Curriculum Vitae

Medical Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine in Endocrinology and Metabolism

State Medical Licensure

  • California (G31694)

Active Medical Staff Appointment

  • University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, Moffitt/Long Hospital

Current Academic Appointments & Research

  • Clinical Professor of Medicine.
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology • University of California, San Francisco
  • Consulting Attending Physician
    • Endocrinology Clinic, UCSF Medical Center
    • Inpatient Consultation, UCSF Medical Center
  • Principal Investigator
    • Phase II study of 131I-labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG)
      for treatment of metastatic or unresectable pheochromocytoma and related tumors
    • Comprehensive Cancer Center • University of California, San Francisco

Professional Memberships

  • The Endocrine Society
  • American Diabetes Association – Professional Section
  • California Medical Association
  • San Francisco Medical Society
  • UCSF Alumni – Faculty Association
  • UCSF Association of Clinical Faculty
  • UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

Education

  • B.A. cum laude, Dartmouth College • Hanover, New Hampshire 1968
  • M.D., Jefferson Medical College • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1972 with clinical training at:
    • The Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland
    • Dartmouth-Mary Hitchcock Hospital, New Hampshire

Post Doctoral Training

  • Residency: Internal Medicine
    • Presbyterian Medical Center and The Hospitals of the University of Colorado Medical Center 1972-1975 with clinical training at:
      • The University of Colorado Medical Center
      • Denver General Hospital
      • Denver Veteran’s Administration Hospital
      • Fitzsimons Army Hospital
  • Fellowship: Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • University of California • Department of Medicine, Metabolic Research Unit • San Francisco 1976-1978

Selected Past Positions

  • Executive Medical Board
    • The Medical Center at the University of California, San Francisco
  • Associate Medical Director, Diabetes Treatment Centers Of America
    • Children’s Hospital (California Pacific Medical Center), San Francisco
  • Chairman, Medical Subcommittee • Emergency Preparedness Committee
    • City Of Mill Valley, California
  • Clinical Initiatives Committee • The Endocrine Society
    • Bethesda, Maryland
  • President
    • American Diabetes Association, Local Chapter
  • Medical Textbook Reviewer
    • Harrison’s Principles Of Internal Medicine
  • Executive Council – The Endocrine Society
    • Bethesda, Maryland
  • Emergency And Critical Care Experience
    • Over 10,000 Hours In Emergency Medicine

Textbook Editor/Author

  • Handbook of Clinical Endocrinology
    • First Edition 1986, Jones Medicine Publications, Greenbrae, CA
    • Second Edition 1992. Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT

Award

  • Charlotte Baer Memorial Clinical Faculty Award
    • University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, 1990
    • Presented by the Dean of the School of Medicine for “Outstanding Contributions to UCSF and the Community”

