Speakers

March 18-21, 2027
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Costa Rica
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18 CE Hours

Christine Rutter

DVM, DACVECC

Dr. Christine Rutter is originally from Biloxi, Mississippi and received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Mississippi State University. She was a general practitioner in South Florida before pursuing an ECC internship in Louisville, Kentucky. She completed an ECC residency at Tufts University and worked in private specialty practice for six years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is currently a clinical associate professor at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care and a member of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.

Claire Sharp

BSc, BVMS, MS, DACVECC

Dr. Claire Sharp is an Associate Professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University in Western Australia. Claire also leads the Section of Emergency and Critical Care and Blood Bank at The Animal Hospital at Murdoch University. Her role there includes working in the emergency room and ICU, teaching veterinary students and residents, and clinical research. Claire loves all things ECC and is excited to discuss dyspnea, coagulation, immune mediated disease, envenomation, AKI and toxicology in Costa Rica.

Tina Wismer

DVM, MS, DABVT, DABT

Dr. Tina Wismer, MS, DABVT, DABT, is the Senior Director of the ASPCA Poison Control. She received her DVM from Purdue University. Dr. Wismer worked in both small animal and emergency practice before joining the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center in 1998. Dr. Wismer is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology. She is an adjunct instructor at the University of Illinois, a visiting professor at St. Matthews University (Grand Cayman), a consultant for VIN (Veterinary Information Network) and a Master Gardener.