Dr Adelman graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 1981. He has practiced in West Kildonan for many years, and now the Chief Veterinarian at Seven Oaks Veterinary Hospital. He is known among the Team as Dr. A and his love for animals began at an early age. He has had 7 dogs, beginning with Max, the boxer and now his Velcro Havanese dog, Maggie. Of course, we can’t forget Venus, the Siamese that always made sure Dr. A’s feet were never cold while he slept!
Dr. A has special interest and is a member of International Academy of Veterinary Pain Management (IVAPM) and the American Association of Human Animal Bond Veterinarians and has made a professional commitment to recognizing, preventing and managing pain in companion animals. Dr. A’s compassion is immediately apparent to those that see his warm, comforting interaction that he has with all his patients. While not at work, he enjoys spending time with his lovely wife and friends.

Dr. Hussein’s interest in becoming a veterinarian started at age five when she used to watch hundreds of inspiring animals’ stories illustrated on walls of the Pharaonic temples in Egypt. She graduated with Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and continued Internal Medicine specialty training in 2009 in Egypt. In 2015, Dr. Hussein obtained her Ph.D. from College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, USA in which she conducted clinical research and participated and managed multiple veterinary clinical trials. She also worked temporally as a resident veterinarian at School of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis, USA. She moved to Canada and dedicated her career toward providing high standard veterinary care in emergency hospitals and other private small animal hospitals before joining the Seven Oaks Veterinary Team in 2023. Dr. Hussein enjoys reading, watching movies, and spending time with her family.

Dr. Kusa was born in a coastal town by the Atlantic Ocean in Africa. During the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the town was a middleman between European traders on the coast and traders from the hinterland. While he was growing up with pigs, goats, chicken, dogs, and cats all around the house as one family, he always wanted to care for these creatures.
He graduated from the Moscow Veterinary Academy in 1992 with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and worked in small animal dynamic practice in Europe for over 15 years before moving to Winnipeg. Here he took more training in human diagnostic medical sonography and is both American Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer and Canadian Registered Generalist Sonographer. He briefly worked at Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg performing diagnostic ultrasound on humans before proceeding to get his veterinary licensure in Canada. He performs ultrasound examinations on pets at other veterinary clinics in Winnipeg and enjoys diagnostics including imaging. He has being performing ultrasound examinations at Seven Oaks since 2017 before finally joining the Seven Oaks Veterinary Team in 2023 and he is a wonderful addition to the team. He lives with his family and a British blue shorthair domestic cat “Lucy”. While not working, he loves fishing, outdoor events, travelling and volunteering in his local church.

Dr. Eissa earned his veterinary medicine degree in 2004 in Egypt, ranked 1/117 of his class, and successfully completed several post graduate programs: Master of Veterinary Medical Sciences, a PhD in the Veterinary Medical Sciences, a PhD in Immunology from University of Manitoba, and currently a candidate of American College of Veterinary Microbiologist, ACVM (Specialty Immunology). He has been practicing for 15 years between animal practice and preclinical research toward providing a unique veterinary care. He was a clinical researcher at University of Manitoba until 2021 before returning to small animal practice. He joined the Seven Oaks Team in 2023. When not at work, Dr. Eissa enjoys soccer, swimming, and volunteering his time toward animal care programs. Dr Eissa lives with his family and their two Siamese cats (Sami & Blitz).