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Dr. Bonnie Rush |
K-State College of Veterinary Medicine, clinical
sciences faculty member Dr. Bonnie Rush will receive the Association for
Women Veterinarian's Outstanding Woman Veterinarian of the Year Award
for 2004. The award will be presented during the annual meeting of the
American Veterinary Medical Association July 26, 2004 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Rush, Professor, Section Head, Equine Internal Medicine and Surgery,
and Associate Dean for Career Development, is being recognized by the
association for special effort and achievement by a woman veterinarian
in any area of veterinary medicine. She was nominated by Dr. Gregory F.
Grauer, Professor and Head of the Department of Clinical Sciences of the
College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
"Dr. Rush has demonstrated the ability to excel in not just one but all
areas of academic veterinary medicine. She is one of those rare
'quadruple threats' as she is an outstanding teacher, clinician,
researcher and leader," said Dr. Grauer.
"We are so very fortunate to have Dr. Bonnie Rush on our faculty," said
Dr. Ralph Richardson, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. "I
can't think of a better role model and mentor for our veterinary
students."
Lectures full of energy and vitality, a teaching style that creates a
lively interchange that draws students to participate, and a teaching
environment where students are comfortable taking risks in front of
their peers have lead them to twice select Dr. Rush for the prestigious
Norden Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1996 and 2003. Dr. Rush's
mentoring and training program for residents and house officers has seen
many go on to prestigious academic careers in veterinary medicine. These
seasoned protégés are regularly recruited for career track, tenured
positions across the United States.
As the Associate Dean of Career Development, Dr. Rush organizes the
second half of the Orientation Class with the goal of introducing the
students to non-traditional veterinary careers. She fills these eight
lectures with K-State alumni that volunteer time and travel to bring
experiences in non-practice, high-impact careers to the students; a
powerful way to show the road less traveled. Dr. Rush chairs the time
consuming but very important College Admissions Committee that helps
ensure success in growing the next generation of K-State veterinarians.
She also directs the early admission program for pre-veterinary students
and advises countless students and residents on career development
issues.
Dr. Rush is recognized internationally as one of the pre-eminent equine
clinical immunologists of our day, and as an expert on the
pharmacotherapy of equine respiratory
disease. She is also one of the most sought after general equine
internists in the country.
In the summer and fall of 2002 when West Nile Virus hit the central
states region, Dr. Rush developed therapeutic protocols that resulted in
higher than average survival rates for infected horses. She was also the
lead person to interface with media regarding treatment and prevention
of the disease.
Dr. Rush's research contributions to world knowledge about obstructive
airway disease of horses and aerosolized drug therapy is evidenced by
her many refereed papers on the subjects. These are considered by many
of her peers to be the seminal papers on this very important area of
veterinary medicine. She has made the majority of important
contributions on the subject during the past decade with basic studies
of the mechanisms of action of immunostimulants. These studies have
bridged basic research and clinical application to represent
translational research demonstrated by today's pharmaceutical market.
Current equine immunotherapies make use of at least three regimens
developed and evaluated first by Dr. Rush.
Dr. Rush's peers appreciate her enthusiasm in professional activities
that include her serving as member of the executive board of the
Comparative Respiratory Society, the executive board of Genetraks Ltd.,
the editorial board of Equine Veterinary Education and the Sigma Xi
Scientific Research Society.
Professional memberships include the Association for Women
Veterinarians, American Veterinary Medical Association, Kansas
Veterinary Medical Association the American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine and the American Association of Equine Practitioners.
Before starting her career at K-State in 1993, Dr. Rush completed her
undergraduate training in 1985. She received her doctor of veterinary
medicine in 1989 from The Ohio State University, completed an internship
at North Carolina State University in 1990 and finished a residency in
equine medicine at The Ohio State University in 1993 where she also
received a master's degree in clinical sciences.
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