Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Dawn Greenberg received her DVM from Cornell University in 2006, and has been practicing western medicine since then. She began her career at a busy veterinary hospital in Washington, DC, then continued working at Dix Hills Animal Hospital after moving back to Long Island in 2011 to raise her family. Dr. Dawn left conventional practice and now provides Chinese Medicine exclusively, limiting her practice to Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. Those who know her have seen how devoted and warm she is toward patients and their parents. Dr. Dawn provides superior veterinary care, and you will be hard pressed to find a veterinarian with a better bedside manner. She takes the time to get to know her patients and their parents, because she genuinely cares. Dr. Dawn is passionate about keeping animals healthy and pain free, especially as they age. Frustrated with the limitations of conventional medicine, she sought a new approach and found that integrating eastern and medicine was the answer. Dr. Dawn undertook rigorous training in veterinary acupuncture at the Chi Institute in Reddick, Florida. She trained under the world renowned Dr. Huisheng Xie, a leading expert in Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, and became a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist for dogs, cats, and horses. Dr. Dawn has studied Chinese Herbal Medicine at the Chi Institute over the past two years and is now a CVCA: Certified Veterinary Chinese Herbalist. Dr. Dawn is in the Masters Program at the Chi Institute, and she has underwent training in Veterinary Tui-Na, which is Chinese medical manipulation. It can be thought of a combination of medical massage, acupressure, and chiropractic. When she is not taking care of her patients, Dr. Dawn is busy with her two young boys, who have a lot of energy and love to play sports. The newest member of the family is Juniper, a much adored pug puppy.
