On the 15th October The University of Surrey opened the UK’s eighth School of Veterinary Medicine, officially launched by Her Majesty the Queen. Fitzpatrick Referrals is one of nine key strategic partners involved with teaching and research at the School. We are committed to sharing of knowledge and experience with aspiring Veterinary Professionals who are […]
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ONE LIVE Music Festival in September
Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, Managing and Clinical Director of Fitzpatrick Referrals has conceived a new music festival event entitled ONE LIVE, carrying the descriptor One Life, One Medicine. This is the belief that we all only have one life and that there should be symbiosis of effort to move animal and human medicine forward together. The music festival has […]
New CPD Conference in association with Fitzpatrick Referrals – The VET Festival (Veterinary Education Tomorrow)
On Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September a unique event will take place in the grounds of the University of Surrey. The inaugural VET Festival is an exciting new paradigm in conference format and content. Conceived and developed by Noel Fitzpatrick in association with the University it brings together a ‘dream team’ of elite world […]
Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month – May 2015
We are proud that we have a team of dedicated and passionate Veterinary Nurses working at Fitzpatrick Referrals, and in this Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month, we wanted to celebrate their vital role and share with everyone a little about the people behind the job! A few of the nurses here have set out on a task […]
Vive la Vizsla Health!
On Sunday the 19th April a special event took place for the Neurology Team at Fitzpatrick Referrals. We were proud to welcome dedicated Hungarian Vizsla owners and the Hungarian Vizsla Welfare Charity to a Health Seminar at the hospital to discuss the latest research in Hungarian Vizsla health. The day started with a talk from our Neurology […]
Veterinary Nurse Fraje Watson awarded at BSAVA Congress 2015
We wish to extend a huge congratulations to Fitzpatrick Referrals Nurse Fraje Watson who was awarded for the best Clinical Research Abstract presented at BSAVA Congress 2015! BSAVA Members are encouraged to submit nominations for these prestigious awards, which provide the opportunity to recognise the inspiring work of colleagues who have made an exceptional contribution to the veterinary profession. The winning […]
Dr. Dror Paley visits Fitzpatrick Referrals
The Fitzpatrick team was delighted to welcome Dr. Dror Paley to the clinic this week. Dr. Paley, an orthopaedic surgeon, is a world-renowned leader in the field of limb lengthening and limb deformity correction. Dr. Paley’s work has changed the lives of thousands of individuals across the globe who have been afflicted with debilitating limb deformities. His seminal […]
Senior Surgeon at Fitzpatrick Referrals appointed section editor for the BMC Veterinary Research Journal
A big congratulations to Fitzpatrick Referrals Senior Surgeon Nacho Calvo who has recently been appointment section editor for the musculoskeletal disorders and orthopaedics section of the BMC Veterinary Research Journal. The BMC Veterinary Research Journal has an impact factor of 1.74 – establishing this journal as one of the most regularly cited veterinary journals in […]
Noel Fitzpatrick lecturing at The Veterinary Orthopaedic Society Conference in the USA
This week Noel returns to the annual Veterinary Orthopaedic Society Conference in Idaho, USA, providing the latest data on three new surgical techniques that he has invented and one that he has helped to develop. We’ve always believed that to deliver the best treatment in the world to the animals in our care, we need to be […]
New Hydrotherapy offering at Fitzpatrick Referrals as new underwater treadmill is installed
As our Rehabilitation department continues to go from strength to strength we have added a state of the art underwater treadmill to our rehabilitation offering. The underwater treadmill allows us to treat a wider range of neurological and musculoskeletal conditions using water based therapy. Having both a hydrotherapy pool and an underwater treadmill means we can develop […]
Fitzpatrick Referrals celebrate Residents Miguel and Alex’s success in becoming EBVS® European Specialists in Small Animal Surgery
After three years of dedicated training, several months of revision, learning a 2000 page surgical text from cover to cover and reading over 1200 scientific papers, Miguel Solano and Alex Caron, our surgical residents, sat down in the examination hall in Zurich earlier this month for the start of two days of intensive examinations with […]
World first in development of an acute pain assessment tool for cats based on psychometric methodology
Senior Practitioner Nurse at Fitzpatrick Referrals, Gillian Calvo, has recently been successful in the publication of her breakthrough paper entitled “Development of a behaviour based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats” in the Journal of Small Animal Practice. Following the previous success of the behaviour-based Glasgow CMPS-SF for dogs, now […]