Ali Hatamkhani
Resident, Medical Oncology, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, WCVMSupervisor
Dr. Valerie MacDonald-Dickinson, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
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Tehran, Iran
Academic Credentials
- DVM, Azad University - Karaj, 2012
- DVSc, Small Animal Internal Medicine, University of Tehran, 2019
- Small Animal Internship, Atlantic Veterinary College, 2024
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Dr. Ali Hatamkhani is from Tehran, Iran. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Azad University–Karaj and subsequently completed a residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Tehran.
He spent a year with the Medical Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Service at North Carolina State University in the United States. After returning to Iran, Dr. Hatamkhani established and led the country’s first veterinary oncology service, where he practiced veterinary oncology for six years. During this period, he also conducted cancer virotherapy research at a human cancer research centre.
After moving to Canada, Dr. Hatamkhani completed a small animal internship at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island before joining WCVM, where he is pursuing his lifelong goal of becoming a board-certified veterinary medical oncologist.
Dr. Hatamkhani is passionate about teaching and lifelong learning. Outside veterinary medicine, he enjoys listening to a wide variety of podcasts and audiobooks.