Dr. I. Elizabeth Borgmann

Veterinary medicine is Dr. Borgmann’s second career! She started out in molecular biology (gene cloning) and was working for the National Research Council in Saskatoon when her beloved black lab escaped and was hit by a car. Devastated, Dr. Borgmann’s husband took their dog to the Western College of Veterinary Medicine for treatment. Only then did he find out it was Dr. Borgmann’s life long dream to become a veterinarian. With his encouragement & support she left her career and returned to school. Dr. Borgmann has never looked back!

While in Saskatoon Dr. Borgmann worked with the Zoological Society and the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo to develop their interpretive zoo programs and was integral in convincing the city to build an on site hospital for the care & treatment of the animals at the zoo. Dr. Borgmann's enjoyment of exotic animals continues in her practice today and in her home life. She shares her home and office with a bearded dragon (Anubis) and two birds (Christopher & Myst).

Dr. Borgmann also shares her home with 4 cats and another black lab. (Dr. Borgmann has a very tolerant husband!). Married almost 24 years, she and her husband have a son (Bret) and a daughter (Alicia). You will meet Alicia on the weekends when she joins her mother at the practice.

 Degrees:    

• B.Sc. (Cell Biology and Genetics) - 1984
• M.Sc (Genetics) - 1987
• D.V.M. - 1994

Dr. Borgmann is a member of the following associations:

• British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association
• Association of Avian Veterinarians
• Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians
• Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians
  

Dr. Ken Macquisten

Dr. Macquisten has been a practicing veterinarian in the Fraser Valley since 1980, and was Abbotsford's first full time small animal veterinarian. In addition to domestic pets, Dr. Macquisten has a keen interest in wildlife medicine & surgery, and shares his time as Director of the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.