College of Veterinary Medicine

Education:

BS, Biology, Florida Atlantic University, 2001
DVM, St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine, 2005
CVA, Chi Institute and China’s National Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2005
CVH, Chi Institute and China’s National Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2006
MS, Veterinary Acupuncture, Southwest University, China, in progress

Honors and Awards:

N/A

Research Interests:

In the near future, the acupuncture service in collaboration with other faculty members will be generating scientific evidence on acupuncture for the treatment of equine anhydrosis (non-sweat), neuropathic pain, glaucoma, behavioral disorders and male infertility.

Selected Publications:

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Ortiz-Umpierre C. Chapter 6: Water/Kidney Element Syndrome. Practical Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine; to be published by Blackwell Publishing in 2008.

Ortiz-Umpierre C. How Phlegm, Blood Stagnation and Blood Stasis Differ. American Journal of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Summer 2007; Vol. 2, No. 1, 8.

Ortiz-Umpierre C. Treatment of an Amelanotic Melanoma with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Therapy. American Journal of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Fall 2006; Vol. 1, No. 1, 36-38.

Xie H., Ortiz-Umpierre C. What Acupuncture Can and Cannot Treat. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, July/August 2006; Vol. 42 (4): 244-248.