Mark P Fitzgerald, MD PhD

Associate 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.
Permanent linkBS (Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience)
University of Scranton, 2002.
PhD (Neuroscience)
University of Virginia, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
University of Virginia, 2011.
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
Laura Jolitz Ingo Helbig, Mark P Fitzgerald, Sarah McKeown Ruggiero, Stacey Cohen, Chloe Angelini, Elena Vallespin, Vincent Michaud, Anna Gerasimenko, Benjamin Cogne, Bertrand Isidor, Boris Keren, David Dyment, Delphine Heron, Helena Gásdal Karstensen, Inge Cuppen, John Christodoulou, Meredith Wilson, Nicole J Lake, Saskia Biskup, Steffen Syrbe, Takayasu Mori, Lena-Luise Becker, Angela M Kaindl: Phenotype Spectrum of TRPM3-Associated Disorders. Ann Neurol 97(3): 561-570, Mar 2025.Shavonne L. Massey; Amanda G. Sandoval Karamian; Mark P. Fitzgerald; France W. Fung; Abigail Abramson; Mandy K. Salmon; Darshana Parikh; Nicholas S. Abend: Development of a model to predict electroencephalographic seizures in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy treated with therapeutic hypothermia. Epilepsia 66(2): 518-530, Feb 2025.
Sarah Woodson, William D. James, Rudolf Roth, John S. Barbieri, Sherry Ershadi, Debby Cheng, and Mark P. Fitzgerald: Mosaic Ring 20 Syndrome: A Meta Analysis. Neurology: Genetics accepted 2025.
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 diagnosis, phenotypes, and treatment of SCN8A-related epilepsy and/or neurodevelopmental disorders. Epilepsia Page: https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17992, May 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 Page: https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17992, May 2024.
France W Fung, Darshana S Parikh, Kathleen Walsh, Mark P Fitzgerald, Shavonne L Massey, Alexis A Topjian, Nicholas S Abend: Late-Onset Findings During Extended EEG Monitoring Are Rare in Critically Ill Children. J Clin Neurophysiol Page: doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000001083, April 2024.
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 Page: S0002-9297(24)00033-8, Feb 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.02.001.
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.