Martin Noel Galgani Fitzpatrick (born 13 December 1967) is an Irish veterinary surgeon.
Originally from Ballyfin, in Laois, Ireland , he moved to Guildford, Surrey in 1993, where he is director and managing clinician at Fitzpatrick Referrals. His veterinary practice includes two hospitals specialising in Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery in Eashing, Surrey and one in oncology and Soft Tissue Surgery, Guildford, Surrey. He is director of a number of biotechnology companies spinoff from his practice.
He is a trustee and founder of the Humanimal Trust, a charity focused on development of surgical implant and drug delivery technology.
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Academic career and research
Fitzpatrick obtained his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine from University College, Dublin in 1990.
In November 2014, he was awarded the UCD Alumni Award for veterinary medicine. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Surrey for the advancement of animal health. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida School of Veterinary Medicine. and Professor and founding member of Orthopaedics in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey.
In 2017, he was presented with the Blaine Award by British Small Animal Veterinary Association for outstanding contributions to the advancement of small animal veterinary medicine and surgery. The award acknowledges him as the creator of more than 30 new techniques in the field.
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Veterinary surgery
In 2009 he became the first veterinary surgeon to successfully apply an amputation prosthesis (PerFiTS) to a cat named Oscar who had lost two feet in an accident. In 2014 Fitzpatrick received a Guinness World Record for being the first veterinary surgeon to deliver this surgery to two limbs.
Television
Fitzpatrick and his team at Fitzpatrick Referrals have been the subject of television series, including The Bionic Vet and The Supervet.
The Bionic Vet (2010)
The 2010 BBC documentary television series The Bionic Vet followed the work of vet Fitzpatrick and his team at Fitzpatrick Referrals. The series saw Fitzpatrick develop new methods and techniques to help pets with unique problems.
The Supervet (2014-present)
Fitzpatrick and his practice became the focus of the Channel 4 television series The Supervet in 2014, which continues to run and is currently on Series 9 being broadcast April 2017.
Acting career
He has starred in two episodes of ITV's Heartbeat; as vet Andrew Lawrence, first broadcast in November 2002, and as sheep rustler Gabriel broadcast in January 2000. He appeared in an episode of the BBC medical drama Casualty (2005), around the same time he appeared in the documentary TV series Wildlife SOS, resulting in the BBC receiving complaints that the latter show included an actor who was pretending to be a vet. He has appeared in the ITV series London's Burning (2001), and two episodes of ITV's The Bill.
Fitzpatrick's first film appearance was in horror film The Devil's Tattoo (2003). He took the lead role in the film Live for the Moment (2004) in which he starred as Dr. David Fowler, and starred as Inspector Beckett in the film Framed (2008).
References
External links
- Fitzpatrick Referrals
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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