About the UC Davis Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented by the UC Davis Cal Aggie Alumni Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award is given annually as part of the Alumni Awards, which celebrate extraordinary alumni and friends who have made a lasting impact on their communities and the university. (May not be awarded to SVM faculty every year.)
2025 Recipient
Dr. Douglas Mader, SVM Class of 1986
Dr. Douglas Mader, recipient of this 52nd annual Alumni Award, is a triple board-certified veterinary specialist and has been a veterinarian for nearly four decades. He is an internationally recognized expert and lecturer in exotic animal medicine and has written three medical textbooks, numerous book chapters and dozens of peer-reviewed scientific publications. Mader has also written over 1,500 newspaper and magazine columns and articles.
A longtime supporter of UC Davis, Mader has served as a guest lecturer and an adjunct associate clinical professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine. With a passion for inspiring future veterinarians, he has personally mentored over two dozen UC Davis veterinary students both in California and Florida, and frequently makes trips to the Davis campus to lecture student conferences and mentor residents.