Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Amanda Pittman grew up in a small Louisiana town. She graduated with college honors in 2001 from Louisiana State University and went on to graduate from veterinary school in 2005, also from LSU. After several years of practicing conventional medicine and three years practicing emergency medicine, she became very comfortable caring for difficult internal medicine cases and critical emergency situations. She has received additional training in ultrasound and can perform most abdominal ultrasounds and echocardiograms. Over time, she began to see a tremendous need for additional relief in her geriatric and critically ill patients and began investigating alternative options. She earned the title of Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine and completed externships in this field at the University of Tennessee and also at Loving Touch in Stone Mountain, GA. Through her rehabilitation training at Loving Touch and her prior work with Fountain City Animal Hospital, she was exposed to acupuncture and other holistic methods. She went on to train at the Chi Institute in Reddick, FL and received her Certified Veterinary Acupuncture degree. Along with acupuncture training, she learned the basics of veterinary Herbology and Tui-Na. She has also completed advanced training in their Food Therapy program, and will receive certification in that discipline as well, pending approval of her case study. She completed an integrative externship at the Chattanooga Holistic Animal Institute in Chattanooga, TN.
