2026 Integrative Medicine Seminar

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.     

Cynthia Lankenau, DVM, CVH

Cynthia Lankenau, DVM, graduated from Cornell’s Veterinary College in 1981 and joined a 99% dairy practice in upstate NY with a total love of working with small dairy farms.  In the attempt to expand her practice knowledge, she joined the Peace Corps and worked in Malawi, Africa in 1984-1985, returning to the US to join a mixed animal practice in western NY.  With the decline of family farms in NY, and seeing an incredible increase in chronic diseases, Dr Lankenau started down the path of alternative medicine; starting with acupuncture training in 1991 (IVAS), started herbal training in western herbs in 1993, Chinese herbs in 1995; chiropractic (AVCA) and homeopathic (AVH) training in 1995.  She has completed Chi’s MS (TCVM); CIVT’s Western Graduate Herbal program, and Chinese herbal degree; is a registered herbalist (RH) through the American Herbal Guild, and finished David Winston’s professional and Graduate herbal training.  Further Chinese Herbal training is ongoing with Dr Evan Rabinowitz and by attending as many Jeffrey Yuen seminars as possible.  She is a past president of the VBMA, Secretary/treasurer of the ACVBM, founder of the NY CAVMA, and on the board of WATCVM.  Since 1993, she has practiced in a solo 100% alternative modality mixed animal practice.

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.

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.  

Jose Luis Gutierrez, MVZ, CVA, CCVHM, ACCHM, Dipl.