Purdue Professor of Large Animal Surgery Jan Hawkins Chosen as President-elect of ACVS - Purdue University

Friday, October 28, 2022

Dr. Jan Hawkins, Purdue Veterinary Medicine prof of ample carnal country and Large Animal Surgery conception head, is the caller president elite of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS).  The predetermination results were announced precocious by the ACVS, pursuing the 2022 ACVS Surgery Summit held October 11-15 successful Portland, Oregon. 

A 1991 DVM postgraduate of North Carolina State University, Dr. Hawkins completed an internship successful ample carnal medicine and country astatine Texas A&M University successful 1992 and a residency successful ample carnal country astatine the University of Pennsylvania successful 1995 earlier becoming committee certified by the ACVS the pursuing year.  Dr. Hawkins is the writer of galore peer-reviewed manuscripts regarding equine country with an accent connected disorders of the precocious respiratory tract and the usage of surgical lasers. He is simply a co-author of the textbook Respiratory Diseases of the Horse and an exertion and writer for Advances successful Equine Upper Respiratory Surgery.

Dr. Hawkins besides has been actively progressive arsenic a subordinate of the ACVS and has served connected the Board of Regents. His different areas of work to the ACVS see being a subordinate of the Veterinary Surgery editorial reappraisal board, the Resident Credentialing Committee, Symposium Planning Committee, and Residency Program Compliance Committee.  As a committee liaison, helium was progressive with the Continuing Education and Fellowship Committees arsenic good arsenic the Veterinary Surgery journal. He has served arsenic a league seat for the American College of Veterinary Surgeons yearly gathering and has lectured astatine the College’s yearly gathering connected aggregate occasions. 

Each year, the ACVS Nominating Committee submits a projected slate of candidates for president-elect, 1 tiny carnal regent, and 1 ample carnal regent to the ACVS Board of Regents for approval. The approved slate is past forwarded to the rank for a vote.

Founded successful 1965, the ACVS is the specialty committee which sets the certification standards for precocious professionalism successful veterinary country and provides the latest successful surgical acquisition programs. ACVS is the AVMA-Recognized Veterinary Specialty Organization™ for certification of veterinarians successful ample carnal country and tiny carnal surgery. Following the 2022 certification examination, ACVS rank present includes much than 2,300 Diplomates. For much accusation spot www.acvs.org.

Writer(s): Kevin Doerr | pvmnews@purdue.edu