She is a board certified small animal surgeon (Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgeons – acvs.org) and spent 6 years in private practice before following her passion and starting to teach at the University of Calgary in late 2013. She is currently engaged in research looking at simulators to enhance student teaching as well as looking at intraosseus catheters and fluid delivery to dogs and the most appropriate way to close tissue layers in cats. She has a special interest in soft tissue surgery (including airway surgery, surgery for reconstruction of wounds and to remove tumors) as well as neurosurgery.