Dr. Paul Gibbons founded PippinDoc to serve our local community and help secure a bright future for Clatskanie. He is one of seven kids that grew up in Edwardsville, a small agricultural community in southern Illinois near the Mississippi River.
Dr. Gibbons and his wife, Heather, chose Clatskanie over anywhere else in the world because the first time we came down over the hill, it felt right. We stayed because we discovered Clatskanie’s exceptional natural beauty; warm, welcoming community; and rich history with salmon, timber, and local food. We treasure our life here, and we hope to build upon the past to help create a long-lasting, sustainable future.
After earning his DVM from University of Illinois in 1994, Dr. Gibbons landed his first job working with all creatures great and small in southeastern Minnesota. He later completed a clinical residency in avian, reptile, and exotic mammal medicine and earned a Master of Science in Comparative Pathology from the University of California-Davis. He has worked in mixed animal practice, directed an exotic animal specialty service, done fieldwork with the US Geological Survey and Fish & Wildlife Service, and was Chief Operating Officer of the Turtle Conservancy, an AZA-Certified international conservation NGO. In addition to providing veterinary services at PippinDoc, Dr. Gibbons and Heather operate a small farm, Pippinstock, just outside the city of Clatskanie.
Dr Gibbons is a founding diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners specialty in Reptile and Amphibian Practice, and he was certified in Avian Practice from 2002 to 2012. He is a Past-President of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery, serves on the board of the Turtle Conservation Fund, serves on the conservation and research grants committee for the Wild Animal Health Fund, is a member of the Conservation Planning Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and is on the Steering Committee of the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. He is a co-founder and executive board member of HABIO, Habitat para la Biodiversidad, a conservation NGO in Mexico. His work is published in numerous scientific journals, conference proceedings, and lay periodicals, and he has been an invited educator at conferences and conservation facilities on five continents. In 2009, Dr. Gibbons was selected for the “Exotic DVM of the Year” award.
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