Dr. Kinning (class of 2012) is a board certified Vascular Surgeon at Michigan Vascular Center (Flint, MI), the oldest and largest group of vascular surgeons in private practice. She is involved in both resident and fellow education and is a member of the teaching staff at three area hospitals. She is involved in clinical research and is an investigator for the CREST-2 and BEST-CLI trials. Dr. Kinning is one of only four graduates to ever match into an integrated vascular surgery residency.

She did her training at TriHealth Good Samaritan in Cincinnati, Ohio and completed her residency in 2018. During her residency, she presented research at the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, the American Venous Forum, and the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) Conference.

As a 3rd year medical student at AUC, she won the the 2012 Allastair Karmody Poster Competition at the Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery 40th Annual Symposium. She went on to have the accompanying manuscript published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery. 

Inspired by her father, who is also a Vascular Surgeon (and now one of her partners), she was motivated to pursue vascular surgery from a young age and fortunate enough to have the opportunity to do so at AUC. 

“Not only did AUC give me the opportunity to pursue my M.D. and set me on the path towards a successful career as a vascular surgeon, but my life is richer for the friends I made there and the experiences I had in St. Maarten.” - Dr. Alison Kinning