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Robert "Bob" McCarthy, DVM, MS

Assistant Professor
  • Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care
Headshot of Robert McCarthy.
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

MS, Comparative Health Sciences, 2025
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

DVM, 2019
Ross University
St. Kitts, West Indies

BA, 2015
St. John's University
Collegeville, MN

  • Cryotherapy
  • Correction of urovagina in mares
  • Colic surgery

2025–present
Assistant Professor, Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2022-2025
Large Animal Surgery Resident

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

2021-2022
Large Animal Rotating Intern
Iowa State University
Ames, IA

2020-2021
Equine Medicine and Surgery Intern
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

2019-2020
Rotating Intern
Rood and Riddle Saratoga
Saratoga Springs, NY

2018-2019
Theriogenology Intern
Iowa Equine
Huxley, IA

  • AVMA
  • AAEP
  • ACVS