Dr. Schoen is the co-editor of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine, Principles and Practice, (Mosby, 1998) and the editor of both Veterinary Acupuncture: Ancient Art to Modern Medicine, (Mosby, 1994), and Problems in Veterinary Medicine: Veterinary Acupuncture, (Lippencott, 1992). Dr. Schoen is the author of "Kindred Spirits, How the Remarkable Relationship between Humans and Animals Can Transform our Lives" (Broadway-Doubleday, 2001) and author of Love, Miracles & Animal Healing, (Simon & Schuster, 1995). He has published numerous research articles on complementary and alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM). He has lectured on CAVM throughout the world including Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Africa, and Canada. He also gives lectures and teaches one to two day seminars at various conferences and veterinary schools in the United States. Dr. Schoen has been the recipient of a number of research grants. Among others, these included one from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation for developing CAVM curriculums for veterinary schools, and one from the Gauntlett Foundation for developing new approaches to chronic disease. He has received research grants through GCC, Inc. from the Janet Stone-Jones Foundation and the McIntosh Foundation. Dr. Schoen is a charter fellow of the American College of Acupuncture, an organization of physicians dedicated to scientific acupuncture. Dr. Schoen was appointed to the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) six member committee on alternative and complementary veterinary medicine for whom he developed approved guidelines for CAVM in 1996.. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and on the veterinary advisory boards of Rodale Press and the Holistic Horse Newsletter. He has had a column with Time-Warner's Pathfinder web site titled "The Healing Arts." He is also a consultant for a new Public Broadcasting System television series on health care.

In addition, Dr. Schoen maintains a referral practice in large and small animal complementary and alternative veterinary medicine. Through this practice he has developed new approaches to such degenerative conditions as cancer, arthritis, liver disease and others. Dr. Schoen's vision is to create innovative natural nontoxic approaches to animal health, environmental health and human health care and integrate them into a new interdisciplinary program with a commitment to compassionate care for all beings.

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