Bio
Padraig graduated from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, in 2007. He began his career working in his hometown of Leeds at a PDSA clinic, followed by three years working as a mixed vet in rural Scotland and a year working as an emergency and critical care vet at a busy clinic in Glasgow.
He joined Fitzpatrick Referrals as a duty vet and completed a one-year surgical internship. Padraig then went on to complete a three-year residency programme in small animal surgery in 2018 and in February 2019 he achieved the ECVS Diploma in small animal surgery.
Padraig enjoy all aspects of small animal surgery with a particular interest in the management of the feline trauma patients and management of osteochondral defects.
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- De Sousa R, Egan P, Parsons K, et al. Treatment of tibial diaphyseal fractures following plateless tibial tuberosity advancement to manage cranial cruciate disease. J Small Anim Pract. 2017;58(7):372‐379.
- Egan P, Murphy S, Jovanovik J, Tucker R, Fitzpatrick N. Treatment of Osteochondrosis Dissecans of the Canine Stifle Using Synthetic Osteochondral Resurfacing. Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2018;31(2):144‐152.
- Langer P, Black C, Egan P, Fitzpatrick N. Treatment of calvarial defects by resorbable and non-resorbable sonic activated polymer pins and mouldable titanium mesh in two dogs: a case report. BMC Vet Res. 2018;14(1):199. Published 2018 Jun 22.
- Murphy SC, Egan PM, Fitzpatrick NM. Synthetic osteochondral resurfacing for treatment of large caudocentral osteochondritis dissecans lesions of the humeral head in 24 dogs. Vet Surg. 2019;48(5):858‐868.
- Watson FC, McMullan W, Jordan CJ, et al. The use of absorbable staples for skin closure after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy. Vet Surg. 2019;48(1):35‐41.