Veterinary Acupuncture Certification Track

Dr. Roselle Hartwigsen qualified as a veterinarian from the University of Pretoria in 2011. Thereafter she was certified as a Veterinary Acupuncturist in 2013 from the Chi Institute Europe. She spent the next couple of years working in private practice, integrating complimentary medicine especially acupuncture when treating patients. Her clients are found in South Africa, Botswana and Dubai. In 2016 she spent a year treating horses exclusively and bringing veterinary acupuncture to the horse racing industry in Gauteng.

Dr. Roselle has a passion for integrating complimentary veterinary medicine into daily veterinary care in South Africa. One way she tries to achieve this is by teaching veterinarians through the Complimentary Veterinary Medicine Group of South Africa (CVMG) and the Chi Institute.

Dr. Peters first became interested in TCVM after her own dog became very ill. Western medicine had reached its limits and she faced the probability of having to euthanize him. Out of desperation, she gave TCVM a try and much to her surprise, it made all the difference.

Afterwards, she travelled to the USA to attend the Chi Institute and became certified in acupuncture. Since, it has been an extremely rewarding and exciting journey both practicing and teaching acupuncture. In the future she would like to see corroboration with conventional vets. She believes eastern and western medicine can harmoniously work side by side, and our pets deserve the best of both worlds.

Dr. Carmen Booyse was raised on a small farm outside of Hartbeespoort, South Africa. She developed a love for animals at a very early age, helping them heal and communicating with them was her passion. She completed her BSc Animal Science degree at the University of Pretoria and was accepted into the Wildlife Management honors program the following year. After completing her honors degree, she continued with her tertiary education and completed her Veterinary Medicine degree at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort in 2011.

Her humble but passionate beginning as a veterinarian started fresh out of varsity. She worked at a mixed animal practice for five years where she was inspired to become an internationally qualified veterinary acupuncturist through the Chi University. She expanded her knowledge further when she was introduced to alternative healing modalities, as her passion has always been hands-on healing and rehabilitation.