“Best Doctor” Listings

  1. The Best Doctors in America: Pacific Region. Woodward & White, 1996.
  2. Area’s Outstanding Physician Specialists. Bay Area Consumer’s Checkbook, 1998.
  3. Top Docs. San Francisco Magazine, 1999.
  4. Top 500 Doctors. San Francisco Magazine, 2001.
  5. Guide to Top Doctors. Consumer’s Checkbook for Study of Human Services, 2001
  6. America’s Top Doctors 2001. A Castle Connolly Guide. First Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2001.
  7. America’s Top Doctors 2002. A Castle Connolly Guide. Second Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2002.
  8. Best Doctors in the Bay Area. San Francisco Magazine, 2003.
  9. America’s Top Doctors 2003. A Castle Connolly Guide. Third Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2003.
  10. America’s Top Doctors 2004. A Castle Connolly Guide. Fourth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2004.
  11. 520 Best Doctors. San Francisco Magazine, 2005.
  12. America’s Top Doctors 2005. A Castle Connolly Guide. Fifth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2005.
  13. America’s Top Doctors for Cancer. A Castle Connolly Guide. First Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2005.
  14. America’s Top Physicians. Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2006.
  15. America’s Top Doctor’s for Cancer. A Castle Connolly Guide. Second Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2006.
  16. America’s Top Doctors 2006. A Castle Connolly Guide. Sixth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2006.
  17. America’s Top Doctor’s for Cancer. A Castle Connolly Guide. Second Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2006.
  18. America’s Top Doctors 2007. A Castle Connolly Guide. Seventh Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2007.
  19. America’s Top Physicians 2007. Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2007.
  20. America’s Top Doctor’s for Cancer. A Castle Connolly Guide. Third Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2007.
  21. America’s Top Doctors 2008. A Castle Connolly Guide. Eighth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2008.
  22. America’s Top Doctors for Cancer. A Castle Connolly Guide. Fourth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2008.
  23. America’s Top Physicians 2008. Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2008.
  24. America’s Top Doctors for Women. Women’s Health, 2008.
  25. America’s Top Doctors 2009-2010. A Castle Connolly Guide. Ninth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2009.
  26. America’s Top Doctors for Cancer. A Castle Connolly Guide, Fifth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2009.
  27. America’s Top Doctors 2010. A Castle Connolly Guide. Tenth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2010.
  28. America’s Top Doctors for Cancer. A Castle Connolly Guide, Sixth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2010.
  29. America’s Top Doctors 2011. A Castle Connolly Guide. Eleventh Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2011.
  30. America’s Top Doctors 2012.  A Castle Connolly Guide.  Twelfth Edition. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2012.
  31. [415] Top Doctors.  A peer-to-peer survey.  Marin Magazine, 2012.
  32. America’s Top Doctors 2013.  A Castle Connolly Guide.  Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2013.
  33. [415] Top Doctors. Marin Magazine, 2013.
  34. America’s Top Doctors 2014.  A Castle Connolly Guide.  Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2014.
  35. Top Doctors 2015, San Francisco Magazine, 2015.
  36. America’s Top Doctors 2015 (Endocrinology & Metabolism). A Castle Connolly Guide. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2015.
  37. Top Doctors 2015, Marin Magazine, February 2015.
  38. America’s Top Doctors for Cancer 2015. A Castle Connolly Guide.  Tenth edition.  Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2015.
  39. America’s Top Doctors 2016 (Endocrinology & Metabolism). A Castle Connolly Guide. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2016.
  40. Top Doctors 2017, San Francisco Magazine, 2017.

