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Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Division of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Magee-Womens Research Institute & University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
There are so many layers to women’s pain… When CT scans and swabs come back negative, many women are told that the pain is psychosomatic… It’s this vicious cycle.
Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald, MD
Research in Brief
Dr. Fitzgerald enhances women’s lives by improving care for chronic pelvic and bladder pain. Through a multidisciplinary clinic and bundled treatment protocols, she fights the “vicious cycle” of undiagnosed pain and advances equity in women’s health.
Current Projects
- Chronic Pelvic Pain Care Bundle Trial: evaluating outcomes of a multimodal care bundle delivered via a multidisciplinary CPP clinic versus usual FPMRS care
Selected Publications
- Penn M, Colley D, Koirala P, King LK, Fitzgerald JJ. Price and Prejudice: Reimbursement of Surgical Care on Male vs. Female Anatomies. Journal of Women’s Health. March 2025. PMID: 39978776
- Williams SN and Fitzgerald JJ. What are the most popular articles in Urogynecology and who is disseminating them/?Urogynecology. October 2024. PMID: pending
- Fitzgerald JJ, Losee JE, Roth RR, Pettigrew, C, Thamman, R. Piloting the Quantification of Social and Digital Media as Scholarly Metrics for Academic Promotion. Academic Medicine. April 2024. PMID: 38166324
- Shah A, Vodovotz Y, Yoshimura N, Chermanksy C, Fitzgerald JJ, Tyagi P. Temporally complex inflammatory networks in an animal model reveal signatures for interstitial cystitis and bladder pain syndrome phenotyope. Neurourology and Urodynamics. August 2023. PMID: 37587846
- Tyagi P, Maranchie J, Dhir R, Moon C, Sholosh B, Balasubramani GK, Yoshimura N, Fitzgerald JJ, ChermanskyC, Kaufman J, Chancellor M. Unraveling the complexity of bladder-centric chronic pain but intravesical contrast enhanced MRI. Continence. July 2023.
- Fitzgerald JJ, Soriano A, Panza J, Hoke TP, Desai SP, Artsen A, Andiman SE, Antosh DD, Gutman RE. Success of Concomitant vs. Interval Slings for prevention and treatment of bothersome de novo SUI. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. Apr 2022. PMID: 35443255
- Polland A, Furuya R, Duong V, Fitzgerald JJ, Wang H, Iwamoto A, Bradley SE, Iglesia CB. Description of vaginal laxity and prolapse and correlation with sexual function (DeVeLoPS). Sexual Medicine Open Access. Oct 2021. PMID: 39629323
- Fitzgerald JJ, Richter HE, Sung V, Dunivan G, Mete M, Gutman RE. Development of a Simplified Patient-Centered Pelvic Floor Surgery Complication Scale. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. Sep 2021. PMID: 34608085
- Davenport A, Hoang E, Fitzgerald JJ, Park AJ, Iglesia CB. UTOPia: Urogynecology Tag Ontology Project. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. Sep 2021. PMID: 33886513
- Carey E, Fader A, Fitzgerald JJ, et al. Enhanced Recovery and Surgical Optimization Protocol for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery: An AAGL White Paper. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. Feb 2021. PMID: 32827721
In the News
May 23, 2025
Mainstreaming Women's Health in Congress with the First-Ever Women's Health Capitol Hill Day
May 13, 2025
Gynecologic Surgeon Advocates Call for Payment Reform
Feb 11, 2025
Prolapse, tearing, pain: a urogynecologist on what you should know before giving birth
Nov 1, 2024
'Medfluencers' Quit Medicine; How to Spook a Medical Student; Preventing Burnout - MSN
Apr 27, 2024
Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald of Magee-Womens is helping to close the gender gap in medicine
Apr 27, 2024
Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald of Magee-Womens is helping to close the gender gap in medicine