Yvonne Elce graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1997. She then proceeded to a large animal internship at Washington State University and a large animal surgery residency at New Bolton Centre, University of Pennsylvania.

She worked in the USA after becoming a board certified surgeon for 10 years and more recently at the University of Montreal Vet school. She currently is the Lead of the Equine Hospital and full time equine surgeon at Langford Vets Equine Hospital in the south of England.