Petsecure Advisory Board

Dr. Lynn Webster

Dr.Lynn Webster

Petsecure pet health insurance
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dr. Webster is a highly-respected veterinarian who maintains his well-established ties to the veterinary medical and educational system. A past president of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, very few individuals are qualified to better Lynn's comprehensive understanding of animal health, vet industry best practices and the logistics of pet health Insurance. This experience makes him our ideal liaison with the veterinary community, helps us monitor the ongoing effectiveness of our products, and assists us in ongoing claims and underwriting decisions.

Dr. Colleen Skavinsky

Dr. Colleen Skavinsky

Petsecure pet health insurance
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Colleen brings over 21 years of veterinary knowledge and compassionate understanding of the family-pet bond to her work as Chief Veterinary Officer. Through her work with police dogs and their devoted human partners, she has developed a special interest in the exciting challenges of medicine and surgery for professional service dogs. She volunteers actively within the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association and is the Veterinarian for Canadian Urban Search and Rescue Task Force-4. Colleen believes that the veterinarian in today's society is in a unique position to offer cutting-edge care for our pets, especially for those cats and dogs covered under pet health insurance policies.

Dr. Berney Pukay

Petsecure pet health insurance
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dr. Berney Pukay is a well-known and highly-respected veterinarian who, until recently, was the President and CEO of the Alta Vista Animal Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, one of the largest small animal practices in Canada.

Dr. Pukay has been active within the veterinary profession for almost 40 years and brings with him a knowledge and understanding of both veterinary medicine and the veterinary community. He is co-founder, past-president and Honourary Life Member of the Canadian Academy of Veterinary Dermatology. He was actively involved in clinical research, lectured extensively worldwide, and was published in several veterinary journals.

He was Executive Producer and Host of the popular television series, PET CONNECTION, a series of 65 one-half hour television shows on pet care, televised in the United States, Canada and around the world on The Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. He also hosted a phone-in radio broadcast on pet care advice for CBC Radio Noon for more than 25 years and continues to write a pet care column for the Ottawa Citizen for well over 35 years.

Dr. Pukay was the recipient of the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association Veterinarian of The Year Award in 1986, the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Public Relations Award in1995, and the Canadian Animal Health Institute Leadership Award in 2006.