The Birth of Link Vets
Our parent company, Link Vets, was born from the need people and their pets had for information about integrative veterinary medicine. Historically, veterinary medicine has been mostly decentralized, and information on various health conditions have been scattered over thousands of texts and websites. This has made it difficult for animal caretakers to find the necessary information that they are able to understand and feel they can trust. The goal of Link Vets is to be the bridge, the link, between the East and the West where both caretakers and professionals can come and have their questions answered.
About Dr Amanda Barbosa
Dr. Amanda Barbosa is originally from Florida, but spent most of her childhood years in Brazil where she learned to appreciate a more natural lifestyle with fresh locally grown foods and physical activities mostly practiced outdoors.
She obtained her Bachelor’s of Science majoring in Biology and minoring in Psychology from the University of Central Florida. From there she moved to the Caribbean island of St. Kitts and worked with the St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Program as a marine biology research assistant. She then completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Following graduation she completed a joint postgraduate specialty internship in emergency medicine and zoological medicine at the Veterinary Centers of America - Hollywood and Miami Metropolitan Zoo.
Soon after entering the workforce, Amanda began to notice where Western medicine had its strengths and its weaknesses. Calling upon her early experiences living a more nature based lifestyle, she began to focus her energy on treating her patients using a well rounded approach, integrating natural methods of disease management with western diagnostics. She then enrolled into Chi University in Reddick, Florida and completed a rigorous certification program in Veterinary Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory.
She currently practices as a veterinarian in Florida, providing integrative medicine care to all species of animals.
Our Business Mission & Values
We hope Our Integrative Method will provide you with all the support you need to make healthy decisions for your furry, feathery, scaly loved ones.
Values:
Learning - we are dedicated to your learning
Integrity - you can have confidence in the information you are provided
Natural - we always respect the nature and the natural world when making recommendations
Kindness - we believe a little kindness goes a long way, and all living beings deserve it