Dr. David O'Brien graduated from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994 and became a mixed animal veterinarian on the border in Laredo, Texas.
He and his wife, Lisa, joined the Army in 1996. As a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps officer, he served at Ft. Bragg, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and led a mobile veterinary surgical unit in Korea. In 2001, they settled on a farm in Seguin to breed warmblood horses. In 2011, Dr. O'Brien and Lisa became parents when they adopted their son, David.
Dr. O'Brien joined VCA in 2011 and became a medical director in 2016.