Associate Professor Dr. Julie Cary is the recipient of one of Washington State University’s highest leadership honors — the 2024 Pullman Chancellor’s Distinguished Leader Award.
The Chancellor’s Awards were created this year to honor students, faculty, staff, and community organizations for their efforts in leadership and leadership development. Since 1996, the President’s Award for Leadership is an honor bestowed annually to students and others representing the top leaders throughout the WSU system.
For nearly two decades, Dr. Julie Cary has served as the director of the Simulation-Based Education program, overseeing the Clinical Simulation Center at WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
In addition to being a board-certified large animal surgeon with experience in private practice and academia, she is a certified Healthcare Simulation Educator.
Her current work as an educator prioritizes the cultivation of clinical and interpersonal skills to benefit veterinarians, patients, clients, and the veterinary medical profession. In 2019, under Dr. Cary’s leadership, WSU’s Simulation-Based Education received accreditation by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, marking the first time this designation was granted a veterinary-specific program.
Dr. Cary and her team from the Simulation Center will be running a Communications Lab at the Pacific Northwest Veterinary Conference on Saturday, September 28, 2024.