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Chair, Department of Veterinary Heilkunst
Other Faculty Members Rudi Verspoor DMH (Email Rudi Verspoor…) 
Rudi Verspoor has been studying Dr. Hahnemann's medical system for more than two decades and has acquired extensive clinical experience, particularly with complex and chronic cases, in the application of this system. His abiding interest in history and philosophy has led him to undertake continual research into various problems and issues that have arisen in traditional homeopathic treatment, and this has included weekly conversations with Steven Decker for over 12 years. This research has led to the development of a systematic dynamic approach to therapeutics that is now being offered in a comprehensive form to others through a number of educational programs. Rudi has written several books providing new insights based on his research and clinical experience and has lectured widely in Canada, the US, the UK and Europe. He served as the Director of the British Institute of Homeopathy (Canada) from 1993 to early 2001, and developed their Homeopathic Practitioner Diploma Program. He has taught extensively both in-class and on a distance learning basis. His previous experience has been in public policy, planning and administration. He helped to found the National United Professional Association of Trained Homeopaths (NUPATH) serving as its president for 14 years, and the Canadian/International Heilkunst Association (C/IHA). Part of his time has been spent advising the Canadian government on health-care policy and in working for greater acceptance of and access to homeopathy and Heilkunst amongst policy makers and the public. His publications include: Autism: The Journey Back, Recovering the Self Through Heilkunst (with Patty Smith); Homeopathy Renewed, A Sequential Approach to the Treatment of Chronic Illness (with Patty Smith); A Time for Healing; Homeopathy Re-examined: Beyond the Classical Paradigm (with Steven Decker); The Dynamic Legacy: Hahnemann from Homeopathy to Heilkunst (with Steven Decker). He also has written various articles for Canadian and International journals. Patty Smith-Verspoor DMH, DVH, BSEd. (Email Patty Smith-Verspoor…)
Patty Smith has been interested in homeopathy since her first introduction in 1977. When her father was admitted to Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia for a triple coronary bypass, she already was suggesting alternative treatment (and reading, at that time, Dr. Robert Mendelsohn's Confessions of a Medical Heretic and The Pritikin Program by Dr. Nathan Pritikin). Following her father's surgery there was a medical snafu, putting him into a coma for five months before he died at Christmas, 1980. With more determination, and after witnessing homeopathic miracles in her home (ex-husband's finger almost being severed by a lawnmower but healing beautifully; burned hand when she put the potholder on her right hand and removed the Thanksgiving turkey with her left; food poisoning, etc.) she began her studies in earnest. She joined the Bryn Athyn, PA study group (affiliated with the National Center for Homeopathy) and eventually turned her wholistic parenting group (Whole Parents, Whole Kids) in Mercer County, NJ into an affiliated study group of the NCH. She served as the New Jersey representative to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Study Group Council and helped create and revitalize homeopathic study groups in NJ. She was awarded a scholarship from Boiron, one of the world's largest homeopathic pharmaceutical companies, to the National Center for Homeopathy's Summer School. In 1995 she moved from New Jersey to Ottawa, Canada after being offered a partnership in the Norsana Academy Clinic, sharing the space with Rudolf Verspoor (whom she subsequently married). She served as the Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs for the British Institute of Homeopathy (Canada) for more than five years, working with Rudi to develop the advanced practitioner programs offered in initially in Canada, and now worldwide. She was a co-founder of the National United Professional Association of Trained Homeopaths (NUPATH) and served on its Board of Directors for ten years. She also is a founding member of the Canadian and International Heilkunst Associations. Last, but by no means least — she loves and adores her two fascinating daughters, Meghan and Kelsey; and her animals Baby Doll (a filly); Angel (a rescue pony) and Truffles (Dutch Warmblood/Throughbred cross); Maggie (a West Highland White Terrier); and Timou, her Africa Grey Parrot. Her enjoyment of the latter group led to her (ongoing) research and development of the use of Hahnemann's medical system with animal health, Veterinary Heilkunst. Patty co-authored Autism: The Journey Back, Recovering the Self Through Heilkunst with Rudi Verspoor, and worked with him on Homeopathy Renewed. She has contributed many articles to newspapers, and wholistic and homeopathic journals and magazines in the United States and Canada. She is editor of the Heilkunst Journal, a publication of the Hahnemann Center for Heilkunst, and The Whole Story, the newsletter of the Hahnemann Clinic. She currently is working on A Patient's Guide to Heilkunst and A Patient's Guide to Vaccinations, and Homeo- and Homo-prophylaxis. 
