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Office
3800 Reservoir Rd Nw
Washington, DC 20007Phone+1 202-444-8825Fax+1 877-376-2418
Summary
- Shimae Fitzgibbons, MD, MEd, FACS is a board certified general surgeon and associate professor of surgery at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. Dr. Fitzgibbons graduated Magna Cum Laude with honors from Brown University in 1999 before enrolling in the combined Dartmouth-Brown Medical School program. Following graduation from medical school, she completed a general surgery residency program at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts. During residency, she spent an additional two years as a surgical research fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and received a Masters Degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She moved to Washington DC in 2012, where she created MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s first acute care surgery program. She also serves as the Clerkship Director for Surgery, and the Associate Program Director for General Surgery.
Education & Training
- Lahey ClinicResidency, Surgery, 2004 - 2012
- Harvard Graduate School of EducationMasters, Education, 2009 - 2010
- The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 2004
- Brown UniversityBachelor of Arts, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1995 - 1999
Certifications & Licensure
- DC State Medical License 2012 - 2024
- MA State Medical License 2008 - 2012
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsCOVID-19 infection and large intestinal perforation: A case series.Monika K Masanam, Sarah M Cheney, Whitney Sutton, John W Keyloun, Shimae Fitzgibbons
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 2022-09-01 - 403 citationsMortality of necrotizing enterocolitis expressed by birth weight categories.Shimae Fitzgibbons, Yiming Ching, David C. Yu, Joe Carpenter, Michael J. Kenny
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2009-06-01 - 102 citationsEfficacy of ethanol locks in reducing central venous catheter infections in pediatric patients with intestinal failure.Brian A. Jones, Melissa A. Hull, Denise S. Richardson, David Zurakowski, Kathleen M. Gura
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2010-06-01
Journal Articles
- Reducing Opioid over-Prescribing: The Impact of an Education Initiative Within a General Surgery Residency ProgramAska Arnautovic, Shabnam Hafiz, Shimae C Fitzgibbons, Journal of The American College of Surgeons
Authored Content
- Reducing Opioid over-Prescribing: The Impact of an Education Initiative Within a General Surgery Residency ProgramOctober 2018
Professional Memberships
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish
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