Nathaniel Burke, MS, DVM
Dr. Nathaniel Burke is a native of Page County Virginia, where he grew up on the family farm raising swine and beef cattle. After graduating from Page County High School, he became a life-long Hokie, earning his B.S. in nutrition from Virginia Tech in 2005. He then completed a M.S. at Tech with a thesis focus of pasture-based beef systems for Appalachia, with special emphasis on fescue toxicosis, oxidative stress, gradual weaning strategies, and beef characteristics in conventional and forage-based finishing systems. He graduated from the VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine with a D.V.M. in 2011. Nathaniel was an associate veterinarian at Applebrook Veterinary Clinic in Chester County, PA after graduation, where he was primarily an ambulatory large-animal clinician serving a clientele in rural Lancaster and Chester Counties Pennsylvania, along with portions of Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. He then worked as an associate veterinarian at the Luray Clinic of Veterinary Medicine in Luray, VA, and provided large animal and companion animal services. Dr. Burke has served the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as a Field Veterinarian and is currently part of the team at Rose Hill Veterinary Practice, in Washington, VA.
Dr. Burke has been on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Veterinary Medical Associations and the Page County Farmer’s Association, and was President of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association in 2024. He is an invited member of the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center Leadership Council. He is also a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, The Virginia Forage and Grasslands Council, and the veterinary honor society Phi Zeta.
He has served as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Animal Science, an admissions interviewer for The Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMCVM), a USDA-NIFA application reviewer, and on the VA Board of Veterinary Medicine ad hoc USP committee. He currently is a grant reviewer for the VMCVM Veterinary Memorial Fund, an instructor for the VMCVM Bovine C-section lab, and is church council President at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Luray, VA.
Nathaniel is married to Dr. Sarah Krall (VMRCVM ’10), who he met in veterinary school, and has a son, Grayson Rudolph Burke, and a daughter, Anna Mae Burke. He has one sister, Dr. Casey Burke Austin (VMRCVM ’14), who is also a veterinarian. Together with his parents and brother-in-law, they help run the family cow/calf operation, Triple-R-Luray Farm, LLC.
Nathaniel enjoys good music, travel, and cuisine, especially when combined with family and friends. He loves watching Grayson play baseball and football, and watching Anna dance. Dr. Burke has a passion for veterinary medicine of many types, and especially enjoys taking Anna and Grayson on veterinary calls with him. He is a devoted fan of Virginia Tech athletics, relishes the chance to spend time fishing, and can be found casting a line along The Outer Banks whenever time permits.