Research, Abstracts, and Medical Publications

  1. Fitzgerald PA: Competitive Protein Binding Radioassay for Progesterone. National Institutes of Health student research grant. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia, PA 1970.
  2. Tyrrell JB, Brooks RM, Fitzgerald PA, Cofoid PB, Forsham PH, and Wilson CB: Pituitary Tumors in Cushing’s Disease. Reversal of Hypercortisolism by Selective Transsphenoidal Adenomectomy. Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, June 8-10, 1977, Chicago, Illinois (Program, p. 142).
  3. Fitzgerald PA, Tyrrell JB, Brooks RM, Forsham PH, and Wilson CB: Cushing’s Disease. Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency After Selective Removal of Pituitary Tumors. Presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, June 14-16, 1978, Miami Beach, Florida (Program, p. 250).
  4. Tyrrell JB, Brooks RM, Fitzgerald PA, Cofoid PB, Forsham PH, and Wilson CB: Cushing’s disease: Selective transsphenoidal resection of pituitary microadenomas. N. Engl. J. Med. 298:753-758, 1978.
  5. Fitzgerald PA, Tyrrell JB, and Forsham PH: Letter to the Editor in response to editorial of Dr. William H. Daughaday (Cushing’s disease and basophilic adenomas. N. Engl. J. Med. 298:793-794, 1978.) N. Engl. J. Med. 299:257,
  6. Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, Aron DC, Brooks RM, and Forsham PH: A Rapid Overnight High-Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test in the Differential Diagnosis of Cushing’s Syndrome. Presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, June 13-15, 1979. Anaheim, California (Program, p. 191).
  7. Fitzgerald PA, Newton TH, Tyrrell JB, Aron DC, and Wilson CB: Cushing’s Disease: Correlation of Neuroradiologic Studies and Surgical Results. Presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, June 13-15, 1979. Anaheim, California (Program, p. 133).
  8. Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, Wilson CB, Aron DC, and Forsham PH: Pituitary Microsurgery in Cushing’s Disease. Presented at the Second European Workshop on Pituitary Adenomas, Paris. September 20-21,
  9. Fitzgerald PA, Tyrrell JB, Brooks RM, Forsham PH, and Wilson CB: Cushing’s Disease: Pituitary-Adrenal Function After Selective Tumor Removal. Presented at the Second European Workshop on Pituitary Adenomas, Paris, September 20-21, 1979 .
  10. Wilson CB, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, and Pitts L: Neurosurgical aspects of Cushing’s disease and Nelson’s syndrome. In Clinical management of Pituitary Tumors (Tindall GT and Collings WF, eds.) Chapter 13. New York: Raven Press, 1979.
  11. Wilson CB, Tyrrell JB, and Fitzgerald PA: Cushing’s disease: belated confirmation and microsurgical treatment. In Pituitary Microadenomas (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pituitary Microadenomas. Milan, Italy, October 12-14, 1978) (Faglia G, Giovanelli MA, and MacLeod RM, eds.) New York: Academic Press, 1980, pp. 457
  12. Wilson CB, Tyrrell JB, and Fitzgerald PA: Cushing’s disease revisited. Am. J. Surg. 138:77-79, 1979.
  13. Findling JW, Tyrrell JB, Aron DC, Fitzgerald PA, Wilson CB, and Forsham PH: Selective Venous sampling for ACTH in Cushing’s Syndrome. Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Clinical Endocrinology, Paris, May 30-31, 1980.
  14. Aron DC, Findling JW, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, and Forsham PH: The Overnight High-Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test: a Rapid Method of Differential Diagnosis in Cushing’s Syndrome. Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Clinical Endocrinology, Paris, May 30-31, 1980.
  15. Wilson CB, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, and Pitts LA: Cushing’s disease and Nelson’s syndrome. Clin. Neurosurg. 27: 19-30, 1980.
  16. Aron DC, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, Findling JW, and Forsham PH: Cushing’s syndrome: problems in diagnosis. Medicine (Baltimore) 60:25-45, 1981.
  17. Findling JW, Tyrrell JB, Aron DC, Fitzgerald PA, Wilson CB, and Forsham PH: Silent pituitary apoplexy: subclinical infarction of an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 52:95-97, 1981.
