Certification - Registered Herbalist, American Herbalist Guild (2002)
Education - DVM - University of Georgia (1987)
- INTERNSHIP- Small Animal Medicine and Surgery - Friendship Hospital for Animals, 1988
- POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP (viral immunology) - Emory University School of Medicine 1993-1997
Current Professional Activities - Bells Ferry Veterinary Hospital, Director of Nutrition Service and Holistic Medicine
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
- Executive Director, Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association
- Vice President, American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
- Advisory Board Appointments: National Animal Supplement Council, Veterinary Institute of Integrative Medicine, Veterinary Research Council.
Past Professional Activities - Co-author: Manual of Natural Veterinary Medicine: Science and Tradition, 2003. Mosby, St. Louis.
- Author: Emerging Therapies: Herbal and Nutraceutical Medicine for Small Animals, AAHA Press, Boulder, CO.
- Co-author: Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practice, Mosby, St. Louis.
- Invited participant: Wellcome Trust Workshop on Advanced Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, London, UK.
- Invited participant: Commonweal Consensus Conference on Implications of Veterinary Homeopathy, Bolinas, California.
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Behavioral and Neurosciences Special Emphasis Panel, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
- Co-owner: Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine (CAVM-L) email list for holistic professionals, since 1996
Marital Status Children - 1 mixed breed, 1 cavalier, 2 cats
Hobbies - Gardening, travel, reading and writing, horses
Favorite Quote - Tell me that we understand the placebo effect, THEN complain that homeopathy can't work because we don't understand the mechanism.
What I Like Most About VIN - Instant answers, cutting edge information, and camaraderie.
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