Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Ben Taub (Hospital)

1504 Taub Loop
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 873-2000

Baylor Medicine at McNair Campus (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7911

Education

Fellowship at Parkland Memorial Hospital, The University of Texas Southwestern

Dallas, TX

Surgical Critical Care/Trauma/Acute Care Surgery

Research Fellowship at Emory Critical Care Center, Department of Surgery

Atlanta, GA

T32

Residency at Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

General Surgery

MD from Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

BS from Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Certifications

General Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Surgical Critical Care

American Board of Surgery

Professional Statement

Caitlin A. Fitzgerald, M.D., FACS is an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Trauma, Bariatrics, and Acute Care Surgery. She specializes in acute care surgery with a focus on trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care. Dr. Fitzgerald earned her medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in general surgery at Emory University and received advanced training and both trauma and surgical critical care through a fellowship at UT Southwestern/Parkland Memorial Hospital. She is board certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care and joined the Baylor College of Medicine faculty in the fall of 2025.

Dr. Fitzgerald has many research interests including trauma video review, trauma outcomes, and surgical resident education. She is the PI for a multicenter trial focusing on low-grade colon injuries and is also the PI of a multicenter trial evaluating trauma ECMO. She is an Associate Member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and holds a position on the Associate Member Council. She is also actively involved in the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

Websites

Selected Publications

• Fitzgerald CA, Barnes C, Bisgaard EK, McLafferty BJ, Harrell KN, Fleming MM, Meizoso JP, Walker J, Sciarretta JD, Succar BE, Cheng M, Lewis Jr RH, Davis GR, Pulido O, Egodage T, Mooney et al "Primary repair versus resection for AAST Grade I and II colon injuries: does the management approach really matter? An EAST multicenter trial.." Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.; Pubmed PMID: 40474346
• Fitzgerald CA, Chaudhary SA, Noory M "Bridging the gap: a robotic approach to the repair of a traumatic diaphragmatic intercostal hernia." Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open.; Pubmed PMID: 39429900
• Fitzgerald CA, Kernell C, Mejia-Martinez V, Peng G, Zakaria H, Zhu M, Butler D, Bruns B "The contemporary management of perforated appendicitis in adults: to operate or wait?." Surgery Open Science.; Pubmed PMID: 39156847
• Nazir A, Shore EM, Dumas RP, Fitzgerald CA, McGowan M, Keown-Stoneman C, Grantcharov T, Nolan B "A comparative analysis of the STAT taxonomy and T-NOTECHS for assessing trauma team non-technical skills: a secondary analysis using trauma video review." Injury.; Pubmed PMID: 40588430

Memberships

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma