Dr. Janice Huntingford

Dr Janice Huntingford is a 1984 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario and a Board Certified Specialist in Canine Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, 1 of 3 in Canada. She is certified in Animal Chiropractic by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association, in Animal Acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, in Chinese herbal Medicine, and is a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner. In 2007, Dr. Huntingford opened Ontario’s first salt water canine therapy pool and canine rehabilitation center. She lectures nationally and internationally on rehabilitation, acupuncture, geriatric medicine, herbal medicine, and pain management to veterinarians and veterinary technicians. She has authored or co-authored several text book chapters on Rehabilitation and published a number of peer reviewed manuscripts. She consults and sits on a number of advisory boards related to herbal medicine, laser therapy and holistic medicine. She teaches regularly at Cornell University and is involved in Resident Training for Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation for Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Huntingford is active in research into the treatment of animal pain. In this conversation Dr. Huntingford and I discuss her upbringing in Ontario, her veterinary school education, managing private practice while studying and passing her specialty boards, and what it is like to have a child follow her footsteps into Veterinary Medicine. Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Janice Huntingford.