Dr. Joseph F Fitzgerald MD
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
705 Riley Hospital Dr Roc 4210 Indianapolis IN, 46202About
Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Fitzgerald specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Education and Training
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1965
Indiana University School of Medicine
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical quiz. Chronic granulomatous disease.
- Clinical quiz. Sinus tract between esophagus and fundus.
- Clinical quiz. Complications of small bowel resectioning.
- Obese children with steatohepatitis can develop cirrhosis in childhood.
- Direct measurement of pancreatic enzymes: a comparison of secretagogues.
- The role of esophagogastroduodenoscopy in the initial evaluation of childhood inflammatory bowel disease: a 7-year study.
- The insulin-like growth factor axis in children with inflammatory bowel disease.
- Diagnostic yield of duodenal aspirate for G. lamblia and comparison to duodenal mucosal biopsies.
- Clinical quiz. Secondary carnitine deficiency due to celiac disease.
- Complications after outpatient upper GI endoscopy in children: 30-day follow-up.
- Serum levels of alpha1-antitrypsin predict phenotypic expression of the alpha1-antitrypsin gene.
- Circadian variation of gastroesophageal reflux in children.
- Clinical quiz. Choledocholithiasis with subsequent bile linkage.
- Impact of sedation and anesthesia on the rectoanal inhibitory reflex in children.
- Correlation between number of eosinophils and reflux index on same day esophageal biopsy and 24 hour esophageal pH monitoring.
Treatments
- Acid Reflux
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Gastroenteritis
- Malnutrition
- Pain
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