Dr. John D. Bonagura

John Bonagura is a graduate of the Ohio State University. He completed a rotating intern at the Animal Medical Center and residencies and specialty board certifications in Cardiology and Internal Medicine at Ohio State. John was Head of Cardiology & Interventional Medicine at OSU for much of his career, and is currently Professor Emeritus. Dr. Bonagura was visiting research fellow at Edinburgh University, Scotland and Gilbreath-McLorn Endowed Professor of Cardiology at the University of Missouri for five years before rejoining the faculty at OSU 2001. Since 2019, he has been affiliated with North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. John served as President of the ACVIM specialty of Cardiology. He is the long-time Editor of Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy and co-author of a Colour Atlas of Veterinary Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diseases in Companion Animals. He is currently an editorial board member of Journal of Veterinary Cardiology and American Society of Echocardiography CASE. He has co-authored over 300 scientific publications and book chapters. John is recipient of multiple college awards for teaching and is a recipient of the Ohio State campus Award for Distinguished Teaching. Other honors include the Bourgelat award of the BSAVA, Kirk Lifetime Achievement Award from ACVIM, Doctor Honoris Causa from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Faculty Achievement Award of the AAVC, and distinguished Alumnus awards from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Animal Medical Center.