Massachusetts VMA – October 28, 2023
The Massachusetts VMA (MVMA) held a celebration on October 28 in Cape Cod to honor the recipients of its Distinguished Service and Merit awards.
Dr. Ilene Segal (Tufts ’87), Norfolk, won the Distinguished Service Award, given in recognition of her outstanding service to the association and to the veterinary profession in Massachusetts. Dr. Segal is the founder of Parkway Veterinary Hospital in West Roxbury. A past president of the MVMA, she serves on the MVMA Government Relations and Advocacy as well as Emergency and Disaster Preparedness committees, and volunteers with the veterinary services team for the State of Massachusetts Animal Response Team. Dr. Segal is a certified canine rehabilitation and veterinary pain practitioner.
Dr. Alistair Cribb (Saskatchewan ’84), Westborough, and Dr. Vlad Ushakov and his wife, Nataliia Ushakova, both of North Grafton, won the Merit Award, in recognition of their service and dedication to the veterinary community in Ukraine. Dr. Cribb is dean of Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, where he also serves as a professor in the Department of Comparative Biology. Dr. Ushakov, a Ukrainian veterinarian and president of the Ukrainian Small Animal Veterinary Association (USAVA), is an international veterinary fellow in the dean’s office as part of the Tufts Scholars at Risk program. Ushakova is a staff member of the veterinary school’s Foster Hospital for Small Animals. Dr. Cribb was recognized for his efforts in arranging for Dr. Ushakov to work at the veterinary school. Dr. Ushakov was honored for his work supporting Ukrainian veterinarians and companion animals via the USAVA program, BASED, backed by the veterinary school. Ushakova was recognized for her contributions to the Foster Hospital for Small Animals.
A version of this story appears in the February 2024 print issue of JAVMA