Veterinarians

Dre Paola Mejia-Alfard DMV

Dre Camille Wilson MV

Dr. Catherine Lavoie DMV

Dre Lavoie is co-owner of Hôpital Vétérinaire Richelieu Inc which opened in 2012. She received her doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Montreal Veterinary Medicine Faculty in 2002.

Dre Lavoie has been a general practitioner of medicine and surgery since 2003, long before becoming an entrepreneur with her colleagues Drs Laure Cosimano and Michel Cosimano, whom she first worked with at Hôpital Vétérinaire de l'Est.

As well as running her own hospital, she is a minority shareholder of Clinique Vétérinaire au Pied du Mont Inc since its opening in September 2017, of Hôpital Vétérinaire À Mon Chat Chien Inc also since 2017, and of Clinique Vétérinaire de la Rue Principale Inc since its opening in fall of 2021.

Dre Lavoie has a preference for everything involving feline medicine. In fact, she lives with two members of the species herself, a Scottish Fold and Persian mix named Lola, and a domestic cat found in a garage named Clyde.

Dr. Isabelle Lacombe DMV, AVSI in equine medicine

It's in 1997 that Dr. Lacombe graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Montreal. Thereafter, she completed an Internship in Applied Veterinary Sciences (AVSI) in equine medicine in 1998 at the same institution.

After a year of mixed practice with companion animals and horses, Dr. Lacombe continued to practice with companion animals only.

In 2005, she began to work at Clinique Vétérinaire À Mon Chat and at Hôpital Vétérinaire de l'Est and, later in 2012, also at Hôpital Vétérinaire du Richelieu Inc.

In november of 2014, she temporarily left her job to accept the position of interim coordinator of the professional supervision service at the Quebec Veterinary Medical Association. Since her return in 2015, she is in charge of medical and administrative affairs of the MONVET Veterinary Group Inc.

When she works « on the floor », Dre Lacombe is interested particularly in internal medicine. Her companion in life is a Siamese cat named Dale. 

Dr. German Ferrer, DMV, AVSI in companion animal medicine

Dr. Ferrer obtained his veterinary medicine doctorate from University La Salle in Bogota, Colombia, in 1996.

Five years later, he immigrated to Canada et received additional training at University of Montreal to earn the right to practice in Quebec.

In 2007, he graduated a second time in veterinary medicine. The following year, he completed an Applied Veterinary Sciences Internship (AVSI) in companion animal medicine at the same institution.

In 2010, he got trained in veterinary physiotherapy at University of Tennessee.

Dr. Ferrer worked a first time for Groupe vétérinaire Monvet inc. from 2012 to 2014, and came back in November 2017. He practices mainly at Hôpital vétérinaire du Richelieu inc., but also at Hôpital vétérinaire de l'Est inc., at À Mon Chat, À Mon Chien, Hôpital vétérinaire inc. and at Clinique vétérinaire Au Pied du Mont inc. Dr. Ferrer has a keen interest for surgery.

He lives with Laska, an Highland Lynx breed cat that he adopted from Fondation HVE.

Dre Marie-Alice Beauregard, DMV

Dre Steffi Bélanger DMV

Dr. Bélanger graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at UdeM in 2019. After working in the regions, she moved to the South Shore and has been practicing for the MonVet group since the summer of 2021. Her fields of interest are preventive medicine and internal medicine. His daily life is punctuated with touching moments thanks to three ginger cats: Louis the big cat, Vincent the clumsy and Ronald Weasley the greedy.

Dre Marine Rullier DMV

Dre Michelle Paya DMV

Dr. Paya obtained her doctorate in veterinary medicine in the spring of 2021. Working within the MonVet group since 2019 during her studies, she decided to join the team as a veterinarian. She is particularly fond of preventive medicine and neurology. She shares her life with her 3 cats (Elly, Paris and Rattle) and her 2 dogs (Jessie James and Lila). Her family is often supplemented with cats or dogs in temporary homes.