Dr. Maryanne Murphy is a Diplomate and current President of the Nutrition Specialty of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. She served as the President of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN) prior to the ACVN moving to unite with ACVIM in 2021. Dr. Murphy is also the UTCVM Nutrition Service Chief.
Dr. Murphy received her dual BS in animal sciences and biological sciences from Rutgers University and her DVM from Iowa State University. She then completed a rotating general medicine and surgery internship at Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists in New York City. Dr. Murphy’s clinical nutrition residency and PhD were completed at the University of Tennessee and the focus of her dissertation research was energy metabolism and satiety in lean and obese dogs. She joined the staff of Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Tinton Falls, NJ as a clinical nutritionist for a few years and then transitioned back to academia at the University of Tennessee in 2016.