Clinical Associate Professor

Undergraduate: B.S.. Wayne State University
Medical School:   University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania

Certification

     Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery

Clinical Services

• Breast Surgery:
• minimally invasive breast biopsy
• lumpectomy (breast conserving cancer surgery)
• Mammosite (partial breast radiation temporary catheter placement)
• mastectomy
• axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy
• insertion of Dose Verification System (DVS) for radiation therapy candidates
•  Multidisciplinary Breast Tumor Conference

Organizations 

     Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
     Fellow of the Society of Surgical Oncology

Publications 

1. Fitzgerald TL, Hickner ZJ, Schmitz M, Kort EJ. Changing incidence of pancreatic neoplasms: a 16-year review of statewide tumor registry.Pancreas. 2008 Aug;37(2):134-8.
2. Bradley CJ, Given CW, Dahman B, Fitzgerald TL. Adjuvant chemotherapy after resection in elderly Medicare and Medicaid patients with colon cancer.Arch Intern Med. 2008 Mar 10;168(5):521-9.
3. Loewen MJ, Jennings JA, Sherman SR, Slaikeu J, Ebrom PA, Davis AT, Fitzgerald TL. Mammographic distance as a predictor of nipple-areola complex involvement in breast cancer.Am J Surg. 2008 Mar;195(3):391-4; discussion 394-5.
4. Möller MG, Gribbin T, Ebrom S, Padula G, Fitzgerald TL. Breast cancer metastatic to renal cell carcinoma.Surgery. 2006 Apr;139(4):577-9.
5. O'Donnell PL, Morrow JB, Fitzgerald TL. Adult gastric duplication cysts: a case report and review of literature.Am Surg. 2005 Jun;71(6):522-5. Review.
6. Fitzgerald TL, Smith AJ, Ryan M, Atri M, Wright FC, Law CH, Hanna SS. Surgical treatment of incidentally identified pancreatic masses.Can J Surg. 2003 Dec;46(6):413-8.
7. Fitzgerald TL, Khalifa MA, Al Zahrani M, Law CH, Smith AJ. Ex vivo sentinel lymph node biopsy in colorectal cancer: a feasibility study.J Surg Oncol. 2002 May;80(1):27-32; discussion 33. Review.
8. Kirkpatrick JR, Nguyen WD, Kim DH, Fitzgerald TL, Provido HS, Alam HB. Xenogeneic patch closure of the small intestine: a novel approach to fistula management.Eur Surg Res. 2000;32(2):107-10.

Curriculum Vitae