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
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.
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.
Evan Jiang, Mark P Fitzgerald, Katherine L Helbig, Ethan M Goldberg: IL1RAPL1 Gene deletion in a female patient with developmental delay and continuous spike-wave during sleep. Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy 11(1): 21-26, 2022 Notes: 10.1055/s-0041-1731816.