Dr. John Pascoe Wins Distinguished Service Award
The American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) Board of Regents selected UC Davis Professor Emeritus Dr. John Pascoe as the recipient of the Al and Carolyn Schiller Distinguished Service Award for exceptional contributions to ACVS. Dr. Pascoe has dedicated 22 years of service to establishing Veterinary Surgery as a premier veterinary journal.
As the longest serving editor-in-chief of Veterinary Surgery, Dr. Pascoe oversaw numerous changes that contributed to the success of the journal, including decreasing time to publication, switching to electronic manuscript processing, and increasing the number of journal issues per year. These changes resulted in a massive rise in journal submissions. Throughout his service as editor-in-chief, Dr. Pascoe single-handedly copy-edited hundreds of manuscripts.
Dr. Pascoe established strategic partnerships with the European College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Veterinary Endoscopy Society, shaping Veterinary Surgery as a premier peer-reviewed publication. Under his leadership, Veterinary Surgery thrived, elevating the reputation of ACVS and solidifying ACVS’s role as a leader in veterinary surgical research and education.
Beyond his outstanding leadership at Veterinary Surgery, Dr. Pascoe advanced the practice of veterinary surgery for all veterinary professionals and contributed to the success of others, including training thousands of veterinary medical students and surgery residents, and mentoring authors, young professionals, reviewers, and associate editors. At the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, he developed innovative ways to teach veterinary students the principles of surgery through collaboration with local animal shelters.
Dr. Pascoe was recently honored with the Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Excellence Award by the University of Queensland and the Billy E. Hooper Distinguished Service Award (AAVMC) for his service in the veterinary profession.
“John was an exceptional mentor: leading with humility, balance, fairness, and positivity," said Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, professor and orthopedic surgeon at UC Davis. "There is no greater achievement, in my opinion, than being an inspiration to the next generation.”
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