Our team

After graduating as a doctor of veterinary medicine at the University of Liège in 2008, Dr. Benamou turned to small animal surgery. First, he completed a surgical assistantship in Vancouver, at the Canada West Veterinary Specialists Private Hospital, followed by a Veterinary Applied Science Development Internship (IPSAV), at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Saint-Hyacinthe. He then completed a surgical internship at the DMV Center, as well as an orthopedic research fellowship at Michigan State University.

He completed a residency in Small Animal Surgery at the DMV Center and subsequently graduated from ACVS (American College of Veterinary Surgeons). He worked there as a pet surgeon until November 2018. In January 2019, he joined the team at the Veterinary Center South Shore and Laval Veterinary Center. Dr. Benamou was trained to perform soft tissue (urogenital, digestive, respiratory, and oncological), orthopedic (TPO, TPLO, Deformity Corrections, Fractures, Arthroscopies, etc ...), as well as neurosurgery. During his training, he also developed a certain interest in minimally invasive surgery (Laparoscopies, Thoracoscopies).

Dr. Benamou has been involved in numerous research projects and scientific articles in international veterinary journals.

We are pleased to announce that Doctor Jacques Dupuis, surgery specialist, joined our team on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Dr. Dupuis graduated from the Université de Montréal (DMV 1985) where he subsequently performed an internship in pet medicine and surgery. He practiced privately in the Montreal region for 3 years before doing a residency and completing a master's degree in pet surgery at Washington State University (1989-1992). He remained at Washington State an additional year as clinical instructor before returning to the Université de Montréal in 1993 ini the capacity of associate professor.

Dr. Dupuis received a degree from the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1994. Thanks to the excellence of his work, he was promoted to full professor in 2003 but decided to leave the academic field to pursue a career in private practice at the Centre DMV where he offered specialized service in pet surgery (orthopaedic, neuro and general surgeries). Dr. Dupuis has written over thirty scientific articles on orthopedic surgery and has given lectures throughout the world (France, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, Italy as well as Quebec, Canada and the United States.

Dr. Dupuis has been president of the committee of specialists of the Ordre des Médecins Vétérinaires du Québec for some ten years. He held the office of vice-president and now sits on the AMVQ executive committee. He was awarded the Damase-Généreux prize by the AMVQ in 2003.

Dr. Lécuyer completed her DVM at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Université de Montréal in 1990.

She then completed her internship development training in applied veterinary sciences (IPSAV) and a residency in internal medicine (DES) at the same institution.

From late 1993 to 1998, she worked as a lecturer at the Faculty and then made the transition to private practice from 1998-1999 to work at the Centre vétérinaire DMV.

Thereafter, she worked as a clinician in internal medicine at the Faculty from 1999 to 2007.

She graduated from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in 1998.

She also holds a specialty certificate in internal medicine from the OMVQ since 1995.

Her fields of interest are feline medicine in all its forms, endocrinology and gastroenterology as well as all aspects of endoscopy. She has worked at the HVRS (Hôpital Vétérinaire Rive-Sud) since July 2007.