Dr. Vinge graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1997 and completed his family medicine residency at the Southern New Mexico Family Practice Residency in 2000. He is board certified in family medicine.
Previously a provider and Chief Medical Officer at Amador Health Center, Dr. Vinge is now semi-retired and continues to support Amador through part-time clinical consultation and advisory work. He does not currently see patients or accept individual appointments.
Dr. Vinge has practiced in the Las Cruces area since beginning his postgraduate training in 1998 and considers the community home. His medical interests include sports medicine, medical education, urgent care, community health, and border health.
Dr. Vinge retired as a Colonel in the New Mexico National Guard, which he joined in 2005. His military service included six deployments across Iraq, Poland, Kuwait, and Djibouti, and service as the New Mexico Army National Guard State Surgeon from 2012 to 2018. He was also activated in New Mexico from March 2020 through March 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. His deployments and military training provided extensive experience in trauma care.
Outside medicine, Dr. Vinge enjoys biking, swimming, hiking, throwing pottery, and traveling. He speaks Spanish and Japanese and views language learning as a lifelong pursuit.
