FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Missouri Veterinary Medical Association
2500 Country Club Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Phone: 573-636-8612
Email: kralston@movma.org
(February 4, 2026) – Dr. Lynn Martin, Columbia, Mo. was installed as president at the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association’s (MVMA) Annual Convention held January 29-February 1 at the Wyndham Executive Center, Columbia, Mo.
As president, Dr. Martin will preside at all MVMA general membership meetings, serve as chair of the Board of Governors, be an ex-officio member of all MVMA committees, and report to the Executive Board on matters pertaining to the goals of the association.
Dr. Lynn Martin grew up in Minnesota spending time in her parent’s mixed animal practice before attending North Dakota State University. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2014 achieving her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Public Health. Dr. Martin then joined Retama Equine Hospital in San Antonio for an intensive private practice equine internship. In 2015, Dr. Martin returned to the University of Missouri to complete a Large Animal Internal Medicine residency program with an emphasis in equine medicine. She spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow, teaching veterinary students and conducting research for her PhD program in comparative ophthalmology.
She is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor of Equine Internal Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at the University of Missouri.
Outside of academia, Dr. Martin is presently serving her second term as an At-Large Delegate for the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA), is a member of the MVMA Equine, Legislative, and 2024 Convention Planning Committees, and is immediate past chair of the Missouri Horse Council. She is a member of the AVMA, AAEP, ACVIM, AQHA, NCHA, and Missouri Farm Bureau. She resides in central Missouri on a family farm where she and her husband have a row crop operation and raise western performance horses.
The Missouri Veterinary Medical Association is the society for veterinarians in the state, dedicated to maintaining the highest standards for professionalism and ethics in animal health care in Missouri. The association was founded to help the veterinarian better serve the welfare of animals and their owners.
-30-
To download full size image, right click and select Save image as
Dr. Lynn Martin, 2026 president of the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association.