Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award
Each year, every veterinary school selects their Zoetis Distinguished Teaching Award recipient. The award is given to educators in recognition of their character and leadership qualities, as well as their outstanding teaching abilities.
That winner is then submitted as a candidate for the national AAVMC Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award. Eligibility for this national award is strictly limited to recipients of their school's Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award for that year. The AAVMC Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award is the most prestigious teaching award in veterinary medicine.
Since it's inception in 1963, UC Davis professors have won the AAVMC Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award twice - Dr. Matthew Mellema in 2013 and Dr. Mary Christopher in 1997.
Julie Dechant, 2023
- Past Recipients
- *Went on to win the national AAVMC Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award
2022 Barbara Byrne
2021 Verena Affolter
2020 Kevin Woolard
2019 Lance Visser
2018 Stephen McSorley
2017 Claire Yellowley
2016 Jim Clark
2015 Brian Murphy
2014 Geraldine Hunt
2013 Matthew Mellema*
2012 Fern Tablin
2011 Linda Barter
2010 Richard Nelson
2009 Birgit Puschner
2008 Janine Kasper
2007 David Maggs
2006 Walter Boyce
2005 Eric Herrgesell
2004 Lisle George
2003 Barry Ball
2002 Gary Carlson
2001 Robert Hansen
2000 Rick LeCouteur
1999 Pat Conrad
1998 Jan Ilkiw
1997 Mary Christopher*
1996 Sue Stover
1995 Charlie Plopper
1994 Tony Stannard
1993 Jim MacLachlan
1992 Dwight Hirsh
1991 Roy Bellhorn
1990 Ed Feldman
1989 David Wilson
1988 Michael Bruss
1987 Lisle George
1986 Brad Smith
1985 Steve Haskin
1984 Robert Bondurant
1983 Roy Pool
1982 George Cardinet
1981 Peter Suter
1980 Dwight Hirsh
1979 John Hughes
1978 Ralph Kitchell