  18. Aron DC, Findling JW, Fitzgerald PA, Brooks RM, Fisher FE, Forsham PH, and Tyrrell JB: Pituitary ACTH dependency of nodular adrenal hyperplasia in Cushing’s syndrome. Report of two cases and review of the literature. Am. J. Med. 71:302-306, 1981.
  19. Findling JW, Aron DC, Tyrrell JB, Shinsako JH, Fitzgerald PA, Norman D, Wilson CB, and Forsham PH: Selective venous sampling for ACTH in Cushing’s syndrome: differentiation between Cushing’s disease and the ectopic ACTH syndrome. Ann Intern. Med. 94: 647-652, 1981.
  20. Findling JW, Tyrrell JB, Aron DC, Fitzgerald PA, Young CW, and Sohnle PG: Fungal infections in Cushing’s syndrome. Ann. Intern. Med. 95:392, 1981.
  21. Fitzgerald PA, Aron DC, Findling JW, Brooks RM, Wilson CB, Forsham PH, and Tyrrell JB: Cushing’s disease: transient secondary adrenal insufficiency after selective removal of pituitary microadenomas; evidence for a pituitary origin. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 54:413-422, 1982.
  22. Wilson CB, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, Forsham PH, Wilson CB, and Tyrrell JB: Cushing’s disease: Surgical Management. In Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Tumors (Givens JR, ed.) Chicago: Yearbook Medical Publishers, 1982, pp. 199-208.
  23. Aron DC, Findling JW, Fitzgerald PA, Forsham PH, Wilson CB, and Tyrrell JB: Cushing’s syndrome: problems in management. Endocr. Rev. 3:229-244, 1982.
  24. Fitzgerald PA: Chapter 19: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. In Handbook of Medical Treatment, 17th edition, (Watts HD, ed) Greenbrae, CA: Jones Medical Publications, 1983, pp 297-325.
  25. Mendel WM, Fitzgerald PA: The spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disease. Contemporary OB/GYN, Mar. 1983, pp 140-164.
  26. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Handbook of Surgery 9th Edition (Schrock TR, ed.) Greenbrae, CA: Jones Medical Publications, 1985
  27. Fitzgerald PA: Chapter 19: Enfermedales endocrinologicas y metabolicas. In Manual de Terapeutica Medica (Watts HD, ed.) El Manual Moderno, S.A. de C.V., Mexico, pp 356-939, 1985.
  28. Fitzgerald PA: Chapter 1: The Pituitary. In Handbook of Clinical Endocrinology (Fitzgerald PA ed.). Greenbrae, CA: Jones Medical Publications, 1986.
  29. Copeland P, Fitzgerald PA, Rosenblatt M: Chapter 6: Adrenal Disorders: In Handbook of Clinical Endocrinology (Fitzgerald PA, ed.) Greenbrae, CA: Jones Medical Publications.
  30. Tyrell JB, Findling JW, Aron DC, Fitzgerald PA, Forsham PH: An overnight high-dose dexamethasone suppression test for rapid differential diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome. Ann Intern. Med. 104:180-186, 1986
  31. Andrews BT, Fitzgerald PA, Tyrrell JB, Wilson CB: Cerebral salt wasting after pituitary exploration and biopsy: Case Report. Neurosurgery 18: 469-471, 1986.
  32. Fitzgerald PA: Handbook of Clinical Endocrinology (editor). Greenbrae, CA: Jones Medical Publications, 1986.
  33. Deftos LJ, Fitzgerald PA, Wilson CB, O’Connor DT: Chromogranin A is Produced by Pituitary Tumors. Presented at the Association of American Physicians/American Federation for Clinical Research, San Diego, California. Clinical Research Proceedings. Abstract #69 page 284. May 3, 1987.
  34. Fitzgerald PA; Endocrinologia Clinica (editor). El Manual Moderno, S.A. de C.V., Mexico, 1989.
  35. Kerlikowske K, Fitzgerald PA, Hammani M: Euthyroid sick or “hypothyroid sick.” Hospital Practice 22:113-118. Oct. 30, 1987.
  36. Kaufman K, Fitzgerald PA: Chapter 17: Endocrine Disorders. In Handbook of Medical Treatment 18th Edition (Skach W, Daley CL, Forsmark CE, eds.). Greenbrae, CA: Jones Medical Publications, 1988.
  37. Cheitlin RA, Westphal M, Cabrera CM, Fujii DK, Snyder J, Fitzgerald PA: Cushing’s syndrome due to bilateral adrenal macronodular hyperplasia and undetectable ACTH: cell culture of adenoma cells on extracellular matrix. Hormone Research 29:162-167, 1988
  38. Bikle DD, Fitzgerald PA, Greenspan FS, Karam JH, Katzung BG: Chapter 15: Endocrine Agents. In Clinical Pharmacology ’88/89; (Katzung BG, ed.) San Mateo, CA: Appleton & Lange, 1988.
  39. Fitzgerald, PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Handbook of Surgery. 10th Edition. (Schrock TR, ed.), Greenbrae, CA : Jones Medical Publications, 1989.
  40. Deftos LJ, O’Connor Dt, Wilson CB, Fitzgerald PA: Pituitary tumors secrete chromogranin A. Journal Clin. Endocrin. Metab. 68:869, 1989.
