Mark P Fitzgerald, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Division of Neurology
The Hub for Clinical Collaboration, 10553
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neurology
The Hub for Clinical Collaboration, 10553
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155901719
Fax: 2155901771
Fax: 2155901771
Email:
fitzgeraldmp@chop.edu
fitzgeraldmp@chop.edu
Publications
Education:
BS (Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience)
University of Scranton, 2002.
PhD (Neuroscience)
University of Virginia, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
University of Virginia, 2011.
BS (Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience)
University of Scranton, 2002.
PhD (Neuroscience)
University of Virginia, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
University of Virginia, 2011.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident - Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2011-2013.
Resident - Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2013-2016.
Fellow - Epilepsy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2016-2017.
Resident - Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2011-2013.
Resident - Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2013-2016.
Fellow - Epilepsy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2016-2017.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Child Neurology, 2016.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Epilepsy, 2017.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Child Neurology, 2016.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Epilepsy, 2017.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Neonatal and early life epilepsies, Genetic epilepsyDescription of Research Expertise
I am interested in neurodevelopmental and epilepsy outcomes in patients with neonatal and early-onset epilepsy, particularly epilepsies with a genetic etiology.Selected Publications
Marcello Scala, Valeria Tomati, Matteo Ferla, Mariateresa Lena, Julie S Cohen, Ali Fatemi, Elly Brokamp, Anna Bican, John A Phillips 3rd, Mary E Koziura, Michael Nicouleau, Marlene Rio, Karine Siquier, Nathalie Boddaert, Ilaria Musante, Serena Tamburro, Simona Baldassari, Michele Iacomino, Paolo Scudieri; Undiagnosed Diseases Network; Jill A Rosenfeld, Gary Bellus, Sara Reed, Hind Al Saif, Rossana Sanchez Russo, Matthew B Walsh, Vincent Cantagrel, Amy Crunk, Stefano Gustincich, Sarah M Ruggiero, Mark P Fitzgerald, Ingo Helbig, Pasquale Striano, Mariasavina Severino, Vincenzo Salpietro, Nicoletta Pedemonte, Federico Zara: De novo variants in DENND5B cause a neurodevelopmental disorder. Am J Hum Genet . 2024 Feb 16:S0002-9297(24)00033-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.02.001. Page: S0002-9297(24)00033-8, Feb 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.02.001.Gabrielle Conecker, Maya Y Xia, JayEtta Hecker, Christelle Achkar, Cristine Cukiert, Seth Devries, Elizabeth Donner, Mark Fitzgerald, Elena Gardella, Michael Hammer, Anaita Hegde, Chunhui Hu, Mitsuhiro Kato, Tian Luo, John M. Schreiber, Yi Wang, Tammy Kooistra, Madeleine Oudin, Kayla Waldrop, J. Tyler Youngquist, Dennis Zhang, Elaine Wirrell, M. Scott Perry: Global Modified-Delphi Consensus on Comorbidities and Prognosis of SCN8A-Related Epilepsy and/or Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Epilepsia 2024.
Gabrielle Conecker, Maya Y Xia, JayEtta Hecker, Christelle Achkar, Cristine Cukiert, Seth Devries, Elizabeth Donner, Mark Fitzgerald, Elena Gardella, Michael Hammer, Anaita Hegde, Chunhui Hu, Mitsuhiro Kato, Tian Luo, John M. Schreiber, Yi Wang, Tammy Kooistra, Madeleine Oudin, Kayla Waldrop, J. Tyler Youngquist, Dennis Zhang, Elaine Wirrell, M. Scott Perry: Global Modified-Delphi Consensus on Comorbidities and Prognosis of SCN8A-Related Epilepsy and/or Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Epilepsia 2024.
Sara E. Molisani, Darshana Parikh, Marissa DiGiovine, Dennis Dlugos, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Lawrence Fried, Ingo Helbig, Sudha Kilaru Kessler, Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, Susan Melamed, Marisa S. Prelack, Uzma Sharif, Sarah Tefft, Jaclyn Tencer, Stephanie Witzman, Kathy Shaw, Nicholas S. Abend : A quality improvement initiative to improve folic acid supplementation counseling for adolescent females with epilepsy. Epilepsia 64(10): 2818-2826, October 2023.
Jillian L. McKee, Michael C. Kaufman, Alexander K. Gonzalez, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Shavonne L. Massey, France Fung, Sudha K. Kessler, Stephanie Witzman, Nicholas S. Abend, Ingo Helbig: Leveraging electronic medical record-embedded standardised electroencephalogram reporting to develop neonatal seizure prediction models: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Digit Health 5(4): e217-e226, April 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(23)00004-3.
Craddock KE; McKee JL; Fitzgerald M; Ahrens-Nicklas R; Agarwal S: Neonatal Hypertonia and Progressive Respiratory Failure due to Novel Heterozygous Mutation in ATAD1. Pediatric neurology 142: 56-57, February 2023.
Burglen L, Van Hoeymissen E, Qebibo L, Barth M, Belnap N, Boschann F, Depienne C, De Clercq K, Douglas A, Fitzgerald MP, Foulds N, Garel C, Helbig I, Held K, Horn D, Janssen A, Kaindl A, Narayanan V, Prager C, Rupin M, Afenjar A, Zhao S, Ramaekers V, Ruggiero S, Thomas S, Valence S, Van Maldergem L, Rohacs T, Rodriguez D, Dyment D, Voets TVriens J: Gain-of-function variants in the ion channel gene TRPM3 underlie a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders. eLife 12: e81032, January 2023.
Kaufman MC, Xian J, Galer PD, Parthasarathy S, Gonzalez AK, Helbig K, McKeown S, Prelack MS, Fitzgerald MP, Craig S, Rametta SC, Fridinger SE, Sharif U, Melamed SE, DiGiovine M, Fried L, Malcolm MP, Kessler SK, Chadehumbe M, Szperka CL, Chuo J, Caffe L, Stephenson DJ, Banwell BL, Goldberg E, Abend NS, and Helbig I.: Child neurology telemedicine: analyzing 14,820 encounters during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Page: DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15406, December 2022.
France W Fung, Darshana S Parikh, Shavonne L Massey, Mark P Fitzgerald, Lisa Vala, Maureen Donnelly, Marin Jacobwitz, Sudha K Kessler, Alexis A Topjian, Nicholas S Abend: Periodic and rhythmic patterns in critically ill children: Incidence, interrater agreement, and seizures. Epilepsia 62(12): 2955-2967, December 2021.
Fitzgerald MP, Massey SL, Fung FW, Puopolo KM, Posencheg M, Allen-Napoli L, Malcolm M, Abend NS: Expanding Access to Continuous EEG Monitoring in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. J Clin Neurophysiol. 38(6): doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000730, November 2021.