Rhonda R. Porterfield Md

Biography

Dr. Porterfield is a co-Founder of Vitruvian BioMedical, Inc. and serves as the Chief Medical Advisor. As an accomplished general pathologist with special expertise in surgical pathology, she has 12 years experience as Medical Director of a hospital laboratory. After selling her Pathology practice to a medical corporation, she began contracting with biomedical companies and performs risk management and regulatory activities. Dr. Porterfield is also a writer who is expressly trained in communicating complex medical / scientific information. Her previous posts include Chief of Pathology / Medical Director of the Laboratory at Denton Community Hospital and Staff Pathologist at Dallas Pathology Associates. Before entering medical school, she was employed as a Research Technician at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where she was involved in Cell Biology and electron microscopy. Dr. Porterfield is the author of several publications and has served on numerous hospital and pharmaceutical committees. She obtained her B.S. in Biology (Magna Cum Laude) from Texas Christian University, her M.D. from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, and completed her Pathology residency at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Research Interest

BioMedical