Mobile Surgeon
Mobile Veterinary Specialists (MOVES)
Alexandria, Virginia
Dr. Hiniker attended undergraduate and veterinary school at the University of Georgia, graduating in 1999 as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
After graduation from veterinary school, she entered Active Duty in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. As a Veterinary Corps Officer, she worked as a general practitioner and enjoyed assignments 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.
After retiring from the Army, Dr. Hiniker worked as a surgeon in San Antonio, TX, for BluePearl. When her husband was reassigned to Fort Myer in Arlington, VA, she moved back to NOVA and worked at MEDVET NOVA in Manassas, VA, for almost three years. She and her colleague advanced the care provided at MEDVET to include minimally invasive procedures and many other advanced surgeries.
Dr. Hiniker has an interest in advanced techniques in wound management, trauma management, surgical oncology, and minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopy and thoracoscopy.
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Acute Abdomen: To Cut or Not to Cut
Thursday, October 23, 2025
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM