Dr. Garret Pachtinger, DACVECC graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School.  He then pursued an internship at the Matthew J Ryan Veterinary Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he has also completed an emergency fellowship and residency at the Matthew J Ryan Veterinary Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent 10 years working at the Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center in Levittown, PA.  During that time, he was the ECC internship director, the trauma center medical director, and the house office program director for BluePearl.  Dr. Pachtinger is now the Director of Critical Care Education for VEG, the Veterinary Emergency Group.  Dr. Pachtinger has been published in numerous veterinary journals, textbooks, and peer reviewed learning tools and is on the editorial board of Today’s Veterinary Practice. Dr.Pachtinger lectures throughout the world on emergency and critical care and is the Co-Founder of VETgirl, the number 1 online CE resource for busy veterinary professionals.