Jennifer Hiniker, DVM, DACVS (SA), is a board-certified veterinary surgeon serving Alexandria, Virginia, and the surrounding areas. Dr. Hiniker has an interest in advanced techniques in wound management, trauma management, surgical oncology, and minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopy and thoracoscopy.  

Dr. Hiniker attended undergraduate and veterinary school at the University of Georgia, graduating in 1999 as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine then she entered Active Duty in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. As a Veterinary Corps Officer, she worked as a general practitioner at Fort Bragg, NC; Taszar, Hungary; and White Sands, New Mexico. She even had the opportunity to provide veterinary support at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Hiniker was accepted into a Small Animal Surgery residency at Colorado State University in 2003. She completed her residency in 2006 and attained board certification in 2008. 

As a surgeon in the Veterinary Corps, Dr. Hiniker provided care and worldwide consultation in the U.S. and abroad in her multiple roles in research, teaching, serving as Theater Veterinary Surgeon in Afghanistan, and as Chief of Surgery at the Daniel Holland Working Dog Hospital at Lackland AFB, TX, in San Antonio. Dr. Hiniker has lectured around the world to military and other veterinary and medical groups on topics including gastric dilatation and volvulus, emergency care of working dogs, wound management, and trauma management of working dogs. 

She and her family enjoy camping, football, running, hiking, traveling, experiencing good food, and touring around on their motorcycle. Dr. Hiniker is excited to build relationships with the NOVA veterinary community as a mobile surgeon, while bringing specialty surgery to their clients and patients. Schedule a time to meet her and her tech, Breanna, today!