Speaker Bios

Dr. Doug Whiteside is the Head Veterinarian and Senior Manager of Animal Health and Welfare at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, and a Professor of Conservation Medicine at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. He has had the privilege of working with hundreds of different species over the past three decades, many of which are threatened by extinction. Doug earned his DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College (University of Guelph). After two years in mixed animal practice, he then completed a zoo medicine internship at the Louisville Zoo. This was 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 OVC.

Dr. Whiteside is a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine and the European College of Zoological Medicine (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.