Lais Milger

Dr. Lais Milger is a clinical lecturer in emergency medicine (small animals and exotics), based in the WCVM Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences. She is also a member of the clinical team at the WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre (VMC).  

After graduating from veterinary school in Brazil, Dr. Lais Milger moved to the United States where she lived for over a decade. She completed an equine rotating internship at Louisiana State University and began the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) program to become licensed in North America. She completed the clinical year at the University of Florida, fulfilling the practical portion of her licensing exam.

Dr. Milger completed a small animal and exotics rotating internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City, and then worked in many emergency hospitals in the Boston, Atlanta and Virginia areas. She also completed another small animal internship in surgery and emergency medicine at ASEC in Los Angeles, Calif.

Dr. Milger spent four years working in Vancouver, B.C., mostly in emergency and referral hospitals such as Canada West Veterinary Specialists. To advance her language skills, Dr. Milger lived in Germany for seven years, teaching veterinary classes and coaching in English via Skype to foreign veterinarians who wanted to become licensed in North America.

After returning to Canada and working in a private referral hospital, Dr. Milger joined the WCVM faculty in fall 2024. She is a clinical lecturer in emergency medicine (small animals and exotics) at the WCVM where she is doing the two activities that she enjoys the most — treating animals and teaching students. 

• MV — Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
• DVM — University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
• Equine Rotating Internship — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
• Small Animal and Exotics Rotating Internship — The Animal Medical Center, New York City, N.Y.
• Small Animal Surgery and Emergency Internship — Animal Surgery & Emergency Center, Los Angeles, Calif.