A Message from the President

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone also had a great Thanksgiving and merry Christmas!  My name is Dr. Valerie Partch and it is my honor to be your 2025 KCVMA President.  I am a 2013 graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine.  I started as an associate veterinarian, then a little over 3 years ago, purchased the clinic I grew up going to and was mentored in, Jackson Animal Clinic, in Platte City, MO.  Prior to veterinary medicine, I had a career in analytics with Citigroup, primarily involved in forecasting, scheduling, & staffing, but also spent time coaching.  I was born and raised in Smithville, MO, where I now live with my husband of 23 years, Martin, and my 3 daughters, Raegan (12), Kennedy (9), and McKinley (7).  We have a small farm with 9 horses, a dog, 3 cats, 2 parakeets, chickens, and most recently a praying mantis we rescued from the freeze!

As your board President, I plan to work with the other board members to grow the KCVMA, adapt to the needs of our members and improve upon the foundation that was built for us more than 70 years ago.  On that note, I would like to ask a few favors: Please consider asking colleagues who are not members to sign up and help us grow! Please explore our website (which is also available to members for classified ads).  Please follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) to stay up to date on our events and like/share our posts so your colleagues can see what we are up to!

Among several things, we have worked hard to provide relevant and useful services to our veterinary and local communities.  For example, over the last couple years we have offered rabies titer testing to our membership at a local continuing education event, provided oxygen masks for pets to a local fire department in need, and updated our by-laws.  Each year, we organize fun social/networking events and coordinate monthly continuing education dinners/presentations for our members. We focus not only on topics that have useful information on improving the practice of veterinary medicine but are relevant to the unique challenges we face on a personal and professional level in the veterinary industry.

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.   We hope to represent the Kansas City veterinary community and look forward to providing you with great membership experience as your regional greater Kansas City Veterinary Medical Association in 2025.

Valerie Partch, DVM