Spring/Summer 2013 Aesculapian Magazine - University of Georgia ...

The Charles Dobbins Award for Excellence in Service
was awarded to Elizabeth Howerth, DVM, PhD,
DACVP, a professor of anatomic pathology, for her
service to the College and to her profession. Howerth’s
expertise and interest in diseases of exotic animals were
instrumental in the formation of the UGA Zoo and
Exotic Animal Pathology Service, a service that provides
pathology support to Zoo Atlanta and other zoological
parks. Howerth also heads her department’s surgical
pathology service, manages the residency program in
anatomic pathology, and is an active member of the
American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
Uriel Blas-Machado, DVM, PhD, DACVP, an
associate professor of anatomic pathology, received the
Outstanding Laboratory Service Award for his efforts
to expand the services offered by the Athens Veterinary
Diagnostic Laboratory to include marine mammals and
laboratory animals.
Ira G. Roth, (DVM ’86), director of the UGA
Community Practice Clinic, was inducted into the Phi
Zeta Veterinary Honor Society.
Sonia Hernandez, DVM PhD, DACZM, was
awarded the Warnell Faculty Award for Outstanding
Teaching. Hernandez was
also the recipient of the
2013 Western Veterinary
Conference’s Avian and
Exotics Continuing Educator
of the Year. Hernandez is an
assistant professor of wildlife
disease ecology; she is jointly
appointed to the Warnell
School of Forestry and Natural
Resources, and the Southeastern
Cooperative Wildlife Disease Hernandez
Study at the CVM.
Corrie Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVP, a professor of
anatomic pathology, was selected by the American
Veterinary Medical Association’s Committee on
International Veterinary Affairs as the winner of the
2013 American Veterinary Medicine Association’s XIIth
International Veterinary Congress Prize.
Molly Shepard, DVM, a clinical instructor of
anesthesia, is a Diplomate of the American College of
Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia.
Allison Haley, DVM, an
assistant professor of neurology
and neurosurgery, is a Diplomate
of the American College of
Veterinary Internal Medicine
(Neurology).
Brenton Credille, (DVM ’08),
an assistant professor of beef
production, is a Diplomate of the Haley
American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine (Large Animal Medicine).
The CVM received three of 26 grants awarded
throughout the University by the Office of the Vice
President for Instruction:
• Allison Haley, DVM, MRCVS, DACVIM
(Neurology); Simon Platt, BVM&S, MRCVS,
DACVIM (Neurology), DECVN; and Marc
Kent, DVM, DACVIM (Internal Medicine &
Neurology): “Development of an Internet Based,
Interactive Canine Neurology Teaching Model”
• Kelsey A. Hart, DVM, (PhD ’10), DACVIM (Large
Animal Medicine); James N. Moore, DVM, PhD,
DACVS (Large Animal); Robert M. Gogal, DVM;
Ira G. Roth, (DVM ’86); and Sun Joo (Grace)
Ahn (Advertising/Public Relations), of the Grady
College of Journalism: “Interactive Tools for
Enhancing Instruction of Veterinary Diagnostic
Skills”
• Mary Hondalus, DVM, PhD; Sreekumari Rajeev,
BVSC, PhD, DACVM; Brad Gilleland and Chris
Herron, of the CVM’s Educational Resources
Center: “Incorporation of Computer Animated
and Interactive Laboratory Learning Modules
and Clinical Case Workup for Enhancement of
Veterinary Student Engagement and Retention of
Veterinary Microbiology”
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