Scofflaw veterinarian ordered to obey disciplinary rulings, stop practising

Last month, court documents show he admitted to ignoring prior disciplinary rulings by continuing to practise, including selling antibiotics to an undercover Alberta Veterinary Medical Association investigator and performing a breeding evaluation on a horse.

The order, a legally-binding, court-enforceable agreement between Serfas and the ABVMA, states Serfas ignored prior disciplinary decisions and includes a permanent injunction barring him from practising as a veterinarian.

In 2014, an ABVMA hearing tribunal fined and suspended him for 30 days following multiple complaints in 2012 and 2013 including that Serfas drank alcohol on the job, intimidated clinic staff and clients, and had on occasion intentionally harmed animals “as a result of his emotional volatility.” In late 2020, Serfas was ordered to pay as much as $100,000 in fines and investigative costs after an ABVMA hearing tribunal found he had ignored the prior ruling and had continued operating on animals.

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