St.Catharines Animal Hospital is a new facility that has been opened by Dr. Bassem Boctor, a long time local resident who has been serving the community for many years through his mobile practice. After having establishing a large clientele through his popular Home Care visits, Dr. Boctor has expanded his practice to now also include a full service veterinary hospital to better serve the St. Catharines community.

Dr. Bassem Boctor

In 2000 Dr. Bassem Boctor and his family decided to immigrate to Canada to pursue their dreams. By 2002, he had successfully completed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination, the academic part of the National Board Examination. Dr. Boctor worked hard for two years in small and mixed animal hospitals. Here, he successfully met the required Canadian standards in small animal medicine, surgery, radiology, pathology, anaesthesiology, equine and food animal medicine.

Dr. Boctor has acquired an in depth and diverse clinical experience by practicing in many hospitals. He passed the Clinical Proficiency Examination from the veterinary medical school at the University of Saskatchewan, and became eligible to work as a licensed veterinarian anywhere in Canada. Working in 24-hour emergency hospitals for almost two years, he gained solid experience in both regular and emergency medicine.

Following his desire to help people and their pets be more comfortable while accessing quality health care, Dr. Boctor opened his mobile practice.