Professor Gareth FITCH
Adjunct Professor
Biography
Gareth is Clinical Associate Professor in VCS, a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (Large Animal Surgery) teaching into the equine curriculum of the BVM.
After graduating from The Royal Veterinary College in 1995, Gareth worked in mixed practice before beginning an equine internship at Glasgow University Veterinary School. In 1997 he undertook a residency in Equine Surgery at the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and passed the Board examination of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2001.
Prof. Fitch has worked as an equine surgeon in private practice in Canada and also provided locum cover as an Emergency Clinician at Iowa State University. In 2007 he returned to Europe and worked at the University Alfonso X El Sabio in Madrid, Spain as a surgeon and lecturer where he stayed for 5 years. During this time, he completed a Masters in investigative sciences and also worked as team vet to the Spanish 3-day event team. From here he worked in private practice in Germany before taking up a position as a Senior Lecturer in equine surgery at Massey University in New Zealand. He was coordinator for equine studies and lectured on equine surgery. He worked as a surgeon in the referral clinic, teaching students, training interns and residents and also carried out research on the upper airway in Standardbred racehorses as well as collaborating on other equine research projects. From here he moved to a private practice in Christchurch, New Zealand and worked as a surgeon and sport horse veterinarian working mostly with thoroughbred and standardbred racehorses.
In 2021, he took a position as Associate Clinical Professor in Equine Studies at the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and was responsible for forming the curriculum and assisting with the accreditation process. He received a Teaching Excellence Award as part of the Veterinary Clinical Skills Team.
Most recently he started a clinical position at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, but still remains closely involved with teaching as an adjunct professor of CityU.