  41. Bikle DD, Fitzgerald PA, Greenspan FS, Karam JH, Katzung BG: Chapter 17: Endocrine Agents. In Drug Therapy. 2nd Edition. Katzung BG, ed.: Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1991.
  42. Fitzgerald PA: Handbook of Clinical Endocrinology. 2nd Edition (editor). Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1992.
  43. Fitzgerald PA and Camargo CA: Chapter 20: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1992; (Schroeder SA, ed.) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1992.
  44. Fitzgerald PA: Chapter 1: Pituitary Disorders. In Handbook of Clinical Endocrinology. 2ndEdition. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1992.
  45. Fitzgerald PA and Copeland PM: Chapter 6: Adrenal disorders. In Handbook of Clinical Endocrinology. 2nd Edition. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1992.
  46. Fitzgerald PA: Chapter 22: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1993 (Tierney, L.M. Jr., et al., eds.) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1993.
  47. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Handbook of Surgery. 11th Edition. (Schrock TR, ed.). Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1993.
  48. Fitzgerald, PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1994 (Tierney, L.M. Jr., et al., eds.) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1994.
  49. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1995 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1995.
  50. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1996 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1996.
  51. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1997 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1997.
  52. Loh KC, Fitzgerald PA, Matthay, K, Yeo PPB, Price DC: The treatment of malignant pheochromocytoma with 131I–metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG). A comprehensive review of 116 reported cases. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 20: 648-658, 1997
  53. Fitzgerald PA: Hypothalmic and Pituitary Hormones. In Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (Katzung, B. ed.) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1997.
  54. Loh KC, Green A., Dillon WP Jr, Fitzgerald PA, Weadner N, Tyrrell JB: Diabetes insipidus from sarcoidosis confined to the posterior pituitary. European Journal of Endocrinology 137: 514-519, 1997.
  55. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1998 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1998.
  56. Loh KC, Fitzgerald PA, Miller TR, Tyrrell JB: Perils and pitfalls in the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome. Western Journal of Medicine 169:46-50, 1998.
  57. Loh KC, Lo JC, Zaloudec CJ, Fitzgerald PA: Occult virilizing ovarian tumors in postmenopausal women: problems in evaluation and reference to a case. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 27:712-716, 1998.
  58. Lo JC, Schwitzgebel VM, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, Kaplan SL, Conte FA, Grumbach MM: Normal female infants born of mothers with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 84:930-936, 1999.
  59. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1999 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1999.
  60. Rose B, Matthay K, Price D, Klencke B, Huberty J, Damon L, Veatch J, Fitzgerald PA: High-Dose 131I-Labeled Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) for the Treatment of Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Presented at the 82nd Annual meeting of the Endocrine Society June 21-24, 2000 Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Program, p494).
  61. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2000 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2000.
  62. Fitzgerald PA: Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones. In Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. (Katzung B. ed) New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
  63. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2001 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2001.
  64. Li ML, Fitzgerald PA, Price DR, Norton JA.: Iatrogenic pheochromocytomatosis: a previously unreported result of laparasopic adrenalectomy. Surgery 130:1072-1077, 2001.
