Rebecca M. Rentea, MD is an associate professor of surgery, pediatric surgeon, and director of the Comprehensive Colorectal Center at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her general surgery residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She performed her pediatric surgery fellowship at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri followed by a pediatric colorectal and pelvic reconstruction surgery fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital at the Ohio State University- Columbus, Ohio. She has a background in clinical and translational research as well as a master's in health outcomes research from Northwestern. Her focus is on pediatric colorectal and pelvic reconstruction pediatric surgery and outcomes research.