Speakers

Dr. Schraeder graduated from The Ohio State University in 1985. Through the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) she is certified in veterinary acupuncture and has completed a three year course in Veterinary Chinese Herbal Medicine, and through the Chi Institute is certified in veterinary Tui-na (massage). Dr. Schraeder became one of first two veterinarians to become a Fellow of the American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture (FAA VA). She has also obtained a Masters of Education in College and Continuing Education. Presently she is chair of the IVAS International Education Committee, an IVAS board member, and a member of the AA VA Advanced Certification Committee. Dr. Schraeder has been a speaker at Western Veterinary Conference, AHVMA and AAVA conferences, IVAS congresses, and various state VMA meetings. She is a course instructor for IVAS and College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies (CIVT). She practices integrative medicine, utilizing Traditional Chinese Medicine with conventional medicine, at her clinic in Bellingham, Washington.

Dr. Susan Wagner is a veterinary neurologist whose work acknowledges the spiritual interaction between people and animals. Dr. Wagner is co-author of Through A Dog’s Ear: Using Sound to Improve the Health and Behavior of Your Canine Companion, and is an active speaker in the areas of energy healing, sound therapy, and self-discovery. She is a Healing Touch for Animals^® practitioner, and also has a strong interest in wellness for veterinary professionals. Dr. Wagner co-founded the integrative medicine program at MedVet Medical & Cancer Centers for Pets, and is adjunct faculty at The Ohio State University. She is also faculty with the College of Veterinary Integrative Therapies.

Dr. Susan Wagner is a veterinary neurologist whose work acknowledges the spiritual interaction between people and animals. Dr. Wagner is co-author of Through A Dog’s Ear: Using Sound to Improve the Health and Behavior of Your Canine Companion, and is an active speaker in the areas of energy healing, sound therapy, and self-discovery. She is a Healing Touch for Animals^® practitioner, and also has a strong interest in wellness for veterinary professionals. Dr. Wagner co-founded the integrative medicine program at MedVet Medical & Cancer Centers for Pets, and is adjunct faculty at The Ohio State University. She is also faculty with the College of Veterinary Integrative Therapies.

Dr. Schoen is one of the pioneers in veterinary acupuncture and natural therapies, developing and practicing them since 1981. He has been acknowledged by his peers as being one of the fifteen most influential veterinarians in North America as well as worldwide for introducing the concept of an integrative approach to veterinary medicine, bridging the gap between conventional and alternative medicine. With over 40 years of clinical experience, teaching and research, he has developed his own unique integrative approach to animal health care.

He received his DVM from Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1978, and also holds a master’s degree in Neurophysiology and Animal Behavior from the University of Illinois. He was certified in Veterinary Acupuncture in 1982 and is a past president of the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society and was one of the first veterinarians certified by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association. In addition, he has advanced training in botanical medicine, mind/body medicine, integrative medicine and homeopathy, and the best of all these therapies are incorporated into his practice.

Dr. Schoen has worked to bring the best of complementary therapies into mainstream acceptance. He started the Department of Acupuncture at The Animal Medical Center in NYC (the largest animal hospital in the world) in 1982. He has taught and lectured at veterinary schools and conferences nationally and internationally. He has been a Clinical Assistant Professor at both Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine as well as Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1996, he was appointed to a six-member committee by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to develop guidelines for Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine (CAVM).

His extensive clinical experience with complementary therapies, combined with an interest in the latest research, led to his editing the two principle veterinary textbooks on these modalities. Veterinary Acupuncture: Ancient Art to Modern Medicine, first published in 1994, is now in its second printing. Complementary & Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practice (co-edited with Susan Wynn, DVM) was published in 1998. Both have been translated into other languages. In his effort to reach the general public, he wrote the books Love, Miracles, Animal Healing (with Pam Proctor) in 1995 and Kindred Spirits: How the Remarkable Bond Between Humans and Animals Can Change the Way We Live in 2001, and Compassionate Equestrian: 25 Principles to Live by When caring for and Working with Horses in 2015. He was prominently featured in the documentary series “the Truth about Pet Cancer”, where he was able to share his own unique perspective.

