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Dr. Michelle Tuma

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Dr. Michelle Tuma is the Northern Canada Veterinary Specialist for Veterinarians Without Borders North America/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Amérique du Nord.

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Dr. Michelle Tuma

Northern Canada Veterinary Specialist

Dr. Michelle Tuma was born and raised in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 2014 and moved back to her hometown to practice. Since 2015, in addition to working in private practice, Dr. Tuma has partnered with multiple northern animal welfare organizations to offer temporary veterinary clinics in remote Indigenous and Inuit communities across Canada's Arctic. She has been working with Veterinarians Without Borders North America/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Amérique du Nord to expand their northern reach since 2018. 

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