January 11 CCA Meeting - Overview of Fish Medicine in Private Practice

Join us on January 11 for a very interesting and informative meeting where we will hear a talk by Dr. Victoria Bender. Dr. Bender is a vet and will be sharing some really interesting facts about fish illness and medicine.

Here are the details:

Jan 11 @ JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL: 1901 Randolph Rd, Wheaton-Glenmont, MD 20902

• Meeting from 1:00-4:30 pm
• Socializing 1:00-1:30 pm
  
• Speaker at 1:30-2:15 pm
• Break at 2:15-2:30 pm
• Auction at 2:30
• Early dinner for those interested afterwards

Topic:

Overview of Fish Medicine in Private Practice

Speaker Bio: Dr. Victoria Bender

Victoria Bender, DVM is a 2016 graduate of University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and earned her BS in Biology from Duke University. She was born in New York and raised in Florida, where she still has family. While in veterinary school, she spent time learning at various zoological institutions, externed at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom and conducted research on the immune systems of elephants and manatees. After earning her DVM, she returned to North Carolina to complete an internship in avian and exotic animal medicine. Since then, she has worked with a caseload made up exclusively of exotic mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and wildlife.

Dr. Bender is currently the Medical Director of 2nd Street Animal Hospital. In addition to her clinical work limited exclusively to exotics, she is active in other aspects of the veterinary community. She was previously very involved with the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association (GVMA) when living in Savannah and is currently the immediate past president of the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians (AEMV) after having served on the board of directors and scientific committee for several years.

Dr. Bender also enjoys speaking at conferences and schools about various veterinary topics.