Philipp was born in Germany in 1965 and came to Canada as a one-year-old with his family. He grew up in Saskatoon where he was fascinated with animals from a young age. Philipp first did a bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Saskatchewan before deciding to go into veterinary medicine there. Philipp met his wife, Lorraine, at the veterinary college and when they graduated in 1990 they moved to Winnipeg, Lorraine’s hometown. He has been at Birchwood ever since then. Lorraine now works part-time at Academy Spay and Neuter Clinic.

Philipp has advanced training in diagnostic ultrasound and for the last twenty years has had the largest ultrasound referral practice in Manitoba. He has seen close to 20,000 ultrasound cases, both abdominal and cardiac (echocardiography). His other special interests in practice are cardiology, oncology and internal medicine. He has also been the chair of the provincial Peer Review Committee (professional discipline) for a number of years. Philipp was named Manitoba Veterinarian of the Year in 2009 and was presented the Award of Merit by the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association in 2015, and the Certificate of Merit in 2022.

In 2019 Philipp’s first book, ‘The Accidental Veterinarian’, was published by ECW Press. It’s a collection of stories from his practice. It became a best-seller, and has been translated into Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Czech, and Chinese. Since then he’s published two sequels, ‘How to Examine a Wolverine’ and ‘The Battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten’, a novel, ‘The Willow Wren’, based on his father’s experiences in Nazi Germany, and ‘Fifty-Four Pigs’ and ‘Six Ostriches’, the first two titles in the Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery Series. If you’re curious about his writing, check out his website at www.philippschott.com.

As of January 1, 2024, Philipp will be “semi-retiring” and limiting his practice to ultrasound only.

Philipp and Lorraine have two children, Nico and Alex, a cat named Lillie, and a Shetland Sheepdog named Orbit. In his spare time Philipp loves to travel, read, cook, cross-country ski, run, and hike, among many other things!