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John T. Waddell, DVM, MBA, Sutton, Neb., was selected Swine Practitioner of the Year by the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. He is a food animal practitioner in Sutton, Neb., where he has practiced since 1981.Dr. Waddell has held a number of leadership positions in the AASV. He is the alternate delegate representing the association on the AVMA Legislative Action Committee. In 2004, he was president of the AASV. He also served three years on the association’s Board of Directors representing Nebraska and South Dakota, and chaired both the Public Relations Committee and the Pharmaceutical Issues Committee. In 1998, Dr. Waddell received the association’s Meritorious Service Award for his leadership on several important issues affecting swine practitioners.
Dr. Waddell has been an active member in organized veterinary medicine at the national level. He currently represents food animal medicine on the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents and he is the vice-chair of the Clinical Practitioners Advisory Committee. He formerly chaired the AVMA’s Steering Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance.
He was appointed to the Food and Drug Administration’s Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee, serving as its chair in 2003-2004. Dr. Waddell is a consultant to many U.S. and European companies involved in improving swine health.
He is a 1981 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1994, he earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He is a graduate of the Nebraska Leadership, Education, Action and Development program. Dr. Waddell is also a certified private pilot. Currently he is enrolled in the University of Illinois Executive Veterinary Program in Swine Health Management and will complete the program in April 2009.
Dr. Waddell and his wife, Carol, live in Sutton, Neb. They have three sons, J.D. and Joe who are both aviators in the U.S. Air Force, and Jess who is a third-year veterinary student at Iowa State University.
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