Randy C. Lynn

Dr. Lynn graduated from The Ohio State University in 1983. He has 35years of experience in drug development, regulatory affairs, and technicalservices at Novartis, IDEXX and Merck Animal Health. He has workedwith poultry, cattle, horses, dogs, and cats. His efforts helped producemany new product approvals including Interceptor ® , Sentinel ® , Percorten-V ® , Navigator ® , Surpass ® and ProZinc ® Insulin.Dr. Lynn is the author or co-author of several veterinary textbooks andnumerous research articles. He has given more than nine hundred lecturesat local and national veterinary meetings regarding veterinarypharmacology, parasitology, and internal medicine. Randy is fellow of theAmerican Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics and adiplomate of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology. Hewas adjunct faculty at Cornell University from 2016 through 2025. In 2019,Dr. Lynn was named “Veterinarian of the Year” by the North CarolinaVeterinary Medical Association.Dr. Lynn gained an early interest in beekeeping from his grandfather inMedina, Ohio. He was trained in beekeeping by Dr. Walter Rothenbuhler atOhio State. He acquired his first colonies in 1990 and continues to managehis bees as a side-line business. He wrote Raising Healthy Honey Bees forChristian Veterinary Missions and has taught beekeeping at The MastersMission in Robbinsville, NC. In 2025, he was part of the inaugural class ofveterinarians who are certified in honey bee medicine (CertHbV).In 2020, Dr. Lynn retired from Merck Animal Health to allow more time tosee veterinary patients, do veterinary missions work in Central America andspend time with his family and friends. In 2023 he moved from NorthCarolina to Northern Virginia to be closer to his children and grandchildren.He continues to work part-time in local veterinary clinics.