Dr. Andrea Winkel graduated from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2009 and completed her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Minnesota in 2010. She served as an active-duty captain in the US Army Veterinary Corps as a veterinarian from 2009 to 2014.
After leaving the Army, Dr. Winkel spent a year in private practice before continuing her education with a 3-year residency in avian medicine and surgery at Texas A&M University, where she cared for a wide variety of exotic pet species, from big cats to hummingbirds.
She spent a year at an avian & exotics specialty service in Columbus, OH, before moving to the exotics service in Robbinsville, NJ, as one of their avian & exotics veterinarians. Now, she has joined the Avian & Exotic Pet Medicine Service at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York City.
Her interests span behavior medicine, particularly in treating exotic patients and their unique needs; public health, with a focus on zoonotic and infectious diseases; advanced imaging; and surgery.
Dr. Winkel currently serves on the board of the Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV) as the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Welfare Primary Committee representative and AAV’s Aviculture Chair. Additionally, she is an active member of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV), the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians (AEMV), the Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians (ARAV), and the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association (NJVMA).