Ms Fitzgerald is a fully qualified plastic, aesthetic, and reconstructive surgeon. She is registered on the Specialist Register in plastic surgery in Ireland (IMC 060611), and holds the FRCSI (Plast) qualification and a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She holds additional post-graduate qualifications in healthcare management, and medical lasers, and has Masters degrees in surgery (MCh), and  sports & exercise medicine (MSc).

TRAINING

Born and raised in Dublin, Ms Fitzgerald undertook her primary medical degree at University College Dublin, graduating with honours in every subject in 2001. Having completed her intern year at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, she was appointed to the Basic Surgical Training Programme of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) at Tallaght Hospital. A year in plastic surgery followed, and followed by completion of a research-based Masters in Surgery (MCh) at RCSI

In 2007, Ms Fitzgerald was appointed to the Higher Surgical Training Programme in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery – the only recognised training programme for plastic and cosmetic surgery in this country. Over the following six years she worked as a Specialist Registrar in adult and paediatric plastic surgery units in Dublin and Cork. Towards the end of this time, she sat the Intercollegiate Specialty Board examination, passing which conferred her the honour of being admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons: the FRCSI (Plast) you see after her name. On completion of training, Ms Fitzgerald was awarded a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, and admitted onto the Specialist Register by the Irish and UK Medical Councils.

In early 2013, Ms Fitzgerald departed for the UK to complete two Interface Fellowships (advanced training posts, focussed on her subspecialty interests and delivered by internationally-renowned experts). The first fellowship, in the field of Reconstructive Aesthetic surgery, was based in Edinburgh. She gained extensive experience in breast aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, body-contouring surgery, post-bariatric (weight loss) surgery, facial surgical and non-surgical procedures, and skin cancer reconstruction. The second fellowship, in Therapeutic Lasers, took place in Swansea. She gained expertise with a broad range of lasers across a wide variety of applications, and completed a BTEC qualification in the field.

Following her time in the UK, she was appointed as the DAFPRS (Dutch Association for Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) International fellow in facial plastic surgery, working in Rotterdam and London. During this time, she was able to further build on my training in all aspects of surgical, minimally-invasive, and non-surgical aesthetic treatments including fat transfer, and cancer reconstruction.

CONSULTANT PRACTICE & SPECIALIST INTERESTS

Ms Fitzgerald commenced full-time independent practice at the Beacon Hospital in Dublin in 2014. Her practice encompasses cosmetic breast surgery (breast reduction, uplift, augmentation, and removal/ replacement of implants), abdominoplasty, surgical and non-surgical facial aesthetics, and the surgical management of benign and malignant skin lesions, as well as the surgical management of certain hand conditions.

AWARDS

• British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons Travelling Fellowship, 2013
• MCh research Sylvester O’Halloran Meeting poster prize
• Student Prize in Anaesthesia, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, 1999

QUALIFICATIONS

• MB BCh BAO (Hons) (Primary medical degree, University College Dublin)
• MRCSI (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons)
• MCh (Masters in Surgery, RCSI)
• Post-graduate diploma in healthcare management (distinction) (RCSI)
• MSc Sports & Exercise Medicine (Trinity College Dublin)
• FRCSI (Plast) (Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons)
• Certificate of completion of specialist training (RCSI)
• BTEC Laser, light & associated aesthetic therapies
• FFSEM (Fellowship of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine)