Emer graduated from University College Dublin in 2008 and spent several years in general practice in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and the UK. She was awarded the BSAVA postgraduate certificate in small animal ophthalmology in 2018. Her ophthalmology training, ophthalmology internship and ECVO residency, took place at Eye Veterinary Clinic, UK mentored by Rose Linn Pearl, Rachael Grundon and Christine Heinrich. Emer gained her ECVO diploma in 2024 and she currently practices at the Eye Veterinary Clinic in Herefordshire, UK.