Featured Speaker

Dr. Debra Voulgaris, DVM, MA, CVA, CCRP

Dr. Voulgaris is and has been dedicated to patient advocacy and client education throughout her career. She feels that in order to give her patients the best possible outcome, and maximize their healing potential, it is important that pet guardians understand the medical issues affecting their pets' health. She has published peer-reviewed articles in Anesthesia and Analgesia, The Canadian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, and The American Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Voulgaris has been an ethical vegan since 2011 and is dedicated to promoting kindness to all animals regardless of species. She continues to give lectures on veterinary pain management, acupuncture, rehabilitation, ozone therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She recently started a podcast called ‘Vet in the City Pet Health Chat’, which is being listened to throughout the world, during which she educates about pet health, and empowers pet parents to make informed decisions on behalf of their animals' family members.

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“You can’t out supplement a poor diet”

— Dr. Katie Woodley

“A Healthy Dog is a Way of Life”

— Rita Hogan

“Everything we do in life, our lifestyle choices, health, and wellbeing, what we think, what we eat, what we feel and believe; our relationships with ourselves, each other or our pets and animals are all related to how we define ourselves and the world around us.”

— Dr. Barrie Sands

“ Your pet’s journey begins with identifying and addressing the root causes of illness, so that healing can occur and good health can arise and sustain itself naturally. Your goal is to find imbalances BEFORE symptoms appear.”

— Dr. Odette Sutter

“Yes, we know what the ancestrial diet of the dog should be but how do we make it better?.”

— Billy Hokeman, food nutritionist

“Preventative and integrative veterinary medicine aims to support the animal’s health through diet, nutrition, and lifestyle practices that allow our pets to be more resilient to disease and live better quality lives. In other words, providing our pets with the tools to thrive, rather than to just survive.”