American Veterinary Medical Association
Massachusetts VMA– October 28, 2023 The Massachusetts VMA (MVMA) held an event on October 28 in Cape Cod to recognize the recipients of its Distinguished Service and Merit awards. Dr. Ilene Segal (Tufts ’87), Norfolk, won the Distinguished Service Award, given up acknowledgment of her impressive solution to the organization and to the veterinary occupation in Massachusetts. Dr. Segal is the creator of Parkway Veterinary Hospital in West Roxbury. A past president of the MVMA, she offers on the MVMA Government Relations and Advocacy as well as Emergency and Disaster Preparedness boards, and volunteers with the veterinary solutions group for the State of Massachusetts Animal Response Team. Dr. Segal is a qualified canine rehab and veterinary pain professional. Dr. Alistair Cribb (Saskatchewan ’84), Westborough, and Dr. Vlad Ushakov and his wife, Nataliia Ushakova, both of North Grafton, won the Merit Award, in acknowledgment of their solution and dedication to the veterinary community in Ukraine. Dr. Cribb is dean of Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, where he likewise acts as a professor in the Department of Comparative Biology. Dr. Ushakov, a Ukrainian veterinarian and head of state of the Ukrainian Small Animal Veterinary Association (USAVA), is an international vet other in the dean’s workplace as part of the [Tufts Scholars at Risk program] (https://vet.tufts.edu/news-events/news/tufts-scholar-risk-ukrainian-vladlen-ushakov). Ushakova is a personnel of the veterinary college’s Foster Hospital for Small Animals. Dr. Cribb was identified for his efforts in scheduling Dr. Ushakov to work at the vet institution. Dr. Ushakov was recognized for his job sustaining Ukrainian vets and companion animals via the USAVA program, BASED, backed by the vet school. Ushakova was identified for her contributions to the Foster Hospital for Small Animals.