Who is Dr. Dirk Dekens?

Dr. Dekens is one of the vet who sits on Kali’s Wish Cancer Foundation’s panel of experts. He got his doctoral degree in veterinary medicine in 1986 in Ghent, Belgium. After immigrating to Canada in 1989, Dr. Dekens worked as an emergency vet at Calgary Animal Emergency Clinic and as the first full-time vet at the Calgary Humane Society. Dr. Dekens has owned and operated a mobile veterinary practice, Dekens House call Veterinary Services, in Calgary and surrounding area since 1999. He was one of the first to initiate this type of practice in the community. Dr. Dekens and his wife Darlene, share their lives with a Yorkshire Terrier named Sugar, and two Papillons, Cayenne, and Chai.

On Thursday, May 25 Dr. Dekens and Chef Liana were on TV talking about pet cancer prevention and nutritious food – check out the video here!

Have a question for Dr. Dekens? You can submit it here.