
Dermot Richard Fitzgibbon
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
University Of Washington Medical Ctr 1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Dermot Fitzgibbon is an anesthesiologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Fitzgibbon ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Fitzgibbon also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
National University Ireland
University College Cork School of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Management of bladder function after outpatient surgery.
- Continuous intrathecal meperidine for severe refractory cancer pain: a case report.
- Clinical use of opioids for cancer pain.
- Percutaneous CT-guided C1-2 cordotomy for intractable cancer pain.
- The efficacy of opioids in cancer pain syndromes.
- The control of severe cancer pain by continuous intrathecal infusion and patient controlled intrathecal analgesia with morphine, bupivacaine and clonidine.
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Practice At University Of Washington Medical Ctr 1959 Ne Pacific St
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- Dr. Marshall Bedder M.D.1101 Madison St Seattle WA 98104
- Youri Vater1959 NE Pacific Street Seattle Washington 98195
- Michael Karbowski11511 Northeast 10th Street Bellevue Washington 98004-8578
- Dr. Adam D Balkany DO1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA 98195
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