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Dr. David Curtis Fitzgerald MD
Anesthesiologist
1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd Walnut Creek CA, 94598About
Dr. David Fitzgerald is an anesthesiologist practicing in Walnut Creek, CA. Dr. Fitzgerald 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. Fitzgerald also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1980
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Drug, devices, technologies, and techniques for blood management in minimally invasive and conventional cardiothoracic surgery: a consensus statement from the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) 2011.
- Report from AmSECT's International Consortium for Evidence-Based Perfusion: American Society of Extracorporeal Technology Standards and Guidelines for Perfusion Practice: 2013.
- Systemic inflammatory response during cardiac surgery: a pilot study.
- Assessing the culture of safety in cardiovascular perfusion: attitudes and
- Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the United States: implications for the perfusion profession. A 2017 update.
- Staffing, Equipment, Monitoring Considerations for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Dr. David Curtis Fitzgerald MD's Practice location
Practice At 1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd
1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd -Walnut Creek, CA 94598Get Direction
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