John Fitzgerald, M.D.

Professor

Endowed Title: Elaine Dewey Sammons Chair in Pulmonary Research, in Honor of John E. Fitzgerald, M.D.

Department: Internal Medicine

Biography

Washington University School of Medicine, 1989

Education

Medical School BJC Healthcare (1989)
Internship UT Southwestern Medical Center (1990), Internal Medicine
Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (1992), Internal Medicine
Fellowship University of Colorado School of Medicine (1995), Pulmonary/critical

Specialty Areas

Clinical Interests

  • Primary Interests
  • Alveolar Hemorrhage Syndrome (ILD)
  • Alveolar Proteinosis (ILD)
  • Asbestosis (ILD)
  • Berylliosis (ILD)
  • Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome
  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans (ILD)
  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) (ILD)
  • Connective Tissue Disease (ILD)
  • Cystic Fibrosis (CF) (ILD)
  • Drug Induced Lung Disease (ILD)
  • Dykeratosis Congenita with Lung Disease
  • Eosinophilic Granuloma (ILD)
  • Familial Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis
  • Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Hermasky-Pudlak Syndrome with Lung Disease
  • Hyper IgE Syndrome with Lung Disease
  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonia (ILD)
  • Idiopathic Fibrosing Alveolitis (ILD)
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) (ILD)
  • Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
  • Interstitial Pneumonitis
  • Lupus - Pulmonary Complications
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) (ILD)
  • Organizing Pneumonia (ILD)
  • Pneumoconiosis (ILD)
  • Polymyositis (ILD)(MDA)
  • Post Inflammatory Pulmonary Fibrosis (ILD)
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis - Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
  • Pulmonary Sarcoidosis (ILD)
  • Pulmonary Vasculitis (ILD)
  • Relapsing Polychondritis (ILD)
  • Restrictive Lung Disease (ILD)
  • Scleroderma - Pulmonary Complications (ILD)
  • Silicosis (ILD)
  • Sjogren's Disease - Pulmonary Complications (ILD)
  • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex with Lung Disease
  • Vasculitis
  • Wegener's Granulomatosis (ILD)

Research Interests

  • Interstitial lung disease

Honors/Awards

  • Best Doctors in America
    (2013)
  • Castle Connolly's Top Doctors
    (2013)
  • Castle Connolly Medical Ltd Top Doctors
    (2012)
  • “D” Magazine list: Best Doctors in Dallas
    (2012)
  • Texas Super Doctors
    (2012)
  • U.S. News & World Report Best Doctors
    (2012)
  • America's Top Physicians: Consumer's Research Council of America
    (2011)
  • Best Doctors in America
    (2011)
  • America's Top Physicians: Consumer's Research Council of America
    (2010)
  • Biltmore "Who’s Who in America"
    (2010)
  • America's Top Physicians: Consumer's Research Council of America
    (2009)
  • Best Doctors in America
    (2007)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Washington Univ
    (1988)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians (2011)
  • American Thoracic Society
  • Dallas County Medical Society
  • Texas Medical Association