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Fitzgerald, MD" /> </div> <div class="researcher-sidebar__group"> <div class="researcher-sidebar__group-headline sidebar__group-headline" aria-expanded="false"> Area of Research </div> <div class="researcher-sidebar__info sidebar__info"> <p><a href="https://mageewomens.org/what-we-do/gynecology">Gynecology</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="researcher-sidebar__group"> <div class="researcher-sidebar__group-headline sidebar__group-headline" aria-expanded="false"> Education </div> <div class="researcher-sidebar__info sidebar__info"> <p>MD University of Pittsburgh</p> <p>Residency Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital</p> <p>Fellowship Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Georgetown University/MedStar Health</p> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <section class="content content--sidebar"> <div class="content-inner"> <h3>Research in Brief</h3> <p>Dr. Fitzgerald specializes in urogynecology and is certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology</p> </div> <div class="accordion"> <h4 class="accordion-title" role="button" aria-expanded="false">Current Projects</h4> <div class="collapse"> <div class="collapse-inner"> <h5>A Multidisciplinary, Multimodal Bundled Care Approach to Chronic Pelvic Pain</h5> <p>The goals of this research program are to evaluate the patient-reported outcomes of a multimodal care bundle for patients presenting to a multidisciplinary CPP clinic compared to “usual care” in an FPMRS clinic.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <h4 class="accordion-title" role="button" aria-expanded="false">Selected Publications</h4> <div class="collapse"> <div class="collapse-inner"> <table><tbody><tr><td height="24" width="788"><strong>Fitzgerald JJ</strong>, Soriano A, Panza J, Hoke TP, Desai SP, Artsen A, Andiman SE, Antosh DD, Gutman RE. Success of Concomitant vs. Interval Slings for prevention and treatment of bothersome de novo SUI. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. April 2022. PMID 35443255</td> </tr><tr><td height="24">Polland A, Furuya R, Duong V, <strong>Fitzgerald JJ</strong>, Wang H, Iwamoto A, Bradley SE, Iglesia, CB. Description of vaginal laxity and prolapse and correlation with sexual function (DeVeLoPS). Sexual Medicine Open Access. October 2021. PMID: 39629323</td> </tr><tr><td height="24"><strong>Fitzgerald JJ</strong>, Richter HE, Sung V, Dunivan G, Mete M, Gutman RE. Development of a Simplified Patient-Centered Pelvic Floor Surgery Complication Scale. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. September 2021. PMID: 34608085</td> </tr><tr><td height="24">Davenport, A, Hoang E, <strong>Fitzgerald JJ</strong>, Park AJ, Iglesia, CB. UTOPia: Urogynecology Tag Ontology Project. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. September 2021. PMID: 33886513</td> </tr><tr><td height="24">Brown, T, Davidson, E, <strong>Fitzgerald JJ</strong>. Editorial: Our professional responsibility and social media: a call to action in FPMRS. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. December 2020. PMID: 33555817</td> </tr><tr><td height="24">Carey, E, Fader, A, <strong>Fitzgerald, JJ</strong>, Hammons, L, Nensi, A, Park, A, Ricci, S, Rosenfield, R, Scheib, S, Weston, E, Stone R. Enhanced Recovery and Surgical Optimization Protocol for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery : An AAGL White Paper. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. February 2021. PMID: 32827721</td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <h4 class="accordion-title" role="button" aria-expanded="false">In the News</h4> <div class="collapse"> <div class="collapse-inner"> <p class="relatedArticle"> <b>Nov 1, 2024</b><br> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/medfluencers-quit-medicine-how-to-spook-a-medical-student-preventing-burnout/ar-AA1tigzh?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">'Medfluencers' Quit Medicine; How to Spook a Medical Student; Preventing Burnout - MSN</a> </p> <p class="relatedArticle"> <b>Apr 27, 2024</b><br> <a 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