Martin Noel Galgani Fitzpatrick (born 13 December 1967) is a specialist neuro-orthopaedic Irish veterinary surgeon best known for his work in small animal practice.
Originally from Ireland, he moved to Guildford, Surrey in 1993, where he is director and managing clinician at Fitzpatrick Referrals, one of the largest independent veterinary referral centres in the UK, with two hospitals specialising in Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery in Eashing, Surrey and one in oncology and Soft Tissue Surgery, Guildford, Surrey
He is also director of the Fitzpatrick Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre, Fitzbionics biomedical engineering and FitzRegen regenerative medicine. He has developed more than 30 new techniques including several world-firsts in veterinary orthopaedics and neurosurgery.
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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.
Fitzpatrick has authored dozens of peer-reviewed papers. These include the publication of a treatment algorithm for addressing elbow dysplasia and reporting the outcomes and complication rates in a series of over 1000 consecutive tibial plateau levelling osteotomies. He has devised, tested and implemented more than twenty new procedures and implant systems in the past decade. These include new joint resurfacing and replacement technologies, techniques for growth deformity correction, limb amputation endo- and exo-prosthetics for limb salvage, metallic-tendon in-growth and fracture repair systems and implants for spinal fusion and disc replacement.
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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. The series follows Fitzpatrick and the team, sharing with the world the highs and lows of a working veterinary practice, and to explore the power of unconditional love between people and their animal family.
One Medicine
Fitzpatrick has been instrumental in bringing the concept of One Medicine to the fore in the UK, a concept which is at the heart of Fitzpatrick's mission and the cornerstone of The Humanimal Trust, the charity he has founded and the first of its kind in the UK. One Medicine aims to establish a platform for the cross-pollination of expertise and ideas between veterinary and human medicine for the benefit of all living creatures.
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, causing the BBC to receive complaints that the latter show included an actor who was pretending to be a vet. He has appeared in 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
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