PVM Alumnus Receives Distinguished Service Award from AAVLD

March 30, 2018

Dr. Matti Kiupel, a Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine alumnus who earned his master’s degree in 1999 and PhD in 2001 in veterinary pathology, was honored by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD), which presented him with the Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Kiupel was recognized for volunteering his time, energy, and professionalism to substantially enrich and advance the AAVLD in the field of veterinary diagnostic medicine.

Dr. Kiupel earned his DVM degree at Freie Universitat Berlin in Germany in 1996. He is currently a professor and section chief of anatomic pathology in the Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. A diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP), he has chaired the AAVLD Pathobiology Committee for eight years. The Distinguished Service Award was presented during the AAVLD’s annual meeting last fall in San Diego, Calif.

Click here to read more about the veterinarians honored at the AAVLD’s 60^th annual meeting.

Writer(s): Helen Thimlar, PVM Communications Intern | pvmnews@purdue.edu

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