{"id":53378,"date":"2020-12-05T14:47:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T20:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/?p=53378"},"modified":"2023-01-05T07:17:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T13:17:36","slug":"whiteside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/whiteside\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas P. Whiteside, DVM, DVSc, DACZM, DECZM (ZHM)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Whiteside<\/a>Doug Whiteside<\/strong> is an Associate Professor of Conservation Medicine at the University of Calgary\u2019s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the Senior Staff Veterinarian at the Calgary Zoo. He also is a member of the Wildlife Health & Ecology Research Group<\/a> and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Biology at the University of Calgary. Doug is the Amphibian Taxon Advisory Group veterinarian for Canada\u2019s Accredited Zoos and Aquariums<\/a> and he is a member of Alberta\u2019s Amphibian and Reptile Specialist Group and the Northern Leopard Frog Recovery Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Whiteside earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the Ontario Veterinary College (University of Guelph) in 1995. After two years in mixed animal practice, he then completed a zoo medicine internship at the Louisville Zoo, followed by a zoo and wildlife medicine and pathology residency at the Toronto Zoo, while concurrently completing a Doctorate in Veterinary Science (DVSc) in Pathobiology from the University of Guelph in 2001. Dr. Whiteside is a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine<\/a> and the European College of Zoological Medicine<\/a> (Zoo Health Management). He is a strong advocate for animal welfare, is active on several national and international committees, and enjoys the clinical, teaching, and research challenges afforded to him by his current positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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