Steven Decker is a scholar par excellence who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of knowledge and its dissemination. He has spent the last 35 years immersing himself in the works of Samuel Hahnemann, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rudolf Steiner and Wilhelm Reich, among many others in the Dynamic System. His University studies in Germany led him to a deep appreciation of the works and life of Goethe and later into an extensive study of his scientific writings. It was in this context that his discovery of the writings of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann took place. He realized, in studying the original works of Dr. Hahnemann in the original German, that these works formed a critical part of a dynamic system of thought applied to medicine, but that they had been misunderstood and mistranslated. His intensive work and retranslations of Hahnemann's writings have yielded new insights into their meaning and have shown the prevailing confusion in traditional homeopathic writings and teachings. Because of his deep appreciation for, and understanding of, the German language in the context and times in which Dr. Hahnemann was lived and wrote, his translation of Hahnemann's works, and in particular his Interlinear Extended Organon, has been hailed by the homeopathic community as the most brilliant rendering of Hahnemann's genius. All of this work has opened a perspective on what Coleridge called the “Dynamic System”, which has had many contributors since the inception of the modern scientific period. Beholding them all as a unity constituting a single coherent system of thought has been his constant endeavor over the last quarter century. This Dynamic System is the key to understanding homeopathy and Hahnemann's complete medical system. In fact, what has emerged is an entire subterranean Western medical system, founded on the blueprint laid down by Dr. Hahnemann. The results of these ongoing investigations are currently being published in The Dynamic Legacy, a book written in collaboration with Rudi Verspoor. He also has created the most comprehensive translation of the Organon available to date, an interlinear, available here. This book has been praised by many, including the University of Leipsig, for its excellence in adhering to the German language of the time of Hahnemann. A native Californian, he resides in Santa Barbara.
François has done extensive research into the integration of conventional medicine with homoeopathy, herbology, nutrition, Bach Flower Remedies, aromatherapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine ’ including acupuncture and several other complementary therapies, for more than 12 years. He has an intimate knowledge of, and training in, practical, hands-on pharmacognosy, and he practices herbology by integrating pharmacognosy with a pharmacological, phytochemical and wholistic approach. François also has a great deal of knowledge and training in clinical nutrition, vitamins and trace minerals, and he is presently a student in acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He currently is conducting ground-breaking research in the subject of drug/drug interactions, herb/herb interactions, herb/drug interactions and the nutrient depletions inherent in the use of material substances (drugs and herbs). François has one grown son, and lives with his lovely wife Helena in the Niagara region of Canada.
She was so intrigued by homeopathy and the results that it achieved that it has become a passion for her. She studied with the Rudi Verspoor and Patty Smith, and received her DIHom.(Pract.) diploma as well as the DHHP diploma of the Hahnemann College. She now practices Homeopathy and Heilkunst in Ottawa. One of her goals is to help others who may feel discouraged, as she did, when they are told or feel that that there isn't any cure or any hope of feeling better. She now knows that there is a way of achieving lasting health!
JoAnn tutors students for the Hahnemann College, enjoys supervising students interested in gaining clinical experience and has a thriving practice of her own. Her clients and students benefit from her gentle nature and her open mind. JoAnn lives in Ottawa with her two healthy, lively sons, Nicholas and Kayan.
Prior to her studies with the HCH she received her Bach Flower Level 1 diploma from the Bach Institute in England, and attained her Reiki Levels 1 & 2. Gudula is treating humans and also provides consultations for their companion animals or livestock. Her interest in supporting animals via Heilkunst is based on her operating a dairy farm with her husband and two children, and owning two warmblood horses that she is training to be eventing horses. She has flown all over Canada instructing organic dairy farmers on how to care for their herd naturally. Her belief is that all kept animals take on additional burdens from their changed (unnatural) habitat, which causes them to fall ill and/or display changes in their personality and/or breed or species-specific behaviour. Gudula's goal is to bring awareness to the owner and to support the health of the animal through Heilkunst.
Susan started her adult life in the accounting profession and spent many years with a private practice. What she enjoyed most about the accounting profession was that there is a correct resolution to any problem, and a sense of accomplishment when the job is done. She is very happy to have found these qualities in the practice of Heilkunst. There are no problems that are insurmountable, and the personal growth, freedom, and level of health that can be attained through Heilkunst is the best and highest accomplishment possible. Although Susan has finished her diploma program, she has continued her studies and investigations into this field through continuing education at the Hahnemann College in order to be able to be up to date in all the newest information that is uncovered. She has added the application of the NeuroSCENAR to her practice to help alleviate acute pain while treatment is ongoing. Susan is a Doctor of Medical Heilkunst with the Canadian/International Heilkunst Association (C/IHA). She is also a member of the Academy of Naturopaths and Naturotherapists in Quebec (A.N.N.). Because Susan's clinic in Montreal is a member-clinic of the Hahnemann Clinic for Heilkunst based in Ottawa, Ontario, Susan has access to all of the research and advantages of a multi-practitioner, multi-office association that will greatly benefit her clients.
