Dr. Venta received her first faculty appointment in 1988 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. She became an Associate Professor there in 1994. While at Loyola, she was also the Medical Director of Section Breast Imaging at the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In 2000, Dr. Venta was recruited to Houston Methodist Hospital to lead the breast imaging group and joined the faculty of the Baylor College of Medicine as a Professor of Radiology. She received her faculty appointment at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in 2005.

Dr. Venta has a longstanding interest in advances in breast imaging and interventional procedures for the breast. Her current focus is on development of applications of new technologies in breast imaging, including breast MRI.