DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
Honoring their work The Distinguished Alumni Award is selected and presented by the College of Veterinary Medicine Alumni Society Committee. It recognizes outstanding professional and personal achievements and contributions to the enhancement of the veterinary profession.
K. S h aw n B l o o d Dr. K. Shawn Blood has a wide range of professional experience. He graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oklahoma State University in 1989 and currently serves as a technical service veterinarian for Zoetis, covering the High Plains region. Prior to that, he oversaw all livestock operations for Hitch Enterprises, which consists of three large commercial feed yards, a ranch and a swine operation. Before joining Hitch, Blood became a practice partner and owner of a food animal practice in Sutton and Geneva, Neb., with an emphasis on swine and cattle. He became an equal partner of the Sutton Veterinary Clinic in 1991. The practice consists of two clinics covering most of a six-county area. Blood is licensed and accredited to practice in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. He is a member of the Academy of Veterinary Consultants, American Association
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S ta n l e y D. K o sa n k e Dr. Stanley D. Kosanke is a highly focused professor who has participated in numerous research grants, publications and teaching activities during his 40-year career. He started his college career with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Agriculture at Oklahoma State University in 1968 and received his DVM from the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine in 1970. Kosanke earned a Ph.D. at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University in 1975. He was employed for three years at the Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Ala., as a diagnostic pathologist for numerous drug carcinogenesis studies. He is currently an associate professor within the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, and adjunct associate professor of oral and maxillofacial pathology, College
D av i d L. P a n c i e r a Dr. David L. Panciera graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oklahoma State University in 1982. He 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. In 1987, he earned a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and board certification in small animal internal medicine from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. After completing his DVM at OSU, he worked in private practice and held faculty positions at several veterinary colleges. This experience has helped him teach veterinary students a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of medical disorders in small animals. He has provided advanced clinical training in small animal internal