Emily McCobb, DVM, MS, DACVAA

Co-section head Community Medicine

Assistant Director, Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy 

Director, Luke and Lily Lerner Spay Neuter Clinic 

Dr. Emily McCobb is a clinical professor of Anesthesiology and Community Medicine at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University. Dr. McCobb supports community programs at the Cummings School and assisted in opening the Tufts at Tech Community Veterinary Clinic in 2012. She is a board certified veterinary anesthesiologist and oversees shelter medicine, community outreach and the on campus spay neuter clinic. Her interests include companion animal welfare; access to care and anesthesia for spay neuter programs. She teaches in the Animals and Public Policy Masters’ program and in all four years of the DVM curriculum. Her research address a variety of companion animal welfare topics but recently has focused on developing the evidence base for a spectrum of care approach, including effective, low cost treatment plans.

Dr. McCobb received her DVM from Tufts University in 2000 and completed her internship at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in 2001. She obtained a Masters of Animals and Public Policy also from Tufts in 2002 and completed a residency and board certification in Anesthesiology and Pain Management in 2006. She helped launched the surgical practice at Tufts VETS before joining the Cummings School faculty in 2009. She is a past board president of the Massachusetts Animal Coalition and currently serves on the SMART board.