Veterinary Acupuncture Certification Track

Dr. Xie has 42 years of clinical, teaching, and research experience in veterinary acupuncture and TCVM. He has trained over 11,000 veterinarians to practice TCVM worldwide. Dr. Xie’s education includes advanced training in veterinary medicine, veterinary acupuncture, and human acupuncture. Dr. Xie has authored 20 books and over 100 peer-reviewed papers. His textbooks, including Xie’s Veterinary Herbology, Xie’s Veterinary Acupuncture, and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine-Fundamental Principles, have been used for TCVM training programs around the world. Dr. Xie continues to teach and develop educational courses and programs at Chi University, serves as a full clinical professor at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and is an honorary professor at China Agricultural University, South China Agricultural University, and China Southwest University.

Dr. Clemmons graduated with his DVM from Washington State University. There, he also was granted a PhD in veterinary science (emphasis in neurophysiology and clinical neurology). Dr. Clemmons then took a faculty position at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine where he practiced neurology and neurosurgery for 35 years before joining the private Veterinary Specialty Hospitals in Florida. Dr. Clemmons, a board-certified specialist in Neurology, has published over 100 peer-reviewed original studies, reviews, papers and abstracts and given numerous presentations, both in the US and abroad. At UF, he has had an active research program and is known for his work on platelet physiology and in the study of neurodegenerative diseases such as degenerative myelopathy. He has developed a number of innovative neurosurgical techniques including fixation of atlantoaxial subluxation and Wobbler’s syndrome. Dr. Clemmons taught veterinary and graduate students at the University of Florida for 35 years. Dr. Clemmons became a certified veterinary acupuncturist (CVA) at Chi in 2000. He was certified in TCVM Food therapy (CVFT) from Chi in 2009. He integrates Veterinary Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, and nutrition into his practice. He is a national and international speaker in the field of neurology and the science of veterinary acupuncture.

Dr. Kinghorn received her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from Murdoch University in 1999 and began her veterinary career in general practice, as well as various emergency and critical care hospitals in Australia and the United Kingdom. When she discovered how much TCM enriched her own life, she decided to pursue this path in her veterinary career and earned a certification in veterinary acupuncture in 2013, followed by completion of the veterinary tui-na (veterinary medical massage) course at Chi University. Dr. Kinghorn’s veterinary clinic specializes in TCVM treatment of small animal patients using acupuncture, herbal medicine, food therapy, tui-na, and exercise therapy. During this time, Dr. Kinghorn earned a Bachelor Degree in acupuncture and is now practicing TCM and TCVM in her clinic in Adelaide, Australia. In 2014, she joined Chi Australia as an administrator and, in 2015, became Director of Chi Australia. Dr. Kinghorn is dedicated to sharing her passion for TCVM with all current and future veterinary acupuncturists.

Dr. Kinghorn received her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from Murdoch University in 1999 and began her veterinary career in general practice, as well as various emergency and critical care hospitals in Australia and the United Kingdom. When she discovered how much TCM enriched her own life, she decided to pursue this path in her veterinary career and earned a certification in veterinary acupuncture in 2013, followed by completion of the veterinary tui-na (veterinary medical massage) course at Chi University. Dr. Kinghorn’s veterinary clinic specializes in TCVM treatment of small animal patients using acupuncture, herbal medicine, food therapy, tui-na, and exercise therapy. During this time, Dr. Kinghorn earned a Bachelor Degree in acupuncture and is now practicing TCM and TCVM in her clinic in Adelaide, Australia. In 2014, she joined Chi Australia as an administrator and, in 2015, became Director of Chi Australia. Dr. Kinghorn is dedicated to sharing her passion for TCVM with all current and future veterinary acupuncturists.