Mary Pat FitzGerald, MD Professor Subspecialty / Clinical Expertise: Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Clinical / Research Interests: Incontinence (leakage of urine); pelvic organ prolapse (womb/bladder/bowels falling down); incontinence (leakage) of stool; urinary retention (difficulty voiding) Practice Locations: Loyola Outpatient Center Appointments: (888) LUHS-888 American Urological Society mypelvichealth.org For more information about pelvic floor disorders (PFD), a treatable medical condition affecting millions of women.

• Undergraduate:
  • University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington
    MSE degree in Bioengineering
    Topic: Two-dimensional Doppler Color Flow Systems
    1986-1987
  • University College Galway
    Galway, Ireland
    MEngSc in Industrial Engineering with honors
    1981-1983
  • University College Galway
    Galway, Ireland
    Bachelor of Engineering with honors
    1977-1981
• Medical School:
  University College Galway
  Galway, Ireland
  MB, BCh, BAO degree with honors
  1982-1989
• Residency:
  • Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Medical College of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    January 1992-December 1994
  • Intern, Family Practice
    Delaware County Memorial Hospital
    Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
    July 1991-December 1992
  • Senior House Officer
    Medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology
    Letterkenny General Hospital
    Letterkenny, Ireland
    July 1990-June 1991
  • Rotating Internship, Surgery and Internal Medicine
    University College Hospital
    Galway, Ireland
    July 1989-June 1990
• Fellowship:
  Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
  Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke's Medical Center
  Chicago, Illinois
  July 1997-June 2000

Board Certification:

• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  certified November 1996

Professional Organizations

• Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Member, American Urogynecologic Society
• Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
• Affiliate Member, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
  

Awards/Distinctions

• Ortho Pharmaceutical Fellow Research Award; Rush Medical Center Research Day; April 2000
• Sigma Chi Award for scientific achievement; Rush University Research Forum; May 18-20, 1999
• APGO/Organon Medical Education Research Award 1999: "The POP-Q: Examining a patient with pelvic organ prolapse"
• Allosource Research Grant 1998: "The fate of implanted fascia in gynecologic surgery: Allograft versus autograft"
• June Allyson Foundation/AUGS 1st Annual Research Award, 1997: "The cellular basis of detrusor instability"

Philosophy of Patient Care
To empower patients to make the best decisions about their care, I aim to involve them as the key member of their own healthcare team. The best approach to any problem is truly unique to each patient, and often changes over time. The approach chosen by the patient who is well-informed is likely to be the most successful for that patient. We can help by providing the most complete and current information about the full range of conservative and surgical therapies available.

Biography
Mary Pat FitzGerald is a native of Galway, Ireland, and is a 1989 graduate of University College Galway Medical School. She completed her Obstetrics/Gynecology residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and received her fellowship subspecialty training in Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. FitzGerald is involved in the Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship program at theLoyola University Medical Center, and has a variety of research interests across the full spectrum of female pelvic floor dysfunction. She has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented her research findings at national and international symposia related to this subspecialty.