Sherri Tenpenny

Tenpenny graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toledo in 1980, and subsequently received a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri in 1984.[2]

From 1986 to 1998, Tenpenny was the director of the emergency department at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Ohio. She opened an osteopathic practice in 1994, and went on to establish two more such practices, in 1996 and 2011.[3]

Tenpenny had scheduled a speaking tour in Australia to occur starting in February 2015, but after objections were raised to her anti-vaccination views, all the venues at which she was scheduled to speak cancelled the talks in January, and the tour was called off.[4][5] Tenpenny has been criticised by the Stop The Australian Anti-Vaccination Network for "endangering people's health" and "targeting vulnerable parents".[6] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenpenny advocated against the use of face coverings as a mitigation tool[7] despite scientific evidence in favour their effectiveness.[8][9][10][11][12] A Facebook page manage by Tenpenny was deactivated in December 2020 as part of the social network's efforts to reduce the amount of misinformation.[13]

Nevertheless, her Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center received a federal loan of $72,000 as part of the Paycheck Protection Program during the pandemic.[13]

• Saying No to Vaccines: A Resource Guide for All Ages. Middleburg Heights, Ohio: NMA Media Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-97909-104-9.
• FOWL! Bird Flu: It's Not What You Think. Sevierville, Tenn.: Insight Pub. Co. 2006. ISBN 978-1-93286-387-1.
• The Risks, the Benefits, the Choices, a Resource Guide for Parents. Sevierville, Tenn.: Insight Publishing. 2006. ISBN 978-0-97434-482-9.
• A Healthier You!. Sevierville, Tenn.: Insight Publishing. 2005. ISBN 978-1-93286-385-7.

• Tenpenny IMC website
• Tenpenny interview on vaccines and autism