Our Team
Dr. Christina King (Sandberg)
Originally from Minnesota, Dr. King received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from Northwestern University in 2001. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Minnesota in 2005 and completed a Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Internship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006.
Dr. King (Sandberg) completed a three-year Residency in Veterinary Ophthalmology at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine while also earning a Master of Science degree, which focused on vascular endothelial growth factor, in 2009. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology in 2009. Moving to the Pacific Northwest, she worked in a private practice veterinary ophthalmology practice in the Seattle area for 3 years. She came to British Columbia in 2012.
She shares her Vancouver home with her husband, young daughter and two pets: a white cat named Tulip, and an Italian Greyhound named Ramsey. Outside of the practice, her main enjoyments are spending time with friends and family, reading and travel.
Faith
Faith was born and raised in the Lower Mainland. She is the first voice you will hear over the phone, and the first smiling face you will see when you arrive. Her career working with animals started in 2011 when she began volunteering with an exotic bird rescue. In her free time, she is camping, organizing game nights with her friends, and cuddling up with her two cats, Edgar Allen Poe and Tinker Belle (pictured).
Jennie
Jennie was born and raised in Alberta and moved to BC in 2008. She received her diploma in Animal Health Technology in 2000 from Fairview College and she joined our team in 2009. Jennie often works in the back treatment room where she looks after and prepares patients for surgery, performs anesthesia, assists with procedures and completes many other tasks. You may talk to her or meet her when she schedules surgeries or admits and discharges patients or helps with other things. In her spare time, Jennie enjoys playing little cars with her son, walks with her dog Marshall (who is a Canadian Champion), camping with her family, gardening, and bird photography.
Diane
Diane was born and raised in South Korea and moved to British Columbia, Canada, in 2003. She received her B.A. in Education from Inha University in 1997 and a Diploma in Animal Health Technology from Thompson Rivers University in 2020. In her spare time she loves hiking with friends, helping others in the community and volunteering at different animal shelters.