Meet Our Team
Founder
Medical Director
Casara Andre
DVM certified Veterinary Medical Acupuncture (cVMA)
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Unashamed curiosity unerringly leads to unexpected and exciting discoveries.
It is from within the active balance of scientific scrutiny and compassionate patient care that sustainable, emotionally-ergonomic, and family-unit aware medical practices are developed.
A practicing Colorado veterinarian and a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps veteran, Dr. Casara Andre is a Healer consistently motivated by her desire to help animals of all species (human and non-human) repair and sustain their health and wellbeing.
Currently, Dr. Andre provides harm reduction education (HRE) to the globally emerging cannabis and psychedelic veterinary and animal care ecosystems.
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Dr. Andre's practice specializes in trauma-aware veterinary care.
Currently, her clinical focus is evaluation of emerging novel solutions for emotion-based disorders in animals, particularly canine post-traumatic stress disorder (caninePTSD), canine anxiety, and chronic pain conditions.
Clinician
Steve Kruzeniski
BSc DVM PgDev OneHealth​
Dr. Steve Kruzeniski is a companion animal veterinarian with further education and passion for Planetary Health, Human Support, Indigenous Wisdom, and Psychedelic Assisted Therapies.
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For over a decade he has been living and working across The Americas, Africa & Asia. He currently resides in the Sacred Valley of Peru.
Dr. Steve's work combines social veterinary service & educational advocacy for animal welfare; support of veterinary professional wellbeing; and Psychedelic Harm Reduction for both humans and animals.
Clinician
Flor Ortiz
DVM VCCounselor​
Dr. Flor, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a certified Veterinary Cannabis Counselor (VCC), is deeply committed to promoting health for both animals and humans.
Demonstrating her dedication to the well-being of her colleagues, she also serves as a board member for Care for the Healer (CFTH).
Dr. Flor’s work focuses on the convergence of veterinary and human medicine, specifically investigating the therapeutic potential of medical cannabis.
She is passionate about making complex scientific research accessible and actionable. Her career is driven by the same lifelong empathy for animals that inspired her to pursue veterinary medicine. This compassion extends beyond her profession, as she is also a devoted pet parent of a rescue dog.
Medical Guidance
Tami Packham
RVT VCGuide VCCounselor​
Tami Packham is a credentialed veterinary technician practicing in Ontario, Canada working within a specialty dermatology clinical team.
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She is the class mentor for the VeterinaryCannabis certification course and provides cannabis and endocannabinoid system clinical training to veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and non-medical animal lovers from around the globe.
Tami serves as a Veterinary Cannabis Counselor (VCC) on the VeterinaryCannabis consulting team, providing teammates and clients with medical support, endocannabinoid system guidance, product safety evaluation, and administration plan creation for patients around the world. Her professional passions include equine care, animal-human bond support, community-building, and care of colleagues.