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.

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.

After a B.Sc. degree from McGill University in 1991, Dr. de Lorimier obtained his DVM from the Université de Montréal in 1996. Following 4 years of small animal general practice in Montréal, he enrolled in a medical oncology training program at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 2000. Upon completion of his residency in 2003, he stayed on as clinical assistant professor until 2007.

Dr. de Lorimier is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in Oncology, and joined the team of specialists at Hôpital Vétérinaire Rive-Sud in July 2007. He sits on several oncology-related committees and boards, is an oncology consultant on the Veterinary Information Network (www.vin.com), and collaborates with veterinary and comparative oncology networks.

Author or co-author of fourty scientific papers and 12 book chapters, his main interests include novel cancer therapeutics, comparative oncology, pain control, and palliative and supportive care aiming to improve his patients' quality of life.