Board of Directors
Director - President
Travis Lee Buckmaster MSOM, LAc, FABAA
Travis attended Montana State University before undertaking his initial studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Kibbutz Gadot, Israel. Upon his return to the United States he attended and received his masters degree in Oriental Medicine from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine. He also did residencies in Beijing, China and Chengdu, China. Travis is a graduate of the International Academy of Animal Acupuncture, a graduate of the International Academy of Animal Acupuncture and nationally certified in Animal Acupuncture for small and large animals. He is a past Board member of the AAAOM. He is currently the owner and lead acupuncturist of the Acupuncture Center in Salem, Oregon.
Travis Lee Buckmaster MSOM, LAc, FABAA
Travis attended Montana State University before undertaking his initial studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Kibbutz Gadot, Israel. Upon his return to the United States he attended and received his masters degree in Oriental Medicine from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine. He also did residencies in Beijing, China and Chengdu, China. Travis is a graduate of the International Academy of Animal Acupuncture, a graduate of the International Academy of Animal Acupuncture and nationally certified in Animal Acupuncture for small and large animals. He is a past Board member of the AAAOM. He is currently the owner and lead acupuncturist of the Acupuncture Center in Salem, Oregon.
Director - Vice President
Katrina Haskell, MS, CAc, FABAA
Katrina is a graduate of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York and is currently licensed to practice acupuncture in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. She is a graduate of the International Academy of Animal Acupuncture and nationally certified in Animal Acupuncture for small and large animals. She has a full time practice in New Jersey where she treats humans,
and an additional practice in a veterinary clinic where she treats small animals.
Katrina Haskell, MS, CAc, FABAA
Katrina is a graduate of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York and is currently licensed to practice acupuncture in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. She is a graduate of the International Academy of Animal Acupuncture and nationally certified in Animal Acupuncture for small and large animals. She has a full time practice in New Jersey where she treats humans,
and an additional practice in a veterinary clinic where she treats small animals.
Director - Secretary
Christina Lambert, LAc, FABAA
Christina is a graduate of the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and the International Academy of Acupuncture. She is certified in animal acupuncture from the ABAA. She practiced in Arizona for seven years before moving back to Oregon in 2012. She currently practices acupuncture at Balance Health and Injury Clinic in Gresham, Oregon.
Christina Lambert, LAc, FABAA
Christina is a graduate of the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and the International Academy of Acupuncture. She is certified in animal acupuncture from the ABAA. She practiced in Arizona for seven years before moving back to Oregon in 2012. She currently practices acupuncture at Balance Health and Injury Clinic in Gresham, Oregon.
Director - President Emeritus
Gene Bruno, OMD, LAc, FABAA
In 1971, Gene accepted an appointment as one of the Directors of the Veterinary Acupuncture Research Project of the National Acupuncture Association (NAA), and along with John Ottaviano, they introduced Animal Acupuncture into the United States for the first time. During this time he worked directly with Veterinarians, teaching them the basics of acupuncture and how it could be used to treat small and large animals. This lead to the establishment of the International Veterinary Acupuncture Association (IVAS) in 1974. As an NAA acupuncturist he participated in the Acupuncture Pain Clinic at UCLA medical school from 1972 until 1974. Dr. Bruno was a co-founder of the first two schools of Acupuncture in the United States, and the co-founder of the Oregon Acupuncture Association in 1978. He is the past president of the AAOM, the national association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. From 2007 until 2011, he was a member of the Executive Counsel of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, representing the largest organization in the US, the AAAOM. In 2007 he founded the Trudy McAlister Foundation, a non-profit, charitable, scholarship foundation for AOM students. In addition to the extensive research on developing animal acupuncture, Dr. Bruno has done research at Harvard Medical School and at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, looking into the practical applications of acupuncture for the treatment of pain. Dr. Bruno has also developed a treatment protocol for using micro-current stimulation to treat macular degeneration.
Gene Bruno, OMD, LAc, FABAA
In 1971, Gene accepted an appointment as one of the Directors of the Veterinary Acupuncture Research Project of the National Acupuncture Association (NAA), and along with John Ottaviano, they introduced Animal Acupuncture into the United States for the first time. During this time he worked directly with Veterinarians, teaching them the basics of acupuncture and how it could be used to treat small and large animals. This lead to the establishment of the International Veterinary Acupuncture Association (IVAS) in 1974. As an NAA acupuncturist he participated in the Acupuncture Pain Clinic at UCLA medical school from 1972 until 1974. Dr. Bruno was a co-founder of the first two schools of Acupuncture in the United States, and the co-founder of the Oregon Acupuncture Association in 1978. He is the past president of the AAOM, the national association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. From 2007 until 2011, he was a member of the Executive Counsel of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, representing the largest organization in the US, the AAAOM. In 2007 he founded the Trudy McAlister Foundation, a non-profit, charitable, scholarship foundation for AOM students. In addition to the extensive research on developing animal acupuncture, Dr. Bruno has done research at Harvard Medical School and at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, looking into the practical applications of acupuncture for the treatment of pain. Dr. Bruno has also developed a treatment protocol for using micro-current stimulation to treat macular degeneration.
Director - Public Member
Kit Vandenbroucke
Kit is an experienced equestrian and horse trainer with over 20 years experience.
Kit Vandenbroucke
Kit is an experienced equestrian and horse trainer with over 20 years experience.
advisory Council
Noreen Javornik, M.S., M.Ac., L.Ac., FABAA has a M.S. degree from Ohio State University and a M.Ac. from the Traditional Acupuncture Institute. She worked at both the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and at the Scheie Eye Institute at University of Pennsylvania. Noreen was instrumental in establishing the Animal Acupuncture programs at Tai Sophia and the Maryland University of Integrative Health since 1997. Noreen maintains a people and animal acupuncture practice in Laurel, Maryland.
Marilyn Allen is a nationally recognized speaker and educator on the subject of alternative healthcare professions and serves as the Editor of Acupuncture Today. Ms. Allen regularly speaks at associations, schools, and regulatory boards on the topics of practice management, risk management and ethics. Ms. Allen is currently serving as the liaison to the World Health Organization for the International Classification of Traditional Medicine Committee and is a U.S. delegate to the International Standards Organization’s technical advisory group.
instructors
Dr. Kimberly Focht, DVM has a passion for animals and their care. She started as a kennel tech in sixth grade and never looked back. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor's of Engineering and Applied Science in Agribusiness in 1991 and received her DVM from Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1995. She has practiced small animal medicine in the Phoenix area for over 25 years. She is currently the Program Director for Mesa Community College Veterinary Technology program and has been a full-time faculty member since 2013.
Jay Giles Clements, B.S., M.S. has worked in the horse industry as a professional her entire life. Jay has a Bachelor of Science in Equine Science and holds a Master of Science in Agriculture - Animal Science/Equine Science. She was the Director of the Equine Science program at Colorado Northwestern College in Colorado, and the director of the Equine and Agriculture degree programs at Cochise College in Arizona. She is currently the Director of Equine Science position at Scottsdale Community College. She trains
outside horses, works as a consultant and equine sports therapist. She has been teaching at the collegiate level for over 12 years.
outside horses, works as a consultant and equine sports therapist. She has been teaching at the collegiate level for over 12 years.
