Speaker bio page for Maria Soltero-Rivera

Bio

Dr. Maria Soltero-Rivera received her DVM from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY in 2008. After that, she returned to her native Puerto Rico for a year-long small animal surgical internship at Veterinary Specialty Hospital in San Juan, followed by a small animal rotating internship at Long Island Veterinary Specialists in Plainview, NY. Dr. Soltero-Rivera became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dentist in 2014 after completing her residency at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine where she continued to lecture for the following 2 years. Dr. Soltero-Rivera then moved to the Bay Area and she is currently the Medical Director at VCA San Francisco Veterinary Specialists. Dr. Soltero-Rivera is also an associate veterinarian in small animal dentistry at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California at Davis. Dr. Soltero-Rivera is very passionate about clinical teaching and currently maintains research collaborations with Waltham Pet Care Science Institute, UC Davis, De Risi Lab, Penn Vet and colleagues at NC State University. Her clinical and research interests include diagnosis and treatment of oral tumors, management of oral and maxillofacial trauma, and chronic oral inflammatory conditions