  65. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2002 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2002.
  66. Bassiri HG, Wilson CB, Fishman IB, Fitzgerald PA: Acromegaly caused by a GH and PRL Secreting Tumor Confined to the Clivus Bone: Case Report. Presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society June 19-22, 2002, San Francisco, California.
  67. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2003 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  68. Fitzgerald PA: Pheochromocytoma and Paraganlioma. In ACS Endocrine Tumors (Clark OH, Duh QY, Perrier N, and Jahan T, eds.) Hamilton, On, Canada, 2003.
  69. Fitzgerald PA and Goldfien A: the Adrenal Medulla. In Basic and Clinical Endocrinology. (Greenspan F. and Gardner D., eds.) New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  70. Fitzgerald PA: Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones. In Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. (Kazung B. ed.) New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  71. Rose B, Matthay K, Price D, Huberty J, Klencke B, Norton J, Fitzgerald PA: High-dose 131I- Metaiodobenzylguanidine therapy for 12 patients with malignant pheochromocytoma. Cancer 98:239-248, 2003.
  72. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2004 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2004.
  73. Fitzgerald PA: Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones. In Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. (Katzung B., ed.) New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
  74. Bosserman LD, Fitzgerald PA: Malignant Paraganglioma. Community Oncology 2004; 1:47.
  75. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2005 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds.) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2005.
  76. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Sections. In Current Consult Medicine 2005 (Papadakis, M., McPhee, S., eds.) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2005.
  77. Fitzgerald PA, Goldsby RE, Huberty JP, Veatch JJ, Price DC, Hawkins RA, Jahan TM, Dela Cruz F, Linker CA, Damon L, Matthay KK. Phase II study of high-dose 131I-MIBG for treatment of patients with malignant pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Presented at the First International Symposium on Pheochromocytoma (ISP), Bethesda, MD, October 22, 2005.
  78. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2006 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds.) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2006.
  79. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Sections. In Current Consult Medicine 2006 (Papadakis, M., McPhee, S., eds.) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2006.
  80. Fitzgerald PA: The Adrenal Medulla. In Greenspan’s Basic and Clinical Endocrinology (Gardner D., Shobak D, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, in press.
  81. Fitzgerald, PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2007 (Tierney, LM Jr., et al., eds.) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, in press.
  82. Fitzgerald, PA: Endocrine Sections. In Current Consult Medicine 2007 (Papadakis, M., McPhee, S., eds.) New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, in press.
  83. Fitzgerald PA, Goldsby RE, Huberty JP, Veatch JJ, Price DC, Hawkins RA, Jahan TM, Dela Cruz F, Linker CA, Damon L, Matthay KK. Phase II study of high-dose 131I-MIBG for treatment of patients with malignant pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, in press.
  84. Gonias SL, Goldsby RE, Matthay KK, Hawkins RA, Damon L, Fitzgerald PA (presenter): High-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) for 50 patients with metastatic pheochromnocytoma and paragangloioma: results from a phase II study. Presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Pheochromocytoma, Queens’ College Cambridge, England, September 17-20, 2008.
  85. Hsiao ES, Carroll PR, Venook AP, Kerlan RK, Nakakura EK, Fitzgerald PA (presenter): Case report: successful preoperative embolization of a secretory paraganglioma. Presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Pheochromocytoma, Queens’ College Cambridge, England, September 17-20, 2008.
