Fred Wininger VMD MS DACVIM (Neurology)
Veterinary Neurologist/Neurosurgeon, Educator through Pragmatic Simplicity, Biomedical Entrepreneur, Potentialist and Custodian of Quality Animal Care.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fred-wininger-vmd-ms-dacvim-neurology-b6baab189/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/animalneurodoc/
Business Accounts: www.instagram.com/3dveterinaryprinting/
Work: CARE Charlotte Animal Referral & Emergency carecharlotte.com/doctors/
Special Mentions – The Bridge Club Bright Minds 2023 Game Changer Award
Dr. Fred Wininger earned his VMD from the University of Pennsylvania. After completing a small animal rotating internship at the University of Georgia, he finished his neurology/neurosurgery residency at Washington State University. There, he developed a love for neuroimaging and developed a novel neuronavigation device. Joining the faculty at the University of Missouri, he applied these interests as a collaborator in the Comparative Neurology Laboratory. The group’s mission was to identify and treat disease analogs for both animals and humans, finding success in curative gene therapies for children and dachshunds with Battens disease (neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis). There, he also described novel genetic variants for a dog model of Lou Gehrig’s disease/ Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
He moved to St. Louis, where he practiced for several years and developed the first hybrid private practice/academic neurology residency program, which continues today. Dr. Winning is a proud member of Charlotte Animal Referral and Emergency (CARE), where he and his team practice state-of-the-art veterinary neurology and neurosurgery. Dr. Wininger is the owner and operator of 3D Veterinary Printing LLC, where he creates models and customized surgical tools to aid veterinary surgeons and neurosurgeons around the world. He takes great pride in his non-conventional educational models to break the cycle of “Neurophobia,” making veterinary neurology approachable and understandable to veterinary professionals and owners of pets committed to their dogs and cats. He maintains academic standing as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Missouri and North Carolina State University, where he teaches all levels of students and consults on multiple research projects.
