Caitlin Anne Fitzgerald, M.D., FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Positions
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Division of Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Addresses
- Ben Taub (Hospital)
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1504 Taub Loop
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 873-2000
- Baylor Medicine at McNair Campus (Clinic)
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7200 Cambridge Street
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7911
Education
- Fellowship at Parkland Memorial Hospital, The University of Texas Southwestern
- Dallas, TX
- Surgical Critical Care/Trauma/Acute Care Surgery
- Research Fellowship at Emory Critical Care Center, Department of Surgery
- Atlanta, GA
- T32
- Residency at Emory University School of Medicine
- Atlanta, GA
- General Surgery
- MD from Emory University School of Medicine
- Atlanta, GA
- BS from Emory University
- Atlanta, GA
Certifications
- General Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
- American Board of Surgery
Professional Statement
Caitlin A. Fitzgerald, M.D., FACS is an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Trauma, Bariatrics, and Acute Care Surgery. She specializes in acute care surgery with a focus on trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care. Dr. Fitzgerald earned her medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in general surgery at Emory University and received advanced training and both trauma and surgical critical care through a fellowship at UT Southwestern/Parkland Memorial Hospital. She is board certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care and joined the ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine faculty in the fall of 2025.
Dr. Fitzgerald has many research interests including trauma video review, trauma outcomes, and surgical resident education. She is the PI for a multicenter trial focusing on low-grade colon injuries and is also the PI of a multicenter trial evaluating trauma ECMO. She is an Associate Member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and holds a position on the Associate Member Council. She is also actively involved in the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Dr. Fitzgerald has many research interests including trauma video review, trauma outcomes, and surgical resident education. She is the PI for a multicenter trial focusing on low-grade colon injuries and is also the PI of a multicenter trial evaluating trauma ECMO. She is an Associate Member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and holds a position on the Associate Member Council. She is also actively involved in the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Selected Publications
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Fitzgerald CA, Barnes C, Bisgaard EK, McLafferty BJ, Harrell KN, Fleming MM, Meizoso JP, Walker J, Sciarretta JD, Succar BE, Cheng M, Lewis Jr RH, Davis GR, Pulido O, Egodage T, Mooney et al. " " Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. ;
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Fitzgerald CA, Chaudhary SA, Noory M. " " Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. ;
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Fitzgerald CA, Kernell C, Mejia-Martinez V, Peng G, Zakaria H, Zhu M, Butler D, Bruns B. " " Surgery Open Science. ;
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Nazir A, Shore EM, Dumas RP, Fitzgerald CA, McGowan M, Keown-Stoneman C, Grantcharov T, Nolan B. " " Injury. ;
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Memberships
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
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