Dr. Leanne Boyd was born and raised in Winnipeg.  She went to high school at Silver Heights Collegiate and did her Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology at the University of Manitoba.  After a year of work and travel, she moved to Saskatoon to do her Masters in Comparative Animal Physiology.  She worked concurrently on her Masters while at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and finished both degrees in 2005.  While at the WCVM, she helped initiate the Global Vets program in which students travel to a developing country to practice veterinary medicine after their 2nd year.  She has had the opportunity to practice vet med in both Peru (Global Vets,summer 2003) and Africa (Uganda rotation 2005).

Leanne started working part time at Birchwood in the fall of 1994 as a veterinary assistant and receptionist, and was a preceptor student at the clinic in the summer after her third year of vet school.  After becoming a veterinarian, she started back at Birchwood in March of 2007.  Leanne’s particular area of interest in practice is dentistry and she is a member of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry.

She enjoys travel, the outdoors/nature, reading and plays many sports.  She and her husband very much enjoy spending time with their son and daughter, and share their home with two cats.