veterinary endoscopy. He has endoscopically removed hundreds and likely thousands of foreign bodies from stomachs, esophagi, small and large intestines, noses, lungs, vaginas, urethras and ears. All this while avoiding open surgery as well as pain, longer recovery and increased frequency of post-surgical complications.

Dr. Gorodetsky completed his pre-veterinary studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, graduating with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in the spring of 1999. His areas of medical interest include endoscopy, surgery and radiology.

Over the past 8-10 years he has been spending more and more time on the road performing endoscopic procedures in about 300 clinics from Campbell River to Kamloops, Scottsdale Veterinary Hospital is one of them. Eugene symbiotically coexists with his lovely wife, two (at times) lovely children, two dogs and a cat.

Tatjana K. Mirkovic, BSc, DVM, DACVIM (Small Animal)

Board Certified Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Dr. Mirkovic was born and raised in Manitoba. She received her DVM degree in 2000 from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. She then completed an Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of PEI in 2001, followed by a Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Mirkovic became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2004.

Since returning home to Canada in 2004 she worked as a specialist in small animal internal medicine in private practice for seven years at a large referral only specialty hospital in Vancouver: Canada West Veterinary Specialists and Critical Care Hospital. Currently she has her own mobile consulting business where she travels to general veterinary practices to consult on difficult or unusual medical cases and also performs a variety of special internal medicine procedures such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, rhinoscopy, bronchoscopy, bone marrow and joint tap procedures which all are part of the specialty of internal medicine. Her practice is limited to internal medicine problems of dogs and cats.

Dr. Mirkovic lives in Port Moody, BC. In her spare time she enjoys spending time in the great BC outdoors, cycling, travelling and spending time with her two best friends; her husband and her Black Labrador Edward.

Please consult with one of our veterinarians to help you decide if a consultation at Scottsdale Veterinary Hospital with Dr. Mirkovic is right for you and your pet.

Dr. Laurie Head, D.V.M.

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiology (ACVR)

Dr. Laurie Head, DVM, Diplomate ACVR (board certified radiologist) has chosen us as one of the few lower mainland veterinary hospitals that she regularly visits. She received her veterinary degree from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in Saskatoon and then completed a two year small animal medical internship. Dr. Head continued for another two years at the WCVM as a clinical associate of internal medicine. She completed her residency in radiology at the University of Tennessee, where she obtained her diplomate status and became board certified.

Dr. Head travels with her ultrasound equipment to enable her to both ultrasound and if necessary biopsy internal tissues guided by ultrasound. Currently Laurie performs ultrasounds once every two weeks at our hospital. She also permits us to send our digital ragiographs of our patients for her review and interpretation if needed. Many of our patients have already benefited from her expertise and the convenience of in-hospital procedures.

Dr. Mark Smith (BSc D.V.M. MVSc)

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons (acvs.org)

Dr. Mark Smith completed his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Guelph. He graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) in 1992 and spent six years in small animal general practice. He completed a one year small animal medicine and surgery internship at OVC and a one year surgery internship at Affiliated Veterinary Specialists in Orlando, Florida. In 2003, he then completed a three year small animal surgery residency where he received a Masters in Veterinary Science at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, in Saskatchewan. Board certification by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons was attained after a rigorous examination process. He previously operated at Canada West Veterinary Specialists in Vancouver. Currently Mark provides a mobile surgical service in the lower mainland.

We are proud to have Dr. Smith perform TPLO surgeries for cruciate ligament repair and patella surgeries here at Scottsdale Veterinary Hospital on a regular basis for our patients in need. Dr. Smith has also started to perform for us other orthopedic procedures and advanced soft tissue surgeries such as Ear Canal Ablations.

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Selected Publications:

• Smith ME, Bebchuk TN, Shmon CL, Watson LG , Steinmetz H. An in vitro biomechanical study of the effects of surgical modification upon the canine lumbosacral spine. Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan.
• Smith ME, de Haan J, Peck J, Madden SN. Augmented primary repair of patellar ligament rupture in three dogs. Affiliated Veterinary Specialists P. A., Winter Park, Florida, USA.
• Kurach L, Smith ME, Fowler JD. Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer of the Trapezius Flap in 20 Dogs and a Wallaby. Vet. Surg. 2012 Nov 26. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2012.01029.x.[Epub ahead of print]