ADVISORY COUNCIL
Dr. Patricia Shuen 孫懿文醫生
Pet Cares Professional Veterinary Services
Hong Kong
Dr. Pat decided she wanted to be a vet at an early age- she grew up with a Chinese mongrel named Ma Jai and she rode horses whilst growing up in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
After gaining her veterinary qualification from Royal Veterinary College, University of London, United Kingdom, Dr. Pat spent a year working as an equine vet for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Not content with only British veterinary qualifications, Dr. Pat travelled to America and successfully passed the examinations conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Dr. Pat enjoyed living on the sunny isle of Australia. It was a great experience where she spent a year “going troppo” in the Northern Territory – working in an equine and small animal practice in Darwin. Dr. Pat took advantage of her time there by taking flying lessons (learning to fly light aircraft). Later, a stint as a vet in Broken Hill (a mining town in the outback) exposed Dr. Pat to a different way of living – since some clients had driven for over four hours just to see her!
Dr. Pat has worked in a number of charity veterinary hospitals in the world, including the Blue Cross Hospital in Victoria, London and the RSPCA in Sydney, Australia. At the RSPCA in Sydney, Dr. Pat was asked to mentor final year vet students from the University of Sydney. Dr. Pat gained her surgical membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in 2004.
After a long time abroad, Dr. Pat decided to fulfil her desire to return to Hong Kong in early 2006, when she commenced working at Peace Avenue Veterinary Clinic in Mong Kok.
After a year at Peace Avenue, Dr. Pat decided that she would like to provide caring, high quality veterinary service to the Northern New Territories, and after a lot of effort and hard work opened Pet Cares Professional Veterinary Services in Tai Po in June 2007.
In 2010, Dr. Pat was awarded the Hong Kong “Mentor of the Year” award by the Australian Animal Industries Resource Centre (AIRC), for her contributions towards veterinary nursing training.
Dr. Manfred Hochleithner
Tierklinik Strebersdorf
Austria
Dr. Manfred hails from Vienna, Austria, He studied in University Veterinary Medicine in Vienna and now heads Tierklinik Strebersdorf (Strebersdorf Animal Clinic). He is a diplomat for the European College of Zoological Medicine and is recognised as a specialist for small animals.
Dr Manfred is a Past President of Vereinigung Österreichischer Kleintiermediziner VOEK from 2012-2016, and is its current Vice President. He is a member of the Assembly of Delegates of the Austrian Veterinary Chamber.
Dr Manfred has published 38 scientific papers and is a contributor to seven books. He has also given lectures in numerous countries including Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.
He is Founder and President of the conservation organisation Endangered.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Manfred is a PADI open water scuba diver instructor. He is a keen photographer and has published a coffee table book, Underwater Universe Edition Reuss; and has held two photo exhibitions in the Museum of Natural History in Vienna – Die Kunst ist in der Natur and Ruanda Mit den Augen der Kinder. He also produced an underwater documentary for Austrian television, Sea of Creepy Monsters.
Dr. Hélaine Haltrecht
DMV Veterinary Centre
Canada
Dr. Haltrecht is a graduate of the University of Montreal Faculty of Veterinary medicine. She has been practicing complementary and holistic medicine using acupuncture and herbs for over twenty years.
She works in a companion animal speciality practice at the DMV Veterinary Centre in Montreal, and teaches a course in Holistic approaches at the University of Montreal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
She lectures regularly on complementary medicine in Canada, the United States, as well as overseas.