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Emily A. Fitzgerald, M.D.

Emily A. Fitzgerald, M.D.

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Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine , Emergency Medicine

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About Me

Emily Fitzgerald, MD, earned her medical degree from Tufts University. She completed both her Emergency Medicine residency and her Internal Medicine-Based Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the University of Rochester. She is currently working as a dual-appointed, academic-track faculty member in...
Emily Fitzgerald, MD, earned her medical degree from Tufts University. She completed both her Emergency Medicine residency and her Internal Medicine-Based Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the University of Rochester. She is currently working as a dual-appointed, academic-track faculty member in both the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine within the Department of Internal Medicine. She attends in both the Emergency Department and the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital. She additionally is a member of the Division of Prehospital medicine and serves as the assistant medical director of Mercy Flight Central, an aeromedical critical care transport agency. Her academic interests focus on optimizing critical care delivery across the continuum of care from the prehospital setting to the emergency department and through to the intensive care unit.

Certified Specialties

Emergency Medicine - American Board of Emergency Medicine

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2023 - 2025

Residency, Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2020 - 2023

Education

MD | Tufts University School of Medicine. 2020

Awards

Finalist for Bordley Award for Fellowship Teaching. 2024

Internal Medicine – Critical Care Fellowship Chief Fellow. 2024 - 2025

Residency Research Award. 2023

Emergency Medicine Chief Resident. 2022 - 2023

Miriam F. and Morris J. Shapiro, MD Resident Education and Growth Award. 2021

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. 2020

Honos Civicus Society. 2020

Phi Beta Kappa Society. 2016

BLS Technician of the Year Award. 2015

Golden Key International Honour Society. 2014

Publications

Journal Articles

Thoracic ultrasound may improve paramedic diagnostic and management accuracy in undifferentiated respiratory distress.

Fitzgerald E, Parker S, Hancock S, Jones CM, Kittel J, DeAngelis J, Dorsett M

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open.. 2024 April 5 (2):e13164. Epub 04/16/2024.

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