Noel Fitzpatrick at Crufts. He is called Supervet. He does amazing work in orthopaedics. Fitzpatrick obtained his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine from University College, Dublin, in 1990.[9] In November 2014, he was awarded the UCD Alumni Award for veterinary medicine.[10] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Surrey for the advancement of animal health. He is an Associate 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. In 2009, he became the first veterinary surgeon to successfully apply an amputation prosthesis (PerFiTS) to a cat named Oscar who had lost both hind feet in an accident. In 2014, Fitzpatrick was recognised by Guinness World Records for being the first veterinary surgeon to conduct that operation. In 2014, Fitzpatrick and his practice became the subject of the Channel 4 television series The Supervet in 2014. It continues to run, and Series 12 was being broadcast in September 2018.