2025 Integrative Medicine Seminar - Topics in Gastro-intestinal Disease

Donna Raditic, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), CVA

Dr. Donna Raditic is a Cornell graduate who spent many years in private practice first as a conventional small animal practitioner to then build an integrative veterinary practice. She pursued an alternative nutrition residency program to become a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist®. She was a professor for both the Nutrition and the Integrative Medicine Services at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Currently she is owner/founder of Nutrition and Integrative Medicine Consultants which offers independent consulting and education. Her journey offers unique perspectives on the role of nutrition, supplements, and integrative care for our veterinary patients.     

Signe Beebe, DVM, CTCVMP

Dr. Signe Beebe received her DVM from Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation, she owned and operated a veterinary emergency medicine and critical care practice until 1997 in central Washington state. She began her study of Chinese medicine and Alternative and Complementary Veterinary Medicine (CAVM) in 1994, and relocated to California in 1997, where she practiced integrative veterinary medicine for 25 years. Dr Beebe combines conventional veterinary medical care with Traditional Chinese Medicine and other complementary and alternative therapies. Dr. Beebe is certified in acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese food therapy, and Tui-Na (Chinese medical massage) by the Chi University & China National Society of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. She completed the certificate program in Canine Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy from the University of Tennessee and is a certified Usui Reiki Master.

 Dr. Beebe is the first author of Chinese Herbal Formulas for Veterinarians, the first comprehensive textbook of classical Chinese herbal formula for veterinarians and the Clinical Handbook of Chinese Veterinary Herbal Medicine for Golden Flower Chinese Herbs. She has authored a chapter of endocrinology for the textbook Practical Guide to Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and recently published chapters on herbal/botanical medicine, prolotherapy and ozone for the new text book Integrative Veterinary Medicine recently published.

Dr. Beebe is a recognized world expert in Chinese veterinary medicine and she regularly lectures at scientific meetings in the US and internationally.

Nancy Martin, MS, DVM, CVA

Dr.  Nancy Martin obtained her B.S. in Animal Science in 1981 from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California. She completed a Master’s Degree in Domestic Animal Behavior at UC Davis (1986) and finished her DVM at UC Davis in 1991. She has practiced rural mixed animal medicine for 33 years (20 years Integrated with TCVM) in Northern California. Dr. Martin considers herself a Clinical Veterinarian, a Veterinary Scientist, and a student of Traditional Chinese Medicine. After 33 years of practice, she uses her experience as a clinician, her enthusiasm for scientific research, and her intuitive connection with TCM’s understanding of the natural world to explore and improve her veterinary practice and her patients’ lives.

Barbara Fougere, BSc BVMS (Hons) MODT BHSc (CMed) MHSc (Herb Med) Grad Dip Vet Acup Grad Dip VCHM Grad Dip VWHM CVA (IVAS) CVBM CVCP CMAVA

Dr. Barbara Fougere graduated from Murdoch in 1986. She has post graduate qualifications in human and veterinary Integrative medicine.  She is a Past President of the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society and current board member of the American College of Veterinary Botanical Medicine and the Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association. She has been a veterinary acupuncturist and herbalist for over 30 years , has authored textbooks on herbal medicine and lectured extensively. Her interests are varied  and in her spare time enjoys her permaculture garden and menagerie of animals, pilates , silversmithing and reading antiquarian veterinary texts.   

Steve Marsden, DVM, ND, MSOM, GDVA, GDVCHM, Dipl.AC, Dipl.CH, AHGDr

Dr. Steve Marsden, DVM, ND, MSOM, Lac. Dipl.CH, CVA, AHG lectures for IVAS, the AHVMA, the AVMA, and numerous other veterinary colleges and associations. He is co-founder of the College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies (CIVT) and is a director emeritus of the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland OR. He is a contributing author to numerous textbooks and is author of Manual of Natural Veterinary Medicine (Mosby, with Dr. Susan Wynn) and Essential Guide to Chinese Herbal Formulas (published by CIVT). In 2010, Dr. Marsden was named Teacher of the Year by the AHVMA; and in 2009, the Small Animal Veterinarian of the year by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association. He currently divides his time between the Rockies of southern Alberta and the coast of San Diego, California.