Past and Present, Dr. Jon Dee ACVS Foundation Award Winner
2016 and Dr. Jessica Duhon
Dr. Jon Dee, a 1966 Auburn Veterinary School graduate and a
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, received the ACVS’sFoundation Legends Award October 6 2016 in Seattle. Dr. Dee practices
veterinary surgery at VCA Hollywood Animal Hospital. In his words, he “fixes
broken puppy dogs.” In addition he has done research on orthopedic injuries of
sporting dogs, contributed to journals and coauthored surgery books, and taught
interns at VCA Hollywood Animal Hospital and as adjunct professor at both The
Ohio State and the University of Florida Veterinary Schools. Dr. Dees’s other
accolades include 1986s AVMA’s Practitioner Research Award and 1991’s AAHA
Practitioner of the Year Award, Southeast Region.
Dr. Jessica Duhon, a 2014 Ross University School of
Veterinary Medicine, is continuing in the family tradition like her grandfather
Dr. Fredericksen and her second uncle Dr. Dee. Her grandfather Dr. I.C.
Fredericksen and Dr. Jon Dee’s father, Dr. C.E. Dee started Hollywood Animal
Hospital in 1947. Dr. Duhon went to University of Georgia for her undergraduate
studies and initially was pre-nursing, but she knew her passion was with animal
medicine. She went to Ross and completed her final year at Auburn University
like her uncle. Dr. Duhon came to VCA Hollywood Animal Hospital for her
internship and has continued on as a staff associate veterinarian.
We spoke about the state of veterinary medicine. Dr. Dee was
concerned about student debt. Dr. Duhon agreed and knew students at Ross who
weren’t even able to graduate but were saddled with large debt. But we all
agreed that you decide what you want, and none of us thought we were going into
veterinary medicine for the money.
Dr. Dee admitted that he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do
when he was in college as an undergraduate in Auburn. His father told him to do
whatever you want, but be the best at it that you can be. He decided on
veterinary medicine when he decided there was nothing else he would like to do.
I asked Dr. Dee why his children did not go into veterinary
medicine, and he didn’t know. The passion has to be within you and his niece,
Dr. Duhon, seemed to have inherited the gene. Dr. Dee said that he would
definitely choose veterinary medicine if he went back to his youth and had a
choice to do it all over again. I am sure Dr. Duhon will feel the same way
after she has been practicing for 50 years.
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