Dr. Adam McGarity

Dr. McGarity graduated from Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2008.  

He is a Charlotte native and has always had a passion for pets. As a child, he loved taking care of the family dogs and cats and enjoyed riding horses in Indian Trail.  

He attended Charlotte Catholic High School where he met his future wife, Amanda. He attended NC State University and earned his bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. During high school and undergrad, he volunteered at Greenock Farm Veterinary Hospital in Midland, NC where he worked with many proud Auburn University graduates who inspired him to go to Auburn for veterinary school.  

Eager to get back to the Carolinas, Dr. McGarity and his wife moved to Rock Hill and worked for 9 years at Palmetto Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in the friendly, small town of McConnells.  He later helped open Palmetto’s 2nd location in Rock Hill.  Here, he learned a common-sense, practical approach to veterinary medicine.  

Dr. McGarity learned how to take care of pets’ and their owners’ needs, and to do this in a fair and efficient way.  After nine years of learning the trade, Dr. McGarity decided he was ready for practice ownership.

During the long year of planning and building his new practice, Dr. McGarity accepted a position at Long Animal Hospital in Charlotte.  Here, he was exposed to the goings on of a large, 13-doctor, 24-hour emergency clinic. With such a large caseload, it was a great opportunity to learn new ways of doing things and to see treatments and procedures that only a large hospital can offer.  

The entire Killough family was very supportive of Dr. McGarity’s endeavor and his relationship with the Charlotte icon will continue to be an invaluable resource for him and his patients.

While Dr. McGarity enjoys all aspects of the profession, his special interests include wellness and preventative medicine, surgery, dermatology, and geriatric medicine.

He is an active member of the South Carolina Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association.  

In his spare time, Dr. McGarity enjoys spending time with his lovely wife of 17 years, Amanda, and their 2 children, Alister and Claire.  Together they enjoy cooking, riding bikes, and camping.

For pets, the McGarity’s have a big black goldendoodle named Captain (inspiration for the logo), Little-Girl, the cat and the new pup Niles.