Equine Veterinarian Honored with ACVIM Kirk Award
Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of Georgetown, Ky., was the first private equine veterinarian to receive the Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence in the award’s 18-year history. Byars received the award at the 25th annual <A
Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of Georgetown, Ky., was the first private equine veterinarian to receive the Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence in the award’s 18-year history. Byars received the award at the 25th annual American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Forum in June. The Kirk Award “honors individuals who have provided meritorious contributions to the veterinary profession.”
“The 2007 recipient of the Kirk Award is a pioneer, a visionary, and has been an important voice for veterinary medicine, particularly equine medicine and the horse industry, for 33 years,” said Thomas Divers, DVM, Dipl. ACECC, ACVIM, a professor of medicine at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, before presenting Byars with the award. “His pioneering success in establishing a valued role for equine internist in private practice opened the door for the many equine internists in private practice today.”
Dr. Doug Byars (center) was named the 2007 Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence winner. Dr. Tom Divers (right) and Dr. Wendy Ware, ACVIM Board Chair TheHorse.com is home to thousands of free articles about horse health care. In order to access some of our exclusive free content, you must be signed into TheHorse.com. Already have an account? Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with You need to be logged in to fill out this form "*" indicates required fields This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. |