MMI Leadership 

Cailin R. Heinze, VMD, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Nutrition)

Executive Director and Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Heinze is the Executive Director and Chief Academic Officer for MMI. She received her VMD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. After veterinary school, she worked in private small animal/exotics practice for a few years on the east coast before moving to California to pursue a residency in clinical nutrition at UC Davis.

Dr. Heinze completed her residency and then earned a Master’s degree in Nutritional Biology at UC Davis prior to joining the faculty of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

Dr. Heinze is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the Nutrition subspecialty. She taught biochemistry and clinical nutrition and ran the Clinical Nutrition Service at Tufts until June 2019. She currently holds the title of Adjunct Associate Professor at the Cummings School and has extensive experience teaching at more than a dozen veterinary schools. 

Her professional and research interests include nutritional management of renal disease, long chain fatty acids, and cancer nutrition. In her leisure time, Dr. Heinze enjoys training and competing in obedience and rally as well as volunteering as a pet therapy team with her Labrador, Lucy. She also enjoys DIY projects, dressage training, and gardening.