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February 01, 2021

American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia

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Event

Virtual business meeting, Sept. 26, 2020

Awards

Dr. Peter Pascoe
Dr. Pascoe

Career Achievement Award
Dr. Peter Pascoe, Davis, California. A 1975 veterinary graduate of the University of Liverpool in England, Dr. Pascoe is a professor emeritus of surgical and radiological sciences at the University of California-Davis. He helped launch the journal Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia and served as its editor until 2013, remaining on the editorial board. Dr. Pascoe is a diplomate of the ACVAA and the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia.

Dr. John Ludders
Dr. Ludders
Dr. Pauline Wong
Dr. Wong

President’s Award
Drs. John Ludders (Washington State ’77), Spokane, Washington, and Pauline Wong (California-Davis ’75), San Diego, were recognized for their work in creating and maintaining the ACVAA Listservs.  A diplomate of the ACVAA, Dr. Ludders is a professor emeritus in the section of anesthesiology at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Wong served as a lecturer and was a consulting anesthesiologist at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine prior to retirement. She is a diplomate of the ACVAA.

New Diplomates

Lisa Ann Bourazak, Highland Park, Illinois
Angie Lagos Carvajal, Calgary, Alberta
Urshulaa Dholakia, New Hyde Park, New York
Ben Gingold, New York City
Alison Jaeger, Davis, California
Emma Kate Johnson,  Roseville Chase, Australia
Geneviève Caterina Luca, San Jose, California
Matthew Milloway, Chicago
Melissa Murdock, Philadelphia
Tania Perez Jimenez, Pullman, Washington
Frédérik Rousseau-Blass, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Danielle Eliese Strahl-Heldreth, Champaign, Illinois
Christopher Thibault, Lansing, Michigan
Eduardo Uquillas, Elderslie, Australia
Kelley Varner, Columbia, Missouri

Business

The association discussed problems caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the postponement of the 2020 certifying examination, which was subsequently held remotely in October, and the effect on residency programs and resident training.

Officials

Drs. Colin Dunlop, Gladesville, Australia, president; Kurt Grimm, Conifer, Colorado, president-elect; Lynne Kushner, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, executive secretary; Berit Fischer, Lebanon, New Jersey, chair of the board of directors; and Christine Egger, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, immediate past president