Dr. Kim A. Sprayberry grew up in a farm community in the San Joaquin Valley, where her family raised raisin grapes. She attended UC Davis for both an undergraduate degree in Physiology and for veterinary school, from which she graduated in 1988.

Dr. Sprayberry worked in a mixed small-animal and dairy practice in Lemoore for one year and then on the southern California racetracks for several years before returning to Davis for an internal medicine residency in 1994. She completed the residency and became Board-certified in Large-Animal Internal Medicine in 1998, after which she joined the Internal Medicine division of the 50-veterinarian staff at Hagyard-Davidson-McGee (now Hagyard Equine Medical Institute) in Lexington, KY, where she spent 10 years. During the course of this position she also became Board-certified in large animal emergency and critical care, and presently holds Diplomate status in both the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.

Dr. Sprayberry also is active in various aspects of veterinary medical journalism. She worked at the AVMA offices in the Chicago area for two years as an assistant editor for Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and American Journal of Veterinary Research. She has also been co-editor and then lead editor for the veterinary textbook series Current Therapy in Equine Medicine. She’s a frequent contributor to other veterinary publications, and has been a frequent speaker at veterinary continuing education venues such as the AAEP annual convention and the International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care symposium. She frequently serves on the review boards for several research foundations, is on the Public Relations Committee of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, and is a member of the AAEP Educational Programs Committee, which produces the scientific program for the annual convention. Dr. Sprayberry also serves on the Board of Directors for the biotechnology company Equinext in Lexington, KY.

She is an advisor for pre-health–sciences students, and is the coordinator for Cal Poly’s partnership programs with the Schools of Veterinary Medicine at University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow.

When not working, she enjoys kayaking, tennis, southwest archaeology, and participating in community service trips with church.