ACVIM Specialty Lifetime Achievement Award
The ACVIM is excited to announce new recognition awards, the ACVIM Specialty Lifetime Achievement Award presented by specialty. These awards will be presented to the most prominent leaders in each specialty and provide the opportunity to celebrate those who have made significant contributions in each of the five specialties.
Eligible Diplomates can be nominated by members of their respective specialty. Each recipient will be invited to give a one-hour presentation to the specialty at the ACVIM Forum on a topic of his or her choice. Included in this invitation will be airfare, one night hotel stay, ACVIM Forum registration, a commemorative plaque and one-hour speaker honorarium (travel subject to change based on ACVIM Forum delivery).
The awards may be given up to once annually but need not be awarded if a meritorious nomination is not provided during a given year. If you have questions, please contact Awards@ACVIM.org.
Congratulations to our inaugural
ACVIM Specialty Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
Alexander de Lahunta, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Neurology)
We were extremely honored to recognize Dr. Alex deLahunta's extraordinary accomplishments in neurology and veterinary medicine before his passing in August, 2021. He earned his PhD in anatomy and DVM from Cornell University and worked in general practice for two years before joining the Cornell faculty in 1960. He established a program in clinical neurology and was in the original group of neurologists who established the Neurology Specialty of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He has led an exemplary 42-year career as a Professor of Anatomy, Department Chair as well as the Hospital Director at Cornell University.
Stephen Ettinger, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM & Cardiology)
Dr. Ettinger was one of ACVIM’s charter Diplomates, charter board members and its first Cardiology Specialty President. He has left his mark on the specialty of cardiology at every possible level – from his beginnings as a co-founder of the first US group of veterinary specialty practice; to his publication of the first canine cardiology textbook, which set a course for veterinary cardiology; to a lifetime spent pouring his expertise and wisdom generously into countless students, veterinarians and cardiologists.
