Noel Fitzpatrick is an
Irish
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veterinary surgeon
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, based in
Eashing,
Surrey who came to prominence through the television programme
The Supervet.
Originally from
Ballyfin, in
Laois
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,
Ireland
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, 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 another specialising in oncology and soft tissue surgery in
Guildford. He is director of a number of biotechnology companies spun off from his practice.
Academic career and research
Fitzpatrick obtained his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine from
University College Dublin
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, 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 concept of One Medicine: the advancement of human and animal treatments in tandem. He is an
Associate Professor at the
University of Florida
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School of Veterinary Medicine and
Professor
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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.
Veterinary surgery
In 2009, he became the first veterinary surgeon in the world to successfully apply an amputation prosthesis (PerFiTS) to a cat named
Oscar
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who had lost both hind feet in an accident. In 2014, Fitzpatrick was recognised by
Guinness World Records
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for being the first veterinary surgeon to conduct that operation.
Television and radio
Fitzpatrick and his team at Fitzpatrick Referrals have been the subject of television series, including ''
The Bionic Vet'' and ''
The Supervet''. Fitzpatrick has also appeared on ''
The One Show
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'',
Graham Norton
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's
BBC Radio 2 show,
''
Steve Wright in the Afternoon'',
and ''
The Chris Evans Breakfast Show
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''.
In October 2018, Fitzpatrick was the subject of BBC Radio 4's ''
The Life Scientific
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'', discussing his life and work with the programme's presenter,
Jim Al-Khalili
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.
''The Bionic Vet'' (2010)
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'' 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.
''. It continues to run, and Series 12 was being broadcast in September 2018.
Outside of his veterinary career, Fitzpatrick has a keen interest in acting. He has been cast in two episodes of ITV's ''
'' 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 ''
...