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Dr. Peterson's Academic Honors and Awards:

Caleb Dorr Scholarship Award – 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

 

Phi Zeta, The Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine – 1975; Vice President – 1976

 

Veterinary Medicine General Award for Scholastic Excellence – 1975

 

Harvey H. Hoyt Memorial Scholarship and Research Award – 1976

 

Beecham Award for Research Excellence – 1985

 

Ralston Purina Small Animal Research Award – 1987

 

Carnation Award (For Outstanding Contributions to Feline Medicine and Nutrition) – 1988

 

Merit Award (Veterinary Medical Association of New York City) – 1989

 

The Daniels Award (For Excellence in the Advancement of Knowledge Concerning Small Animal Endocrinology) – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001

 

Bougelat Award (presented by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association for Outstanding Contributions to Small Animal Practice) – 1993

 

The Excellence in Feline Research Award (presented by the American Veterinary Medical Foundation and sponsored by The Winn Feline Foundation) – 1997

 

Alumni of the Year, The Animal Medical Center – 1998

 

Bide-A-Wee Association Award for Outstanding Humanitarian Service (for more than a quarter century of dedicated research in naturally-occurring endocrine disorders of dogs and cats) – 2002

 

Outstanding Service to Veterinary Medicine Award (Veterinary Medical Association of New York City) – 2008

 

Presidential Service Citation (Veterinary Medical Association of New York City) – 2011

 

President’s Citation (New York State Veterinary Medical Society) – 2011

 

Veterinarian of the Year (Veterinary Medical Association of New York City) – 2012

 

Outstanding Speaker of the Year Award, New York State Veterinary Conference – 2013

 

International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) and Hill’s Pet Nutrition Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Feline Medicine– 2017

 

Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics Award for Meritorious Achievement in Veterinary Medicine– 2018

 

Oxford Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Knowledge Concerning Small Animal Endocrinology, Society of Comparative Endocrinology– 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022.

 

The Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine– 2018

 

Honorary Membership of the European Society for Veterinary Endocrinology, in recognition of outstanding service to veterinary endocrinology, September 2018

 

Honorary Membership of the Society for Comparative Endocrinology, in recognition of outstanding service to veterinary endocrinology, June 2019

 

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Lifetime Excellence in Research Award, 2021

 

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