Our Team

Dr. Doug Roberts

Dr. Roberts was born and raised in Dresden, Ontario, where his father, Dr. Lea Roberts, practiced veterinary medicine for 36 years.

Dr. Shelley Hustins

Dr. Hustins spent her early years growing up in Bedford, NS, where her parents bred Labrador Retrievers.

Dr. Jennifer Conway

Dr. Conway was born & raised on a dairy farm in Eastern Ontario. She did her undergraduate degree at McGill University then into the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dr. Josh Aalders

Dr Aalders grew up in the community of South Alton just outside the Kentville area. He completed his bachelor degree in Animal science from NSAC (Dalhousie) and then went on the complete a Doctor of Vet Medicine at Atlantic Vet College.

Dr. Karen Hamblin

Dr. Hamblin grew up in Ontario, graduating from the University of Guelph with her BSc (Agr) ’78 and DVM ’82. She moved to Nova Scotia in 1984, joining Cornwallis Vets as an associate Veterinarian.

Dr. Kim Barkhouse

Dr. Barkhouse grew up in the beach community of Hubbards on the South Shore.

Dr. Laura Wilson

Dr. Wilson grew up in Sackville, New Brunswick, where she gained her love for all animals big and small. She attributes her interest in medicine to her grandfather...

Dr. Stirling Dorrance

Dr. Olivier Dubeau

Dr. Dubeau moved from Iqaluit where he grew up, to Montreal and then to Nova Scotia where he chose to study the two-year Pre-Veterinary program.

Dr. Damita Hansen

Dr. Hansen grew up in the valley surrounded by horses. After moving through the pony club levels, she did her undergraduate degree at St. FX before moving to PEI to complete her veterinary degree at the Atlantic Veterinary College.

Dr. Bishop

Dr. Randall Bishop grew up at Noggins Corner Farm in Greenwich, NS. Summer Sundays were a day off from farm chores and were spent swimming, fishing, sailing and waterskiing at the family camp at Aylesford Lake.

Dr. Connor Richardson

Dr. Richardson grew up in North Bay, Ontario and has wanted to be a Vet ever since she was very young!

Dr. Sarah Sine

Dr. Sine was born in Ontario and moved to NS when she was 5. Her love of animals drew her to a career in Veterinary medicine.

Dr. Camilla Cools

Dr. Cools was born in Belgium and also lived in England and Switzerland throughout her childhood. She moved to Canada in 2008 and absolutely loves living here!

Dr. Chris White

Dr. White was born and raised in Litchfield, Maine, USA. He grew up training horses and competing in barrel racing throughout his childhood. After dealing with his horse’s ...

Dr. Karell Hebert

Dr. Karell Hebert grew up in Bathurst, New Brunswick. She decided to become a Vet because she wanted to give back to the countless producers who work tirelessly to produce safe, healthy food and support their communities.

Dr. Katherine Lahey

Dr. Katherine Lahey grew up in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia and was strongly influenced to explore veterinary medicine as a career path through her Father and Grandfather who were involved in agriculture and farming.

Dr. Hailey Nauss

Dr. Hailey Nauss is originally from Lower Cornwall, just outside of Mahone Bay, NS.

Dr. Rose O’Hara

Dr. Rosalie O’Hara grew up in Bridgewater, NS and chose to become a Vet because of her love of animals, horses in particular. She continues to enjoy her career because she loves the people, the diversity and making animal’s lives better.

Alisha

Alisha grew up in Canning and attended NKEC before furthering her studies at NSCC for Business /Financial Services and later for ECE (Early Childhood Educator).

Angela

In 2010, Angela joined the team at Cornwallis Vets. With her background in caregiving, retail and love of animals, it was a perfect match!

Angie

Angie’s love of animals makes her position as a Veterinary Assistant at Cornwallis Vets a perfect fit!

Bonnie

Bonnie grew up in Scotch Village with and around animals which influenced her desire to work in Veterinary Medicine from a young age. She received her diploma in Animal Sciences from ICS Canada and began working at the Cornwallis Vets Three Mile Plains location in the fall of 2000.

Donna

Donna grew up on a mixed dairy farm where she gained an early appreciation and love for all animals.

Erin

Erin grew up in the Windsor area and always knew that she wanted to work with animals in some way.

Heather

Heather grew up in Grand Pré and has always loved working with animals. She graduated from the Animal Science and Horse Owners 1& 2 program at NSAC, as well as the Dog Behaviour course at NSCC.

Kristin

Kristin grew up in Portland, Oregon. She immigrated to Canada and settled in Nova Scotia in 2011. She now resides in Avondale with her husband.

Jennifer

Jennifer grew up in North Alton and always had a soft spot for all animals. As a child she spent endless hours on her grandparent’s farm earning trust and coaxing mother barn cats and their litters out of their hiding places and into a box to be carted into the farmhouse.

Katelynn

Katelynn grew up on a hobby farm in Nicholsville where she always enjoyed being around animals and being able to help them in any way possible.

Lynn

Animal care has always been a passion of Lynn’s since growing up on her Uncle’s Farm near Bouctouche , NB, and owning many pets of her own.

Hailey I

Hailey grew up in Glace Bay, on Cape Breton Island.

Denise

As a military child, Denise grew up primarily in Ontario and moved to Nova Scotia when she was in high school. At age 11, after trying to give mouth-to-mouth to her pet turtle who drowned after flipping over in his bowl, it dawned on her that she wanted to work with animals as a career.

Rebecca

Rebecca grew up in the Canning/Habitant area and moved to Centreville in 2006. She graduated from NSCC Kingstec in 2011 with a certificate in Medical Office Administration and with a lifelong love of animals and an interest in this field of work, joined the team at Cornwallis Vets in 2011 as a receptionist.

Vladislava (Vladi)

Vladi grew up in a small town in Bulgaria called Vidin on the river Danube, on the border of both Serbia and Romania and moved to New Brunswick in 2002 and then to Nova Scotia in 2005.

Athena

Athena grew up in Hantsport, N.S. and has loved animals for as long as she can remember and always dreamed of becoming a large animal veterinarian.

Molly

Molly grew up in Welsford near Berwick where she still resides with her Mom & Dad and sisters along with her dog (Angus), 2 cats (Oreo and Cookie) and her horse (Cool).

Chantal

Chantal grew up in Liverpool N.S., and understood at a young age the important role animals play in our lives.

Laurie

Laurie grew up on a dairy farm in Stayner, Ontario and got her first experience with a veterinary clinic as a high school co-op student in Paisley Ontario.

Breanna

Breanna grew up in the beautiful Gaspereau Valley, and more recently lived in lived in Edmonton, AB for 5 years.

Angela

Angela was born in Halifax and lived in Dartmouth as a young child. Her father was a pilot with R.C.N. and they later moved to West Sussex, England where she spent most of her life.

Hailey

Hailey grew up in Lower Sackville with her parents and older sister and recently moved to Kentville.

Jemma

Jemma grew up in Woodville where she currently lives with her family which includes an assortment of four legged family members: Maddi, a Newfoundland dog, Major – a Great Pyrenees/Australian Shepherd, Momo the cat and Gus her not so little potbellied pig .

Kaelee

Kaelee grew up on a dairy farm in the Annapolis Valley.

Emma

Emma grew up in Canning and is currently attending high school there...

Grace

Grace was born in Avonport but spent most of her childhood in Labrador before moving back to Gaspereau.

Jackie

Jackie grew up just outside of Kentville in North Alton and later attended Université Sainte-Anne where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration. Jackie has held...