University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine

She later left academia to complete an equine surgery residency at Rudin-Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, and attained board certification in large animal surgery with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2014.

In 2015, McCarroll joined the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, supporting both the large animal surgery service and the equine lameness and imaging services.

A passionate teacher, she developed the equine lameness and imaging course and coordinated the equine surgery and laboratory course.

She also served as a consulting surgeon for the University of Florida Veterinary Hospital at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, when they opened a new state-of-the-art equine hospital in 2022.