History
Dr. Bittan started with equines and completed his residency at VCA on Sepulveda. Holistic Veterinary Healthcare was later opened in West LA in 1995. After 21 years, we moved to Malibu. By spring 2021 we plan to move the practice online via telehealth consultations/ video conferences.
Specialties
Our specialty practice emphasizes preventative care by way of holistic medicine to ensure that our pets maintain the utmost quality of life with extensive longevity and in order to evade some of the devastating diseases that we commonly treat. Dr. Bittan's decades of experience in western and holistic medicine is beneficial for both healthy and ailing patients. Any diagnosis that traditional veterinarians treat can be treated with holistic medicine either in conjunction with or on its own. Our protocols are designed on a case by case basis with a combination of different modalities inclusive of but not limited to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy, Gemmotherapy, and Immunotherapy. Physical therapy includes chiropractic, acupuncture, and cold laser. Cases we've had the most dramatic impact on include allergy (environmental/seasonal), asthma, autoimmune disorders (pemphigus, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune mediated thrombocytopenia), gastrointestinal (IBD, colitis, pancreatitis), cushing's disease, hypo/hyper-thyroid, hip dysplasia, osteoarthritis, heart failure, cardio myopathy, epilepsy, degenerative disc disease, kidney and liver disease, chronic ear infections, chronic UTIs, and cystitis. About 40% of our patients are cancer patients, ranging from hemangiosarcoma to lymphoma to mast cell tumors and many more. The quality of life and the months- if not years we end up treating them, is most notable. For a detailed list of diagnoses we treat, see theholisticvet.com