The Integrative Veterinarian

Dr. Rona Sherebrin was born in London, Ontario. She earned her DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph in 1991. After graduation, she spent a number of years doing locum work in Ontario before completing her acupuncture training from Chi University in 2005. She currently has a holistic small animal practice in Toronto, Canada, where she uses mainly nutrition, acupunctur...

Dr. Laura Lee was born in Windsor, Ontario.  She got her DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph in 1979. After graduation, she moved to Nova Scotia and joined a mixed animal practice. After 15 years in that practice, she purchased a small animal practice in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia where she still practices to this day. She got her Acupuncture certification from IVAS in...

Dr. Liza Schneider was born in South Africa. Her conservationist father introduced her to a variety of animals, and she grew up with her own menagerie of pets. After receiving her veterinary degree, she moved to Auckland, New Zealand in 2000 and began working in small animal practice. In addition to enjoying general practice and surgery, she found herself drawn to holistic therapies that could hel...

Dr. Kris August was born and raised in Tuscon, Arizona. She got her DVM from Colorado State University in 1991, then returned to Arizona with her husband, Radford Davis DVM. After working in various small animal practices she and her husband relocated to Ames, Iowa when he took a position at Iowa State University. After some time raising children and investigating her interest in herbal medicine,...

Dr. Margo Roman was born in Miami, Florida. She attended the University of Florida for her undergraduate degree, then got her DVM from the Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1978. She did an externship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City and an internship at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston after graduation. While in veterinary school she was able to take the IVA...

Dr. Nell Ostermeier was a guest on Episode 10, which aired on May 9, 2020. There we discussed her childhood, her veterinary school experience, her training in integrative medicine, and her clinical practice and teaching in Portland, Oregon. In this episode we discuss the Coaching services that she provides through her website People + Pets. She offers coaching and consulting for both Veterinarians...

Dr. Alexia Tsakiris was a guest on Episode 8, which aired on April 11, 2020. There we covered her upbringing, veterinary education, work experience, and practice life. In addition to her clinical work, Alexia offers coaching services for veterinarians and is forming a Women's Veterinary Collective. Today we talk about the events that led her to recognize that she was experiencing burnout, the stra...

This episode is a little different from the previous ones in that I'm talking with an acupuncturist rather than a Veterinarian. Eric Grey is a good friend who is an experienced Classical Chinese Medicine practitioner. In addition to the things we talk about on the podcast, Eric has lectured to veterinarians both at the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association Conference as well as the Midw...

Dr. Shelley Doxey was raised outside of London, England. She got her veterinary degree from The Royal Veterinary College in 2002. She has been involved in small animal practice since graduation. Her focus is on the management of painful and debilitating conditions such as osteoarthritis and geriatric diseases. She provides integrative care to patients both in her own solo practice and as part of a...

Dr. Nancy Scanlan was born in Maine, but spent her childhood constantly moving both around the United States and overseas, following her father's career in the United States Navy. She got her DVM from the University of California Davis in 1970. After graduation, she worked in various private practices and taught in Veterinary Technician programs. Her path to integrative medicine started with an in...

Dr. Matthew Muir got his veterinary degree from Charles Stirt University in Australia in 2010. After a few years in mixed practice in Australia, he relocated to the UK to spend a few years doing dairy practice, small animal emergency and critical care work, and small animal private practice. He then returned to Sydney, Australia to join All Natural Vet Care, an integrative small animal practice wi...

Dr. Jim Clark was born in Kamloops, British Columbia.  He got his bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of British Columbia, and his veterinary degree from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in 1979. He joined a mixed animal practice in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, where he practices to this day. In 1996 Dr. Clark did a sabbatical at the A...

Dr. Kim Henneman is a native of Utah. She  did her undergraduate studies at Utah State University and her veterinary training at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, graduating in 1986. She was certified by IVAS in acupuncture in 1991, by the AVCA in Animal Chiropractic, in Chinese Herbal Medicine by IVAS in 2000. She has training in both basic and advanced classical homeopathy. She achie...

Dr. Kelly Halls was born in Melbourne, Australia. She got her Veterinary Science degree from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia in 2002. She then went into mixed animal practice in Southern Australia for a few years, followed by two years as a locum veterinarian in various parts of the UK. Returning home in 2007, she then worked in a large small animal practice as well as an emerg...

Dr. Kim Lim received her veterinary degree with honors from the University of Melbourne in 1990. She then entered small animal practice and was certified in veterinary acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1992. She earned a Master's Degree in Animal Chiropractic from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2000. She has also completed the animal rehabilitation...

Dr. Pedro Rivera was born in Munich, Germany. He was raised in Puerto Rico, and attended Purdue University for both his undergraduate and veterinary degree. After graduation he returned to Puerto Rico to practice, then moved back to Indiana to work in private practice before starting the Healing Oasis Veterinary Hospital in Sturtevant, Wisconsin with his wife Michelle in 1993. Dr. Rivera earned a...

Dr. Colleen Smith got her DVM from Ross University in 2004. Prior to Veterinary School, she was a licensed veterinary technician and worked at the teaching hospital for the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation, Dr. Smith worked with Dr. Michelle Tilghman at Loving Touch Animal Center near Atlanta, Georgia. She was certified in acupuncture by IVAS in 2006. She then mov...

Dr. Allen Schoen was raised in the New York City area. He received his D.V.M. from Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, in 1978. Prior to his veterinary education he earned a Master's Degree in Animal Behavior and Neurophysiology from the University of Illinois. Dr. Schoen also received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Becker College in 1998 for his contributions to...

Dr. Laurie McCauley grew up in New York City and got her DVM from Colorado State University in 1992. After 6 years in private practice, she was certified in acupuncture and chiropractic. After a personal injury introduced her to physical therapy, she started the first veterinary rehabilitation specific practice in 1998 in Illinois. She helped design the first underwater treadmill for animals durin...

Dr. Tanya Grantham received her Veterinary Science degree from the University of Pretoria in 1994. Prior to Veterinary School, she got a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology and Genetics and an Honors Degree in Genetics from the University of Pretoria as well. She also holds a Certificate of Safety and Competence in Veterinary Acupuncture from the Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists,...

Dr. Michelle Tilghman was raised riding horses and showing dogs in Florida. She got her DVM from the University of Georgia in 1982 and was certified by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1984. She did two years in a small animal practice in Dallas Texas afterwards, where she mentored with an experienced veterinary acupuncturist. Afterwards she moved home to Georgia and established...

Dr. Doug Knueven was born in Cincinnati Ohio. He got his DVM from Ohio State University in 1987, and went into private practice in Pennsylvania directly afterwards. He founded the Beaver Animal Clinic in 1994. He was certified in veterinary acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1995, and around that time did training in Bach Flower Remedies and Clinical Nutrition. He t...

Dr. Cindy Lankenau has an alternative medicine exclusive practice in Colden, NY. She received her DVM from Cornell University in 1981. She was certified in veterinary acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1992, in animal chiropractic by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association in 1994, and in veterinary homeopathy by the Academy of Veterinary Homeopaths in 1997...

A brief update on what is happening at CIVT in August of 2020.

Dr. Erin Bannink is from Rochester, Michigan. She received her DVM from Michigan State University in 2002. She then completed a general internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Garden State Veterinary Specialists in New Jersey, followed by an internship and residency in medical oncology at the Animal Cancer and Imaging Center in Rochester Hills, Michigan. She was Board Certified by the A...