Kathryn Junkins Sarpong, DVM, DABVP (canine/feline)

Kathryn Junkins Sarpong, DVM, DABVP (canine/feline), is a small animal veterinarian and business owner who loves to mentor and teach newly minted veterinarians and help her colleagues with challenging cases. Initially, she trained as a chemical engineer at the University of Virginia and worked for Merck as a technical operations engineer. Junkins Sarpong course corrected early in her career, and she obtained her doctorate in veterinary medicine from Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2001. She completed an internship with Stephen Ettinger, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Cardiology), at California Animal Hospital Veterinary Specialty Group in 2002.

She enjoyed practicing emergency medicine for several years before opening a small animal practice with a former classmate in 2006. The practice grew to 3 locations with 16 doctors, and Junkins Sarpong mentored numerous new veterinarians. In 2011, she completed the requirements to become board certified by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners in canine/feline practice. She served as treasurer and later president of Emergency Animal Clinic Inc., the largest and oldest Dallas emergency animal hospital before navigating its sale to MedVet.

Other activities include publications, serving as a key opinion leader, past president of the veterinary leadership group for Innovetive Petcare, and serving on the Companion Animal Parasite Council board since 2022.

In 2023, she became director of leadership and learning for Innovetive Petcare. She developed a curriculum to create local leaders at each clinic location and personally mentored more than 40 local medical directors. She enables local leaders to drive medical excellence and business success.