Meet Dr. Peter

     A 1981 graduate of veterinary medicine in Warsaw, Poland, Peter Antosiewicz, DVM, CVA, CVH, CVT., is a small animal practitioner.  As director of Squibnocket Animal Center and Valley Veterinary Hospital, he brings 30 years of medical expertise.    Dr. A has extensively attended continuing education courses throughout the years offered by the American Animal Medical Association, American Veterinary Medical Association, Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, The American Animal Hospital Association,  Canine Postural Rehabilitation, and the Canine Rehabilitation Institute.

     Through Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, he completed his continuing education courses in basic and advanced western herbs, chiropractic manipulation, and orthopedic surgery.   For diagnostic purposes, Dr. Peter completed his ultrasound educational programs in basic and advanced abdominal ultrasound, and in basic and advanced echocardiography. 

     As part of his master's program offered through the Chi Institute of Traditional Veterinary Medicine,  Dr. Peter traveled to Beijing, China.  Up to this time he completed his continuing educational programs offered by the Institute in; Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal, Endocrine, Kidney, Urinary,Reproductive, Dermatology, Oncology, and Immune Mediated Disease; Basic and Advanced Chinese Herbal Medicine, Tui-Na, Food Therapy, and Advanced Tongue and Pulse Diagnosis.  

Dr. Peter has the following post doctoral certifications:

CVA: Certified Veterinary Acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) 

CVH: Certified Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medical Practitioner and Herbologist by Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine

CVT: Certified Veterinary Tui-Na by Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) 

Currently, Dr. Peter is a Lab Instructor at the Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine in Reddick, Florida.   He is working with the staff at Chi Institute to teach small animal acupuncture classes to licensed veterinarians.  Students are learning 120 trans-positional canine acupuncture points and 50 classical canine acupuncture points.  Through the wet labs students are learning how to use acupuncture to diagnose and treat many disorders, behavioral problems, and diseases.  They are also learning veterinary acupuncture techniques that include dry needle, aqua-acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, hemo-acupuncture, pneumo-acupuncture, and moxibustion. 

Dr. Peter is an active member of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association, American veterinary Medical Association, American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture, American Animal Hospital Association, International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, and Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. 

Over the last ten years,  Dr. Peter has dedicated his studies to combining traditional and integrative medicine as well as canine rehabilitation modalities to promote health and well being to all his patients.