Emily McCobb
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Director, Shelter Medicine Program
Assistant Director, Center for Animals & Public Policy
Phone: 508-887-4570
Fax: 508-839-7922
Email: emily.mccobb@tufts.edu

Education

MS - Animals & Public Policy - 2002
DVM - Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - 2000
BS - Claremont McKenna College - 1995

Board Certification

ACVA - 2006

House Officer Training

Rotating Small Animal Internship - Angell Memorial Hospital
Residency - Anesthesiology 2003-2006

Clinical Interests

• Pain and stress assessment
• Clinical pharmacology of opioids
• Novel uses of local anesthetics

Teaching

• Pain management
• Euthanasia
• Communications
• Shelter policy

Research Interests

• Companion animal management policy
• Opioid pharmacokinetics
• Stress and pain management
• Subjective scoring systems

Selected Publications

1. Cook, A. and McCobb, E. Quantifying the shelter rabbit population: An analysis of Massachusetts and Rhode Island animal shelters. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (in press for October 2012).
2. Markovich, J., Ross, L. and McCobb E. The prevalence of leptospiral antibodies in free-roaming cats in Worcester Massachusetts. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2012 (early view published online March 6, 2012).
3. Benetato, M., Reisman, R. and McCobb, E. The veterinarian’s role in animal cruelty cases. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2011, 238:31-34.
4. Abelson, AL, McCobb, E, Wetmore, LA, Karas, AZ, Armitage Chan, E, Shaw, SP, Blaze, CA. “Use of a wound soaker catheter for the administration of local anesthetic for post-operative analgesia: 56 cases.” Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia 2009, 36:597-602.
5. Sanchez-Migallon Guzman D., Mayer J., Melidone R., McCarthy RJ., McCobb E., Kavirayani A., Rush JE. “Pacemaker implantation in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo) with third-degree atrioventricular block.” Veterinary Clinics of North America. Exotic Animal Practice. 2006, 9(3):677-87.