Carol-Anne McPeek, DVM
Carol-Anne McPeek grew up in Pennington, NJ and began riding hunters at five years old. In her early teens she developed a passion for dressage and eventing, and competed her Connemara Pony cross throughout Area II. Carol-Anne also participated in the United States Pony Club with her Connemara, and even captained a scramble team to win their division at USPC Nationals in polocrosse.
Carol-Anne brought her Connemara with her when she enrolled in Smith College in 2001, and chose to live in the residential house closest to the on-campus stables. In addition to riding, at Smith College Carol-Anne worked in a Microbiology/ Molecular Evolution research laboratory beginning in her first year. Four years later she graduated cum laude, and with High Honors in her major, Biological Sciences for her coursework, research and thesis (Complementation of an RnaseP RNA (mpB) Gene Deletion in E. coli by Homologous Genes from Related Eubacteria and Experimental in vivo Evolution of the M1 RNA Ribozyme).
Every holiday and summer break from Smith College, Carol-Anne shadowed large animal veterinarians. It was these experiences that drove her desire to aspire to a career in veterinary medicine. After graduating from Smith College in the spring of 2005, she went on to Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine that fall. Throughout her four years at Cornell Carol-Anne participated in a vigorous, case-based veterinary curriculum that is esteemed as one of the best in the world. While all students learn about a broad variety of species, Cornell provides students seeking a particular area of focus a chance for in-depth studies into that field. Carol-Anne's primary focus was equine medicine and she participated in several elective large animal clinical rotations, as well as externships at renown equine hospitals such as Rood & Riddle and Hagyard Equine Medical Institute (formerly Hagyard-Davidson-McGee).
Upon graduation from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Carol-Anne moved south to escape those frigid Ithaca, NY winters. She went all the way to North Carolina and there completed a one year internship at Carolina Equine Hospital. She worked primarily on horses, but also gained clinical experience with small ruminants and other farm animals. Carolina Equine Hospital helped grow Carol-Anne's passion for equine sports medicine and reproductive services as she worked on a wide variety of performance and pleasure horses throughout the Piedmont triad.
Carol-Anne continued to seek further post-doctoral education and enrolled in the Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicinein Florida. There she studied the fundamentals of traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, and participated in their veterinarian- only course on equine acupuncture. Acupuncture became a useful diagnostic and treatment tool for Carol-Anne to add to her veterinary skills obtained through the traditional curriculum offered at Cornell. After the Chi Institute, Dr. McPeek also enrolled in the Integrative Veterinary Medical Institute (formerly the Pasteur Equine Learning Institute) and studied equine spinal manipulation/ veterinary medical manipulation.
After returning to New Jersey, Carol-Anne and her husband purchased a small farm on Woosamonsa Rd. and named it Mosshollow Farm. They have two horses boarding there in addition to Carol-Anne's horse Lilly Putt, a 2013 imported Irish Connemara filly. They also share the premises with an Australian Cattle Dog, a wily barn cat, and a recalcitrant pair of Guinea fowl.