He was honored with an honorary Ph.D. from Becker College for his contributions to veterinary medicine as well as receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Veterinary Acupuncture for his groundbreaking contributions to Veterinary Acupuncture. He has received research grants for evaluating new approaches to animal health care.

Dr. Schoen continues to explore the integration of mind/body medicine and other cutting-edge approaches into veterinary medicine and animal health care. In addition, he feels that the integration of an attitude of loving kindness and compassion into all endeavors is an integral part of healing all beings and our world.

Dr. Schoen is now retired from his veterinary practice after 40 years, but continues to teach, write, and develop new approaches to animal and global health care, all infused with a foundation of loving kindness and compassion for all beings. His new creation is C.A.L.M. (acronym for the conscious animal lover’s movement)

Members of the round table will utilize their many years of experience to discuss some favorite techniques for treatment and handling small animal patients during Eastern Medicine treatment.  Tips will include how to distract/restrain patients during treatment and tips for calming everyone involved in the diagnostic process.  This will be a casual conversation between the speakers and participants.

Dr. Bonnie Wright was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She accomplished her DVM at Colorado State University and a residency in Anesthesia and Critical Patient Care at The University of California, Davis. She now divides her time between Colorado and Hawaii.

Dr. Wright is board certified in Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. She has earned certificates in Medical Acupuncture, Veterinary Pain Practitioner, Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner, Canine Rehabilitation Therapist and advanced training in canine musculo-skeletal imaging and regenerative medicine.

She works and teaches in the areas of anesthesia, pain medicine, medical acupuncture, regenerative medicine and rehabilitation. She has two adult sons, several wonderful dogs, half of a horse, and an unknown number of wild hogs. She spends her free-time exercising and building her off-grid Hawaiian farm with her wife.

Dr. Tara Harrison graduated from Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine with her DVM degree. Afterward, she earned a Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine degree at the University of California-Davis. She did veterinary internships at Toledo Zoo and Wildlife Safari. She has worked at Potter Park Zoo and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Michigan State University. She then went back to UC Davis and the Sacramento Zoo as an Assistant Professor. She is currently an Associate Professor of Zoo and Exotic Animal Medicine at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She is board certified in the American College of Zoological Medicine, the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, and the European College of Zoological Medicine (Zoo Health Management). She became certified in acupuncture through the Chi Institute (now Chi University). She has taught the acupuncture laboratory portions for sessions 2, 4, and 5 for Chi University since 2017. Dr. Harrison has also taught lectures on introductory veterinary acupuncture for multiple conferences for zoo and exotic animal medicine. Additionally, Dr. Harrison is the faculty advisor for NCSU’s Holistic Club. Dr. Harrison has done research with veterinary acupuncture and has had multiple publications on zoo and exotic animal veterinary acupuncture in peer reviewed literature as well as in the Veterinary Clinics of North America Exotics Edition, and Fowler’s Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine book. Dr. Harrison is also a co-founder of the Exotic Species Cancer Research Alliance.

Dr. Lori Bidwell is a 2001 graduate of Michigan State University, a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia and a certified veterinary acupuncturist.  She did her internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, and completed her anesthesia residency at Michigan State University.   She was the head of anesthesia at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital and Lexington Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine and has been on faculty at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine.   In 2015 she co-founded East West Equine Sports Medicine, a sports medicine practice that covers veterinary services for hunter/jumper circuits on the West and East Coasts.   Dr. Bidwell also consults in anesthesia for equine practices, teaches part of a study abroad program in Thailand and South Africa and speaks and teaches nationally and internationally.  Dr. Bidwell competes with her horses in the amateur owner jumper divisions.

Members of the round table will utilize their many years of experience to discuss some favorite techniques for treatment and handling large animal patients during Eastern Medicine treatment.  Tips will include how to utilize “cupping” on horses, restraining exotic and zoo species and treatment tips for specific diagnosis.  This will be a casual conversation between the speakers and participants.