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New ACVS Founding Fellows and Fellows

ACVS is excited to announce two new ACVS Founding Fellows, Joint Replacement Surgery! ACVS Founding Fellows are remarkable leaders in their respective fields as evidenced by their exemplary training, robust experience, innovative research, and committed practice. They continue to devote a significant portion of their professional effort in seeking to prevent, diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate […]

2024 Surgery Residents’ Award recipients announced at Surgery Summit

Outstanding Surgery Residents’ Awards The annual Outstanding Surgery Residents’ Awards competition at the ACVS Surgery Summit encourages the development of clinically important research and the dissemination of the results of these investigations, particularly those conducted by surgery residents. Residents are eligible for awards for presentations at the Residents’ Forums and Scientific Poster Presentation. In addition, […]

2024 ACVS and ACVS Foundation award recipients announced

The American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) and the ACVS Foundation announced the recipients of three prestigious awards at the recent 2024 ACVS Surgery Summit in Phoenix, AZ: the ACVS Founders’ Award for Career Achievement, the Al and Carolyn Schiller Distinguished Service Award, and the ACVS Foundation Lynn Wheaton Philanthropy Award.    ACVS Founders’ Award […]

2024-2025 Board of Regents announced

ACVS is pleased to announce the election results for the new president-elect and two new members of the ACVS Board of Regents.   President-elect is Kelly D. Farnsworth, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons (DACVS); large animal regent is Jose M. Garcia-López, VMD, DACVS, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation; […]

2024 committee, working group, and leadership appointments

ACVS is pleased to welcome recently appointed committee and working group members and leaders. We encourage all Diplomates who are interested in volunteering for short-term projects throughout the year to contact ACVS at acvs@acvs.org. Download PDF

Recording available for recent information session for new residents

ACVS recently held a successful information session for first-year residents. The ACVS certification team and recently board-certified ACVS Diplomates Haileigh Avellar, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal), and Daniel McCarthy, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal), provided helpful information on the certification process, using CERT, examinations, the resident experience, and more. The recording of the session is now […]

Information session for first-year residents set for August 28

The ACVS certification team is hosting an information session for first-year residents on Wednesday, August 28, 6:30-7:30 pm (ET). During the information session, ACVS will discuss the certification process and the online certification tracking system (CERT), as well as introduce the ACVS certification team. Two recently board-certified ACVS Diplomates, Haileigh Avellar, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large […]

Diplomates’ priorities made clear with the member needs assessment

The 2024 ACVS member needs assessment made Diplomates’ priorities clear:   connection and community  recognition of the veterinary surgery specialty  resident and Diplomate well-being  These priorities give ACVS direction toward the initiatives, programs, and services to explore for possible implementation. Here is some of what responding Diplomates shared. Many expressed an interest in an online community […]