Current Professional Activities
- TCVM (Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine) exclusive private practice (2004–Present)
- Research Committee AHVMA (American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association)
Past Professional Activities
- General Practice, Small Animal Medicine (1999–2004)
- Teaching Assistant IVAS basic course in Veterinary Acupuncture
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine/ VA Medical Center at Houston Texas (Prostate Cancer) (1991–1994)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine (Gene Therapy) (1990–1991)
Marital Status
- Married to Joseph Mezher 2006
- No children — but married/adopted into a large Lebanese family with lots of nephews and nieces.
Four-legged Children
- Zana: Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Ben: a "what kind of dog is he?"
- and a cat named Big Al
Hobbies
- Knitting, spinning, dyeing, playing with fiber
- Aikido
- Running
- Swimming
- Cooking real food
Favorite Quotes
- “I saw the Berlin wall fall, I saw Mandela walk free, I saw a dream whose time has come, change my history”
— Johnny Clegg
- “Eat real food, not too much, mostly plants”
— Michael Pollan
- “She was one of the few women he knew who could hold two disparate concepts in her … such as Hegel's dialectic and why if you stick your tongue in a man's ear while he is making a speech he will start to sound like Jerry Lewis.“
— Woody Allen
- “I believe in everything, nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing, everything is sacred.”
— Tom Robbins
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