American Association of Veterinary Clinicians

Annual Resident Awards

Annual Faculty Achievement Award

Recipients

 

Residents Award

 

ANNUAL RESIDENTS AWARDS

            Two awards will be presented annually to veterinarians in the last year of their residency.

 

Two awards will be presented annually to veterinarians in the last year of their residency. Each individual will have achieved a high degree of excellence in their chosen specialty.

 

ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AWARD

 

The candidates must be in the last year of their residency.

 

1.                  Only activities, awards and productivity of the resident during the 3 years of the residency will be considered by the committee in the evaluation process.

 

The committee will take into consideration the length of the residency(2, 3, or more years) with respect to the candidate's productivity.

 

In the event there is a tie in the tabulation of the scores, the career accomplishments of the residents will be taken into consideration in the evaluation process.

 

2.                  Evidence of excellence in academic/institutional practice.  Awards from students, VTH, faculty etc. for outstanding clinical service and teaching will be considered.

 

3.                  Excellence in research.

Consideration should be given for work conducted during the    residency only.

Publications "in progress" will not be considered.

 

 

SELECTION

 

The matching program officer from each institution will appoint two members from their faculty (AAVC membership required). These faculty will screen the residents from their academic or institutional programs and provide the name of one finalist with a brief curriculum vitae, evaluation of academic performance, a copy of not less than one manuscript that has been submitted for publication and a letter of recommendation addressing each of the four items of eligibility. The final selection will be made by the Awards Committee.

 

The awards to the two selected residents will consist of a monetary award of $1,000.00 each and an appropriate plaque. The award presentations will be made during the annual meeting of the association.

 

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Annual Faculty Achievement Award

 

ANNUAL FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

This award will be presented annually to a member of the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians who has achieved national recognition through his/her efforts on behalf of veterinary medicine.

 

ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AWARD

 

The candidate must be a member of the AAVC for the past five years.

The candidate's contribution to the profession may have been made in any of the following areas:

 

1. Excellence in academic or institutional practice.

2. Excellence in teaching.

3. Excellence in research.

4. Excellence in organized veterinary medicine

aConstituent, state, and/or national association.

bSpecialty groups including, but not limited to, the       

AVMA recognized specialty groups and species specialty    

groups.

c) Visually recognized participation in the affairs

of the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians.

 

SELECTION

 

1. Any member of the AAVC may make a nomination, but only one nomination should be made each year from an individual college or institution.

 

2. The nominee's curriculum vitae and supporting letters will be submitted by the AAVC member making the nomination along with the two additional supporting letters from other members of the AAVC. The final selection will be made by the Awards Committee.

 

3. The award recipient will be selected by the Awards Committee based on the credentials submitted and the three supporting letters from members of the Association.

 

The award consists of a plaque which will be presented during the annual meeting of the association.

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Recipients

2007

Residents Award

    Dr. Martin Vidal, Louisiana State University

   Dr. Lauren Riester Pinchbeck, The Ohio State University

Faculty Achievement Award

    Not given

 2006

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Andrea Balch, Mississippi State University, Small Animal Internal Medicine

 

    Dr. Colin Sereda. University of Florida, Small Animal Surgery

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Dr. Leah Cohn, University of Missouri, ACVIM

 

                    

                                                                       2005 

      

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Phillip Mayhew, University of Pennsylvania

 

    Dr. Jacqueline C. Whittemore, Colorado State University

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Dr. David Senior, Louisiana State University

                                                

 

2004

 

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Darian Feary, Colorado State University

 

    Dr. Jason Wheeler, University of Florida

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Dr. Anthony Knight, Colorado State University

 

 

2003

 

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Barrak Pressler, North Carolina State University

 

    Dr. Nicola Pusterla, University of California, Davis

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Dr. Michael Schaer, University of Florida

 

 

2002

 

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Sean Sanders, Washington State University

 

    Dr. Michelle Wall, University of Georgia

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Dr. D.J. Krahwinkel, University of Tennessee

 

 

2001

 

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Christopher Adin, University of California, Davis

 

    Dr. Ellison Bentley, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Dr. Joseph Taboada, Louisiana State University

 

 

2000

 

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Leigh Glerum, University of Georgia

 

    Dr. Betsey Hersey, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Not Given

 

1999

 

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Patricia Ashley, University of Tennessee

 

    Dr. Troy Trumble, Colorado State University

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Dr. Eleanor Green, University of Florida

 

 

1998

Residents Award

 

    Dr. Simon Platt, University of Florida

 

    Dr. Sherry Sanderson, University of Minnesota

 

Faculty Achievement Award

 

    Not Given

 

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