Virginia Rentko, VMD, DACVIM

Dr. Rentko is a board-certified veterinary internist and medical director of the Hospital for Large Animals and the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Previously, she was the vice president of preclinical research at Biopure Corporation where she worked on the development of the first commercially successful blood substitute for dogs in the United States and Europe.

Dr. Rentko can speak about:

• Reportable disease outbreaks (e.g. anthrax, EEE, rabies, avian influenza)
• Blood substitutes for animals and humans
• Transfusion medicine