  86. Goldsby RE, Fitzgerald PA: Meta[131I]iodobenzylguanidine therapy for patients with metastatic and unresectable pheochromocytoma and parganglioma. Nuclear Medicine and Biology 35: S149-62, 2008.
  87. Gonias SL, Goldsby RE, Matthay KK, Hawkins RA, Damon L, Fitzgerald PA: High-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) for 50 patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma and paragangloioma: results from a phase II study. Journal of Human Hypertension 22: S24-25, 2008.
  88. Hsiao ES, Carroll PR, Venook AP, Kerlan RK, Nakakura EK, Fitzgerald PA: Case report: successful preoperative embolization of a secretory paraganglioma. Journal of Human Hypertension 22: S20, 2008.
  89. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2008 (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2008.
  90. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2009 (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2009.
  91. Gonias S, Goldsby R, Matthay KK, Hawkins R, Price D, Huberty J, Damon L, Linker C, Sznewajs A, Shiboski S, Fitzgerald PA: A phase II study of high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine therapy for patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Journal of Clinical Oncology 27:4162-4168, 2009.
  92. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2010 (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, in press.
  93. Fitzgerald PA: Adrenal Medulla and Paraganglia. In Greenspan’s Basic and Clinical Endocrinology (Gardner D, Shobak D, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2011.
  94. Fitzgerald PA:  Endocrine Disorders.  In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment: 2012 McPhee SH, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: Mcgraw Hill, 2012.
  95. Porzig A, Matthay KK, Dubois S, Pamploni M, Damon L, Hawkins R, Goldsby R, Hollinger F, Fitzgerald P: Proteinuria is associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. Presented at ISP 2011 – Third International Symposium on Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Paris, France: September 14-17, 2011.
  96. Quach A, Ji L, Mishra V, Sznewajs A, Veatch J, Huberty J, Franc B, Sposto R, Groshen S, Wei D, Fitzgerald P, Maris JM, Yanik G, Hawkins RA, Villablanca JG, Matthay KK.  Thyroid and hepatic function after high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (131 I-MIBG) therapy for neuroblastoma.  Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Feb;56(2):191-201.  [PMID: 20830775]
  97. Plouin PF, Fitzgerald P, Rich T, Ayala-Ramirez M, Perrier ND, Baudin E, Jiminez C:  Metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: focus on therapeutics. Hormone Metabolic Research 44:390-399, 2012.  [PMID: 22314389]
  98. Porzig A, Matthay KK, Dubois S, Pamploni M, Damon L, Hawkins R, Goldsby R, Hollinger F, Fitzgerald P:  Proteinuria in metastatic pheochromocytoma is associated with an increased risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome, spontaneously of after therapy with 131I-meta-iodobwnzylguanidine (131I-MIBG).  Hormone Metabolic Research 44:539-542, 2012.    [PMID: 22588707]
  99. Fitzgerald PA:  Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment: 2013  (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2013.
  100. Fitzgerald PA:  Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment: 2014 (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2014.
  101. Fitzgerald PA:  Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment: 2015 (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2015.
  102. Fitzgerald PA:  Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment: 2016 (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2016.
  103. Fitzgerald PA:  Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment: 2017 (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2017.
  104. Fitzgerald PA: Adrenal Medulla and Paraganglia. In Greenspan’s Basic and Clinical Endocrinology (Gardner D, Shoback D, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2017 (in press).
  105. Fitzgerald PA:  Endocrine Disorders. In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment: 2018 (McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.) New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2018 (in press).