While it took a few years to fully settle in the Ottawa Valley, Manuela remembers being aware of the fact that increasingly people around her were diagnosed with cancer, and she eventually lost a dear sister-in-law to lung cancer. Fearful of getting cancer herself and determined to help those fighting cancer, Manuela searched for alternatives, which would not only be able to effectively treat conditions like cancer and minimize the sufferings, but could also act preventatively. Intrigued by the fundamentals of the Heilkunst system including its principles, science and deep understanding of cure, and grounded in the laws of nature, Manuela embarked on her studies with the Hahnemann College in Ottawa and graduated in July 2004. Her own journey through Heilkunst treatment has taken an evolution beyond her expectations, and she enjoys living in the truth and making resonant choices within her life. Manuela is a Doctor of Homeopathic Medicine HD(RHom.) with the National United Professional Association of Trained Homeopaths (NUPATH), and a Doctor of Medical Heilkunst DMH with the Canadian/International Heilkunst Association. As a member of the Hahnemann Clinic for Heilkunst, she is practicing Heilkunst and Homeopathy in Ottawa and has established a branch of the Hahnemann Clinic in Arnprior to serve the Ottawa Valley. The clinic is located in an old Arnprior landmark, the Kenwood Mills Building (see map). Arnprior is also known as the Town of two beautiful Rivers, the Ottawa and the Madawaska. It is located only 30 minutes West of Ottawa on Highway 17, and with its picturesque setting and beautiful charm is an attraction for everyone. Along with her husband and their two lovely, fun and energetic boys as well as their Labrador Retriever, Manuela enjoys the Canadian country lifestyle in the valley. Manuela holds dual citizenship, Canadian and German, and conducts consultations internationally in either language. Her personal vision is to help individuals find their full potential, empowering them to make choices and guiding them to enjoy a happy and healthy life.
Facing health challenges along with the harshness and limitations of conventional medicine, she was forced to look for a path of no harm. At first she turned to Reiki and Craniosacral therapy, and she still offers those treatments to patients within the broader perspective of Heilkunst. But Heilkunst was the ultimate answer, clearly defined through principles and natural laws. Aleks is a graduate of Hahnemann College for Heilkunst and a Doctor of Mediacal Heilkunst and a Doctor of Veterinary Heilkunst with the Canadian/International Heilkunst Association. Her practice welcomes all species, either in person or through phone consultations.
Marion graduated in 2004 in Heilkunst and Homeopathy from the Hahnemann College in Ottawa. She is now a tutor for distance students at the college. Some of Marion's areas of specialised training are Nutrition, Diet and Supplementation, Reflexology, Massage, Acupressure, Aromatherapy, Herbology, Flower Essences, Homotoxicology, Reiki, Spiritual Psychotherapy, Energy Balancing, Sound & Colour Therapy, Applied Kinesiology and Cybernetic Feedback (SCENAR) Technology. Marion is a board member of the CIHA (Canadian/International Heilkunst Association), and of NUPATH (National United Professional Association of Trained Homeopaths), and a member of NAN (National Association of Naturopaths).
By the time I finished medical school, I had decided that I wanted to integrate some of the complementary approaches into my medical practice, but I was not entirely sure which of the approaches I wanted to focus on. It was during my Family Medicine residency training program at the University of Calgary that I started learning more about homeopathy. I was introduced to Heilkunst and the Hahnemann College for Heilkunst (HCH) through a friend, and I was immediately drawn to the comprehensive and extremely well grounded approach that is taught and practiced there. I started my formal studies in the DHHP program immediately, while at the same time undergoing the Heilkunst treatment process myself. The almost four years of study was an incredible journey, where I learned so much about myself, health and disease, and life in general—and the best part is that I never intend on stopping to learn. In addition to completing my Medical Degree (2001), and my family medicine residency (2003), I have also completed a Dynamic Nutrition certificate (2006) as well as a DHHP certificate (2007) from the HCH. I am also a Doctor of Medical Heilkunst with the Canadian-International Heilkunst Association (CIHA). My other interests include yoga, meditation, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, playing guitar, painting, and spending time with my wife. My passion for learning, my quest for Truth, and my love of life are the wellsprings that feed my practice of Heilkunst, and my aim is to be a guide for others along their own individual healing journeys. Registrar of the Hahnemann College for Heilkunst Venetia Diamond (Email Hahnemann College…)  |
