JOSEPH
KINNARNEY, DVM
Trustee
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Ret)
About
Dr. Joseph Kinnarney, 2015-2016 president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, is a small-animal practitioner in Reidsville, N.C., and president of the Reidsville Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Kinnarney has been a NC resident since he graduated from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1980. He served as the District III representative on the Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. (AVMA) Executive Board from 2007-2013 representing veterinarians in NC, SC, AL, MS and TN. He began his term as AVMA president in July 2015.
Dr. Kinnarney’s interest in taking a leadership role in his profession started while he was studying at Cornell. He was the president of the Cornell Student Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. (SAVMA) chapter and president of the national SAVMA.
In 1999, Dr. Kinnarney began serving the first of two terms as AVMA vice president, during which time he served as a liaison to veterinary students and
recent graduates. He also served as vice president of the NC Vet. Med. Assoc. from 2001-2007, and was the 1991 NC Veterinarian of the Year. From 2002 to 2007, Dr. Kinnarney served as NC’s delegate to the AVMA House of Delegates. He was named NC Distinguished Veterinarian in 2006. He is currently the chair of the AVMA trusts.
Dr. Kinnarney’s love of animals is not restricted to his work as a veterinarian or in service to the AVMA. In 1995, a Scottish terrier Dr. Kinnarney co-owned won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Dr. Kinnarney resides in Greensboro, N.C., and enjoys showing horses and traveling. Dr. Kinnarney has two sons, Joseph and Jeffrey, and four grandsons.
Degrees
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