Equine Vet Receives ACVIM Award for Professional Excellence

Susan White, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, professor emerita at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently awarded the Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence at the 2009 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in Montreal, Canada.
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Susan White, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, professor emerita at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently awarded the Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence at the 2009 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in Montreal, Canada. The Kirk Award is given annually to a member the ACVIM and is presented in recognition of outstanding achievements and dedicated service to the veterinary profession.

White is the first female in the field of large animal medicine to be given this honor. The criteria for the award include outstanding service, national and international recognition, selfless contribution to veterinary organizations, publication of major works, and development of diagnostic or therapeutic techniques. White has a distinguished record of more than 28 years of service with regional and national organizations, including serving on and chairing numerous committees and task forces for the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the ACVIM, as well as serving on the editorial boards for the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, the Journal of Equine Practice, and the Journal of Equine Veterinary Education.

White came to the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1976 as a large animal internal medicine resident. During her tenure she was the recipient of multiple awards, including the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship from UGA and the J.T. Mercer Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association.

More than one of White’s colleagues in the College of Veterinary Medicine referred to her knowledge as “encyclopedic.” Andrew Parks, MA, VetMB, MRCVS, Dipl. ACVS, professor and head of the department of large animal medicine, has worked alongside White for 20 years and described her as “a wise and respected resource” for students and colleagues, both within and outside of the university

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