Dr. Julie Lynn Fitzgerald, MD, FAAP

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Get to know Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Specialist Dr. Julie Lynn Fitzgerald, who serves patients in Maywood, Illinois.

An excellent pediatric critical care medicine specialist, Dr. Fitzgerald is the Division Director of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and the Vice Chairman of Pediatrics for Administration at the Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine.

As a pediatric critical care medicine specialist, the doctor provides care to critically ill and injured infants and children. Her practice encompasses both medical and surgical subspecialty care. She has developed a Pediatric Moderate and Deep Sedation Service, providing sedation and pain management for children undergoing radiologic imaging studies or invasive procedures outside of the operating room setting.

In regards to her educational background, Dr. Fitzgerald graduated with her medical degree from the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. She then completed a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics, and a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals.

Distinguished as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), she is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). The mission of the ABP is to advance child health by certifying pediatricians who meet standards of excellence and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends individuals be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. Pediatric critical care specialists treat children from birth through the teen years. They choose to make caring for children who are very sick the core of their medical practice. Their advanced training and experience prepare them to give children in PICUs the unique medical care that they need.

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