Equine sports medicine and surgery as well as large animal emergency and critical care.

• 2013-2017    Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, with distinction

• 2018-2021    Cornell University, Large Animal Surgery Residency

• 2017-2018    Arizona Equine Medical & Surgical Centre, Rotating Equine Veterinary Internship

Rebecca McOnie earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After four years on the Canadian Prairies, she was elated to spend a year in the heat working as a Rotating Equine Intern at Arizona Equine, outside of Phoenix, Arizona. She then moved to upstate New York where she completed a three-year residency in Large Animal Surgery at Cornell University. 

     Please click on the PubMed link for a listing of Dr. McOnie's publications.

• McOnie, RC, Noel, A, Fubini, SL, Reesink, HL. Surgical treatment of uterine neoplasia in 13 production size pigs with a comparison to pot-bellied pigs. Manuscript accepted for publication in Veterinary Surgery. 
• Jakobek, BT, McOnie, RC, Hayes, G, Fubini, SL. Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy with barbed suture in a ram. Manuscript accepted for publication in the Canadian Veterinary Journal.  
• Bernard, M, McOnie, RC, Tomlinson, JE, Blum, E, Prest, T, Sledziona, M, Willand, M, Gordon, T, Borschel, GH, Soletti, L, Brown, B, Cheetham, J. Peripheral Nerve Matrix hydrogel promotes recovery after nerve transection and repair. Manuscript accepted for publication in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 
• MacKay, AV, McOnie, RC, Riddell, LP, Robinson, KA. Characterization of the use of shock wave therapy among equine veterinarians. Canadian Veterinary Journal. 61(9):990-993, 2020. 
• Carmalt, JL, Mortazavi, S, McOnie, RC, Allen, A, Unniappan, S. Profiles of pro-opiomelanocortin and encoded peptides, and their processing enzymes in equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction. PLOS ONE. 13(1): e0190796, 2018. 
• Carmalt, JL, Johansson BC, Zetterström SM, McOnie RC. Racing performance of Standardbred trotting horses undergoing surgery of the carpal flexor sheath compared to age and sex-matched controls. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 78(7), 847-853, 2017.

• Vandi Award for Excellence in Equine Care, 2017 
• Roberts Prize for Excellence in Beef Cattle Health Management, 2017           
• Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Award, 2016 
• College of Veterinarians of British Columbia Award, 2016            
• Merial Veterinary Summer Research Scholar, 2014 
• WCVM Equine Health Research Fund Grant, 2014 

• American Veterinary Medical Association, 2017-2021
• Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 2013-2021
• American Association of Equine Practitioners, 2013-2020