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notebook New board members and officers AAHA’s Board of Directors has three new officers and four new directors. They are:
Mark Russak, DVM, is AAHA’s new president. Dr. Russak earned both his bachelor’s degree and DVM from Colo- rado State University, and his certificate in veterinary practice administration from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. Dr. Russak recently retired from Missis- sippi State University (MSU) College of Veterinary Medicine after teaching there for 7 years. While there, he served as an assistant clinical professor in the primary care service and, most recently, director of student affairs. His
teaching emphases were in the areas of the art and business of veterinary practice, leadership and communica- tion. Before the move to academia, he owned a multi-doctor AAHA practice in Kensington, Conn., for nearly 25 years. Dr. Russak was inducted into the Phi Zeta National Veterinary Honor Society in 2008 and has received several distinguished awards throughout his career, including the MSU-CVM Dean’s Award for Excellence in teaching. He is heavily involved in his community and other professional industry organiza-
tions, including the AVMA, Veterinary Business Management Association, Student Chapter of the AVMA, and local Veterinary Marketing Association (VMA) chapters and organizations. He has recently been credentialed as a certified veterinary journalist. He hosted a weekly television pet health show for MSU TV for 6 years, and had a regular “Pet Care” column in the Clarion Ledger newspaper, as well as numerous other lay and professional publications.
Kate Crumley, MS, DVM, has been an AAHA member since 1988 and has served on the AAHA Board of Directors since 2007, this year becoming AAHA’s vice president. She has served on the Leader- ship Council, is a preceptor for AAHA’s Distance Education Veterinary Technology Program and was the AAHA student chapter president of North Carolina State
University’s (NCSU) College of Veterinary Medicine. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the Univer- sity of Georgia and completed her DVM at NCSU. She has practiced both companion- animal and farm-animal medicine at Franklin Animal Clinic, attaining a partnership interest in 1997. Currently, Dr. Crumley owns the Heartwood Animal
Hospital, a growing practice that boasts a referral relationship with the prestigious NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine and the mobile services of a radiologist board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Radiology, a sonographer boarded by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and the services of a veterinary chiropractic doctor.
Aman Sukhija, DVM, is now AAHA’s secretary/treasurer. Dr. Sukhija attended Ross University in Saint Kitts, West Indies, where he earned his DVM upon completion of his veterinary clinical year at Purdue University in Indiana. After graduation in 2001, Dr. Sukhija joined the Colerain Animal Clinic in Cincinnati, Ohio, as an associate
veterinarian. After 2 years of high- volume general practice, he relocated to Miami, Florida, to practice emergency medicine at Knowles Animal Clinic, a 24-hour hospital. He served that role for 2 years, until purchasing Atlantic Animal Hospital in Ormond Beach, Fla. In 2010, he opened a second office in Port Orange, Fla. He continues to work
as the owner, veterinarian and medical director. Dr. Sukhija has been active in a wide range of industry organizations, including the Volusia County Veterinary Medical Society and Florida VMA. He has been part of AAHA’s Academic Review Board, Yearly Conference Development Committee, Practice Team Committee and Recent Graduate Task Force.
Trends magazine, April 2012
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