Dr. Lorie Gold
Practice Owner/Veterinarian
Practice Owner/Veterinarian
Dr. Gold grew up in North York, then a suburb of Toronto. His family dog, a chocolate miniature poodle named Nevaire, was diagnosed with severe epilepsy, and would suffer seizures that could last 45 minutes to an hour. Caring for Nevaire and comforting his family after his passing inspired Dr. Gold to become a veterinarian. After high school, Lorie attended the University of Toronto for the first year of his undergraduate studies before transferring to the University of Guelph, where he received his BSc and DVM degrees. After working in a number of companion animal hospitals to build experience, he founded the Animal Hospital of River Oaks in 1989 and has been running it ever since!
As a veterinarian, Dr. Gold enjoys spending time helping people—he considers himself an educator and spends a lot of time teaching families about their pet’s health. He also gets a great deal of pleasure performing surgery, and likes internal medicine cases as well.
During college, Lorie met the most wonderful woman he has ever known, his wife Sarah. Their son Alexander graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in Microbiology, and spent the last six months teaching High School Science in Thailand! Dr. Gold and his wife have a black poodle named Schooner, as well as Alexander’s pet parrot, Marcus.
Dr. Gold is a licensed pilot, martial artist, scuba diver, a sailor and a skier who also enjoys traveling with his family. He teaches at the Oakville YMCA and is a volunteer instructor in a course for 1st and 2nd year veterinary students at the University of Guelph!"
Dr. Gold grew up in North York, then a suburb of Toronto. His family dog, a chocolate miniature poodle named Nevaire, was diagnosed with severe epilepsy, and would suffer seizures that could last 45 minutes to an hour. Caring for Nevaire and comforting his family after his passing inspired Dr. Gold to become a veterinarian. After high school, Lorie attended the University of Toronto for the first year of his undergraduate studies before transferring to the University of Guelph, where he received his BSc and DVM degrees. After working in a number of companion animal hospitals to build experience, he founded the Animal Hospital of River Oaks in 1989 and has been running it ever since!
As a veterinarian, Dr. Gold enjoys spending time helping people—he considers himself an educator and spends a lot of time teaching families about their pet’s health. He also gets a great deal of pleasure performing surgery, and likes internal medicine cases as well.
During college, Lorie met the most wonderful woman he has ever known, his wife Sarah. Their son Alexander graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in Microbiology, and spent the last six months teaching High School Science in Thailand! Dr. Gold and his wife have a black poodle named Schooner, as well as Alexander’s pet parrot, Marcus.
Dr. Gold is a licensed pilot, martial artist, scuba diver, a sailor and a skier who also enjoys traveling with his family. He teaches at the Oakville YMCA and is a volunteer instructor in a course for 1st and 2nd year veterinary students at the University of Guelph!"