Tamara Fitzgerald
Associate Professor of Surgery and Global Health
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Tamara Fitzgerald
Associate Professor of Surgery and Global Health
Tamara Fitzgerald’s academic interest is global pediatric surgery. Millions of children worldwide do not have access to safe surgery for congenital anomalies and acquired conditions. As a result, many children in low- and middle-income countries live with chronic disability or die before they can access surgical care. In many cultures, congenital problems may also lead to social isolation or catastrophic health expenditure for families. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, many countries have just a handful of qualified surgeons and some countries have no pediatric surgeons.
Dr. Fitzgerald’s work focuses on surgical capacity building and surgical technology for low-income settings. Capacity building is empowering and working with local surgeons to increase numbers of surgical providers, improve quality and increase surgical support services such as intensive care and anesthesia services. She has several ongoing projects regarding the burden of surgical disease for patients and their families in low-and middle-income countries, surgical training and cost-effective technology solutions.
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Kakembo N, Loy JI, Fitzgerald TN, Antiel RM. Biliary atresia in Uganda: Current ethical challenges and advancement of public policy. World J Surg. 2024 Apr 1;Howell TC, Beckhorn CB, Antiel RM, Fitzgerald TN, Rice HE, Mavis A, et al. Contemporary trends in choledochal cyst excision: An analysis of the pediatric national surgical quality improvement program. World J Surg. 2024 Apr;48(4):967–77.Zadey S, Smith ER, Staton CA, Fitzgerald TN, Vissoci JRN. Population-level surgical rates and unmet need in India: a retrospective analysis of districts and states from 2011 to 2019. Int J Surg. 2024 Mar 1;110(3):1884–7.Fitzgerald TN, Zambeli-Ljepović A, Olatunji BT, Saleh A, Ameh EA. Gaps and priorities in innovation for children's surgery. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Dec;32(6):151352.
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