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Andrea Winkel,

DVM, MPH
Role: Senior Veterinarian Department: Avian & Exotic Pets
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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. 

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), the American Association of Fish Veterinarians (AAFV), and the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association (NJVMA).

Postgraduate Education

  • Avian Medicine & Surgery Residency, Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, College Station, TX
  • Master of Public Health, Veterinary Public Health, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN

Education

  • DVM, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI
  • Bachelor of Science, Zoology, Concentration in Zoo and Aquarium Sciences, Michigan State University,  East Lansing, MI

Publications:

  • French, John R. P. III, Patrick M. Muzzall, Jean V. Adams, Kendra L. Johnson, Angela E. Flores, and Andrea M. Winkel. Occurrence of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Cestoda) in fishes of the Great Lakes with emphasis on its occurrence in round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) from Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 2005; 31(4): 405-413.
  • Jeann Leal de Araujo, Quinci Plumlee, Raquel R. Rech, Andrea Winkel-Blair, Sharman Hoppes, Sarah M. Schneider. Proventricular rupture associated with Psittaciforme 1 Bornavirus (PaBV) infection in a Major Mitchell Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology. 2016; 9(2): 83-87.
  • Winkel-Blair, A. (2017 March). Deslorelin 4.7-mg Implants Reduce Reproduction in Quaker Parrots (Myiopsitta monachus). 2017 PROCEEDINGS, ICARE Book of Proceedings, ICARE Conference 2017. Presented at ICARE Conference, Venice, Italy. 25-29 March. (pp. 507).
  • Winkel-Blair, A. (2017 July). Deslorelin 4.7-mg Implants Reduce Reproduction in Quaker Parrots (Myiopsitta monachus). 2017 PROCEEDINGS, SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS, Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference 2017. Presented at Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference, Washington D.C., 29 July- 2 August (pp. 133).
  • Winkel-Blair, A. (2017 September). Current Review of Avian Reproduction Issues and Management. 2017 PROCEEDINGS, Southwest Veterinary Symposium Presented at Southwest Veterinary Symposium, San Antonio, TX, 21-24 September (pp. 495-496).
  • Winkel-Blair, A. (2018 September). Congenital Megalocornea in Blue-Throated Conures (Pyrrhura cruentata) with MicroCT Analysis and Histopathology. 2018 PROCEEDINGS, ExoticsCon Conference 2018. Presented at ExoticsCon Conference, Atlanta, GA., 22-27 September. (pp. 217).
  • Winkel-Blair, A. (2018 September). Deslorelin Acetate 4.7-mg Implants Reversibly Reduce Reproduction in Quaker Parrots (Myiopsitta monachus). 2018 PROCEEDINGS, ExoticsCon Conference 2018. Presented at ExoticsCon Conference, Atlanta, GA., 22-27 September. (pp. 397).
  • Winkel-Blair, A. (2018 September). Phacoemulsification Lens Extraction Surgery in Three Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus). 2018 PROCEEDINGS, ExoticsCon Conference 2018. Presented at ExoticsCon Conference, Atlanta, GA., 22-27 September. (pp. 449).
  • Winkel-Blair, A. (2019 April). Phacoemulsification Lens Extraction Surgery in Three Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus). 2019 PROCEEDINGS, ICARE Book of Proceedings, ICARE Conference 2019. Presented at ICARE Conference, London, England. 29 April – 2 May. (pp. 403).
  • Joshua E. Darden, Andrea M. Winkel-Blair, Erin E. Edwards, Sharman M. Hoppes, Joanne Mansell, and Erin M. Scott. Follicular choristoma in the third eyelid of an eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 2019; Vol. 255(1): 98-10.
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