DermotRichardFitzgibbonMD

Anesthesiology • Seattle, WA

Pain Medicine

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University Washington School of Medicine

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Office
1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone+1 206-616-9291

Fax+1 206-598-6963

Education & Training

University of WashingtonResidency, Anesthesiology, 1994 - 1995
University College Cork Faculty of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 1992 - 2025
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Chronic Opioid Therapy in Cancer Survivors at a Specialty Oncology Pain Clinic: Opioid Dosing, Efficacy, and Safety During Five Years of Pain Management.
Andréa LeVoir, Mina Lee, Dermot R. Fitzgibbon, Margaret Hsu, Karen L. Posner
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2021-05-01
14 citations
Injury and Liability Associated with Implantable Devices for Chronic Pain
Dermot R. Fitzgibbon, Linda S. Stephens, Karen L. Posner, Edward Michna, James P. Rathmell
Anesthesiology. 2016-06-01
17 citations
Trends in Pain Medicine Liability
Kelly A. Pollak, Linda S. Stephens, Karen L. Posner, James P. Rathmell, Dermot R. Fitzgibbon
Anesthesiology. 2015-11-01

Books/Book Chapters

Practical Management of Pain
Chapter: Evaluation and Treatment of Cancer-Related Pain
Page 461 - 478Dermot R Fitzgibbon, Margaret Yu-ning Hsu.Editors: Honorio T. Benzon, James P. Rathmell, Christopher L. Wu, Dennis C. Turk, Charles E. Argoff, Robert Hurley, Andrea L. Nicol.ElsevierEdition 6th,2023
Bonica’s Management of Pain
Chapter: Assessment and Diagnosis of the Cancer Patient with Pain
Page 621 - 675Dermot FitzgibbonEditors: JC Ballantyne, SM Fishman, JP Rathmell.Wolters KlumerEdition 5th,2019
Bonica’s Management of Pain
Chapter: Cancer Pain: Principles of Management and Pharmacotherapy
Page 676 - 710Dermot FitzgibbonEditors: JC Ballantyne, SM Fishman, JP Rathmell.Wolters KlumerEdition 5th,2019
Complications in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
Chapter: Findings from the ASA Closed Claims Project
Page 415 - 429Lorri Lee, Dermot Fitzgibbon, Linda Stevens, Karen DominoEditors: Joseph M Neal and James P Rathmell.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 2nd,2013
Cancer Pain: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management
Page 1 - 464Dermot R. Fitzgibbon, John D. LoeserLippincott, Williams & Wilkins2010
Bonica’s Management of Pain
Chapter: Mechanisms, Assessment and Diagnosis of Pain Due to Cancer
Page 559 - 582Dermot FitzgibbonEditors: JC Ballantyne, JP Rathmell, SM Fishman.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 4th,2009
Bonica’s Management of Pain
Chapter: Cancer Pain: Principles of Management and Pharmacotherapy
Page 582 - 604Dermot FitzgibbonLippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 4th,2009
Acute Pain Management
Chapter: Respiratory Depression: Incidence, Diagnosis and Treatment
Page 416 - 430Fitzgibbon, DermotEditors: Sinatra, R., DeLeon-Cassasola, O., Viscusi, E., Ginsberg, B..Cambridge University PressEdition 1st,2009
Bonica's Management of Pain
Chapter: Cancer Pain: Assessment and Diagnosis
Page 623 - 658Fitzgibbon, D.R., Chapman, C.REditors: Loeser, J.D., Butler, S.H., Chapman, C.R., Turk, D.C.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 3rd,2001
Bonica’s Management of Pain
Chapter: Cancer Pain Management
Page 659 - 703Fitzgibbon, D.REditors: Loeser, J.D., Butler, S.H., Chapman, C.R., Turk, D.C.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 3rd,2001
Surgery of the Knee, Vol II
Chapter: Pain management in knee surgery
Page 1202 - 1214Fitzgibbon, D.R., Mantell, L.L.., Tumber, P.SEditors: Insall, J.N., Scott, W.N..W.B. SaundersEdition 3rd,2001
Ambulatory Anesthesia, Anesthesiology Clinics of North America
Chapter: Current status of regional Anesthesia for adult outpatients
Page 711 - 727Fitzgibbon, DEditors: Pavlin, J., Orr, R.Anesthesiology Clinics of North America1996
Clinical Anaesthesia
Chapter: Local anaesthetic techniques
Page 557 - 593Murphy, T.M., Fitzgibbon, DEditors: Aitkenhead, A.R., Jones, R.M.Churchill Livingstone1996
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