Oklahoma State Veterinary Center names 2013 Distinguished Alumni

Monday, October 28, 2013

Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences has announced the selection of Drs. K. Shawn Blood, Stanley D. Kosanke and David Panciera as recipients of its 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Blood (OSU CVM ’89), of Guymon, Okla., currently serves as a technical service veterinarian for Zoetis covering the High Plains region. He is licensed and accredited to practice in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Kosanke of Edmond, Okla., earned his DVM degree from OSU (’70) and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M (’75).  He is currently an Associate Professor within the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, and adjunct Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, College of Dentistry at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center where he’s been a faculty member for 36 years.

Panciera, (OSU CVM ’82), of Blacksburg, Va., is the Anne Hunter Professor of Small Animal Medicine in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

This year’s recipients will be honored at a luncheon to be held at 11:30 a.m., on Nov. 8, 2013, at the Holiday Inn, 715 S. Country Club Road, Stillwater, OK (W. 6th Street/Hwy 51).  Tickets may be purchased at $30/person at www.cvhs.okstate.edu/conference or by calling (405) 744-7672.