 

Selected Medical Lectures

  1. Fitzgerald PA: Insulin Pumps. Presented at the 27th Annual Postgraduate Symposium of the American Academy of Family Physicians, San Diego, CA June 10-12, 1983.
  2. Fitzgerald PA: Home Monitoring of Diabetes. Presented at the 27th Annual Postgraduate symposium of the American Academy of Family Physicians, San Diego, CA June 10-12, 1983.
  3. Fitzgerald PA: Autoimmune Thyroid Disease. Presented at the 27th Annual Postgraduate Symposium of the American Academy of Family Physicians, San Diego, CA June 10-12, 1983.
  4. Fitzgerald PA: Hypothyroidism. Presented at Medical Grand Rounds, Peninsula Hospital, Burlingame, CA 1982.
  5. Fitzgerald PA: Diabetes Insipidus. Presented at Endocrine Grand Rounds, University of California, San Francisco. 1981.
  6. Fitzgerald PA: Diabetes Mellitus – Prevention of Complications. Presented to the Combined Sonoma and Marin Diabetes Association’s Annual Meeting, 1981.
  7. Fitzgerald PA: Diabetes Mellitus – Home Blood Glucose Monitoring. Presented to the Marin Diabetes Association. 1982.
  8. Fitzgerald PA: Diabetes Mellitus – Clinical Correlation for Carbohydrate Metabolism. Presented to the first year medical school biochemistry class, University of California, San Francisco. October 10, 1986.
  9. Fitzgerald PA: Pituitary Tumors – Seminar for Introduction to Clinical Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1984.
  10. Fitzgerald PA: Pituitary Radiology. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Department of Medicine Postgraduate Program, University of California, San Francisco. October 19, 1986.
  11. Fitzgerald PA: Advances in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. Presented to the Juvinile Diabetes Foundation, San Francisco, 1987 .
  12. Fitzgerald PA: New Imaging Methods in the Evaluation of Pituitary Gland Disorders. Presented at Advances in Internal Medicine 15th Annual Postgraduate Program, University of California, San Francisco. Hyatt Union Square May 20, 1987 and UCSF, June 24, 1987.
  13. Fitzgerald PA: Introduction to Clinical Medicine Tutorial. Medical problem-solving course for first year medical students, University of California, San Francisco. 1988.
  14. Fitzgerald PA: Hypopituitarism and Diabetes Insipidus. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Department of Medicine Postgraduate Program, University of California, San Francisco. Mar. 10,
  15. Fitzgerald PA: Complications of Diabetes. Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, Oct. 26, 1988.
  16. Fitzgerald PA: Cushing’s Syndrome. Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Department of Medicine Postgraduate University of California, San Francisco. March 9, 1989.
  17. Fitzgerald PA: Cushing’s Syndrome. Presented to Department of Medicine house staff meeting at Children’s Hospital San Francisco. May 9, 1989.
  18. Fitzgerald PA: Cushing’s Syndrome. Pitfalls in Diagnosis, Imaging and Treatment. Advances in Internal Medicine. Department of Medicine Extended Programs in Medical Education UCSF, Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center, June 14, 1989. Cole Hall, UCSF Campus, June 28, 1989.
  19. Fitzgerald PA: Hypoglycemia. Current Trends in Diabetes Management. Children’s Hospital, San Francisco. May 18, 1989.
  20. Fitzgerald PA: Insulin Management of Diabetes. Current Trends in Diabetes Management. Children’s Hospital, San Francisco. May 18,
  21. Fitzgerald PA: Perioperative Medical Management of Pituitary Surgery, Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, University of California, San Francisco. September 21, 1989.
  22. Fitzgerald PA: Carbohydrate and Insulin Physiology Lecture. Department of Physiology, University of California, School of Medicine.
  23. Fitzgerald PA: Moderator – Pituitary/Adrenal Disorders. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism – Department of Medicine Postgraduate Program, University of California, San Francisco. 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994.
  24. Fitzgerald PA: Lecture: Endocrinology: Practice or Malpractice? Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism – Department of Medicine Postgraduate Program, University of California, San Francisco. March 1991.
  25. Fitzgerald PA: Lecture: Evaluation of the Incidentally-Discovered Adrenal Mass. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Department of Medicine Postgraduate Program, University of California, San Francisco. March 1992.
  26. Fitzgerald PA: Lecture: Pituitary-Adrenal Disorders: Vaginal Bromocriptine; Hyponatremia; the Incidental Adrenal Mass; Deflazacort. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Department of Medicine Postgraduate Program, University of California, San Francisco. March 1993.
  27. Fitzgerald PA: Grand Rounds: New Advances in Thyroid Function Testing. Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae. October 1994.
  28. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Grand Rounds: Pheochromocytoma. University of California, San Francisco. 1996.
  29. Fitzgerald PA: Pituitary-Adrenal Disease Clinical Cases. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Department of Medicine Postgraduate Program, University of California, San Francisco. March 19, 1999.
  30. Fitzgerald PA: The Incidental Adrenal Mass and Pheochromocytoma. Presented to endocrine fellow conference yearly, 1990-2003.
  31. Fitzgerald PA: Endocrine Testing. Presented to endocrine fellows conference yearly, 1998-2003.
  32. Fitzgerald PA: Glucocorticoids: Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders. Presented to UCSF endocrine fellow conference, 2006.
  33. Fitzgerald PA: Pheochromocytoma Update. Presented at University of California San Francisco Endocrine Update, San Francisco, California, 2007.
  34. Fitzgerald PA: Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Presented at two “Meet the Professor” sessions of The Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting (ENDO-2008), San Francisco, California, June 15-18, 2008.
  35. Fitzgerald PA:  Endocrine Case Studies.  Presented to UCSF first year medical students at 4 seminars for Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course, yearly 2009 to 2017.
  36. Fitzgerald PA:  Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.  Presented at Stanford University School of Medicine: Endocrine Grand Rounds, 2011.
  37. Fitzgerald PA:  Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma, What We’ve Learned.  Presented at the University of California, San Francisco: Endocrine Grand Rounds, 2014.

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