Vinny Boyaninsky, DVM

Senior Veterinarian

Dr. Boyaninsky earned his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine in 1990 from the University of Bulgaria.  He has been practicing in Ontario since May of 2000, following his licensing by the College of Veterinarians of Ontario after passing his board and surgical examinations.  Dr. Boyaninsky, was born in Bulgaria and practiced Veterinary medicine there for three and one-half years. He moved to the United States where he lived for two and one-half years before moving to Canada in 1996.  He regularly attends continuing education meetings to keep up to date on the most current advances in Veterinary medicine, including the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas in 2007.  His special interest is in small animal surgery and endoscopy. 

Dr. Boyaninsky lives in Mississauga with his wife and two daughters. Their family is made complete by their housecat “Paula” who is gray and white and was born in 1997.  Dr. Boyaninsky is fluent in three languages; English, Bulgarian and Russian.  He loves to play all sports in his spare time, but tennis is his passion.

Dainius Verbickas, DVM

Dr. Verbickas graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 2004, having first earned his Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from the Lithuanian Veterinary Academy in 1990.  He is married and has one son. 

Dr. Verbickas has a special interest in internal medicine and small exotics.  In his spare time, he enjoys reading, hiking, cycling and traveling, and just relaxing at home with his cat.

Steven Hotten, HBSc, DVM 

Dr. Hotten graduated in 1997 with an Honours degree in Biology from University of Waterloo, and then Graduated in 2002 with his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.

Dr. Hotten has been practicing with Pet Vet Hospitals since a short time after graduating from OVC.  He first started working at our practice in Stoney Creek, and then was transferred to our Lakeshore location and purchased a home in Port Credit.  Dr. Hotten enjoys the practice of small animal medicine and surgery.  He makes sure that Pet Vet has the latest in state of the art equipment and excites the team about using it. 

On a personal note, Dr. Hotten lives in Mississauga but often visits his family in Kitchener.  His best bud is his dog “Thunder”, a husky x malamute who is a senior.  He has a passion for sports and motorcycle cruising. He spends much of his spare time renovating his house and finds monitoring the stock market fascinating.  Dr. Hotten regularly attends continuing education meetings to keep up to date on the most current topics of Veterinary medicine.  He is especially interested in all types of small animal surgery and many of the newer less invasive therapies that assist in the healing process.