GEORGIAN BAY EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICES

Team Members


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VETERINARIAN & PRACTICE OWNER

Dr. Angie Hill

Dr. Hill grew up in Eastern Ontario and is a 2006 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. After graduating, she completed a one-year internship in Equine Medicine and Surgery at Glenwood Veterinary Clinic in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. During her time in the mountains, Dr. Hill met her husband Matt. She practiced equine medicine at Moore Equine Center in Calgary, AB and in Colorado, before returning to Ontario in 2011. Dr. Hill worked at Blue Mountain Veterinary Services, developing the new equine part of the practice, until purchasing it in 2015.

Dr. Hill’s professional interests include lameness and sports medicine, ultrasound and practice management. Outside of work, she can be found spending time with her family, which includes keeping up with her boys Nathan and Jamie, husband Matt and the household pets. She enjoys riding and eventing her horse, Watson, hiking with her dog Max and most other outdoor adventures. Dr. Hill is thrilled to realize her dream of creating a dedicated equine practice within Grey County!

 

VETERINARIAN

Dr. Lisa Costa


 

VETERINARIAN

Dr. Cáit Ní Thuama

Cáit comes from the countryside of the south west of Ireland, right by the ocean. She grew up riding Connemara ponies, spending any free time at the local riding stables. After graduating from University College Dublin, Ireland in 2017 she moved to New Zealand to complete a yearlong internship in equine medicine and surgery, working with primarily thoroughbred racehorses. Following that she moved to Northern Victoria, Australia to do a stud season. Working mainly with standardbred horses she got to experience all areas of equine reproduction. She then went on the spend time working at an equine hospital in Perth, Western Australia. She enjoys all aspect of equine work, but her main areas of interest are neonatal medicine and reproduction.

Outside of work Cáit enjoys being outside, whether it’s hiking or trying a new activity. She’s looking forward to trying some new snow sports while here in Canada

 
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RETIRED VETERINARIAN

Dr. Mark Gallagher

Dr. Gallagher has been a familiar face in the local horse industry for many years. After 37 years of practice, Dr. Gallagher retired from practice in 2019. We are fortunate to have him continuing to offer Chiropractic services for our practice.

Growing up, his time was split between Bath, Ohio and McGregor Bay, ON. He is a 1981 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State University. After graduation, Dr. Gallagher practiced in rural Vermont, until relocating to Ontario in 2006, to start Nottawasaga Veterinary Services with his wife, Dr. Linda Squires. In 2011, he started Gallagher Equine Services, a solo equine practice based out of his home farm.

Since retiring from general practice, he enjoys spending time with his wife on their 100 acre organic vegetable and poultry farm and time away at his cottage in McGregor Bay. He has two grown children, Anna practices veterinary medicine in Vermont and Clyde practices law in Florida.

 
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EQUINE VETERINARY ASSISTANT

Andrea Corvari

Born and raised in the Collingwood region, Andrea is a very familiar face in the Ontario sport horse community and you may have seen her in many barns in the area, clipping, breaking or showing young horses. Andrea joined our team in July 2019 as a veterinary assistant. Andrea has been in the saddle since she was 8 years old, showing in various parts of the hunter/jumper circuit. In addition to her years of horse experience, she obtained a BA in Psychology from Laurentian University in 2018. She runs her small breeding program "‘Always Hunters’ out of the same building our clinic is set in. She is on the provincial advisory board for the Canadian Sport Horse Association.

 

EQUINE VETERINARY ASSISTANT

DANA BISSON

Dana joined team GBEVS in December 2021. She very quickly fell in love with all things equine while growing up riding her moms horse. Her love for horses encouraged her to study at TriOS College (former D'Arcy Lane Institute) for Equine Massage Therapy, a 2 year, 2200 hour practice oriented program. Dana has recently furthered her education and has become a Certified PEMF Practitioner through Magnawave. Dana has always been passionate for and continually has a goal of bettering their well-being!

Outside of work, Dana enjoys riding her horse, walking her dogs & spending time with her family.

 

OFFICE MANAGER

LAUREN PARR

 

EQUINE REGISTERED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN

Eden Dinsmore

Growing up on a farm in southern Ontario, Eden easily fell in love with everything horse after she started riding at the age of 10. Spending hours at the barn was not only a chore but a joy for her as she was immersed in the sport of eventing.

Eden's love of all animals led her to completing the veterinary technician program at St Clair college in 2002. After becoming a registered veterinary technician RVT, Eden worked in a small animal practice in Fergus Ontario. As a mother of 3 girls Eden chose to take some time off to raise her family. For the last 8 years Eden went on to managing a horse farm in Creemore, reconnecting to her true love of horses.
Eden is thrilled to have the opportunity to work in this field and use her education to care for the animals she has such a passion for.

Eden lives in Creemore with her husband, their 3 daughters, 2 dogs, and a cat! She enjoys spending time with family and pretty much anything outdoors

 

EQUINE VETERINARY ASSISTANT

Cora Frisby

Cora has been a part of the equine industry for the past twenty years, working and managing large stables for most of her adult life. Aside from horses, Cora is a certified elementary school teacher.

Cora joined our team fall of 2024

OFFICE MANAGEMENT

Katrina Ardiel