Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald MD
@jjfitzgeraldMD
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Urogynecologist and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeon⚖️ Gyneconomics ⚖️ IG/Bluesky @jjfitzgeraldMD 💡Opinions are my own and do not reflect my employer.
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined October 2017
A ( long but I think worth reading) thread on Gynecologic Surgical reimbursement and how it affects all of us:
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Ever wonder what your pelvic floor is worth? Magee-Womens investigator Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald @jjfitzgeraldMD will share how investing in pelvic floor care benefits women and society across every stage of life to kick off Impact100 Garden State's 2026 membership drive. She’ll be
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💬 Viewpoint: Despite women facing higher rates of chronic illness and unique gynecological disorders, federal health leaders have insufficiently prioritized women's health in chronic disease research. https://t.co/itbx8EE6rs
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Join Editors Jocelyn Fitzgerald, MD, and Megan Bradley, MD, as they discuss the At the Scrub Sink article, “Management of Persistent Stress Urinary Incontinence After a Retropubic Midurethral Sling,” on September 16 at 2:00 PM ET on Instagram Live. https://t.co/LcVw60wUrE
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🚨Scalpel Sessions is back! @jjfitzgeraldMD is joined by Dr. Christine Vaccaro to talk all things women's sexual health, shedding light on the gender gap in sexual medicine and tackling the systemic barriers that too many women face. Tune in here: https://t.co/HvJ2YWWN9E
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A ( long but I think worth reading) thread on Gynecologic Surgical reimbursement and how it affects all of us:
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Local government is so important: huge kudos to @CharlandBob for cleaning up our neighborhood trails on the South Side! They look gorgeous 🌳 excited to run along the river in our great city.
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This but 2025
Imagine that you started having severe, stabbing pains in your abdomen and pelvis TODAY, June 2024. In June of 2034, doctors finally diagnose you with endometriosis. That’s the tale of the average endometriosis patient.
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Magee-Womens investigator Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald coined the term "gyneconomics" to describe the financials behind women's health....and has real impacts: 📉 In a recent study published in the Journal of Women's Health, Dr. @jjfitzgeraldMD and team found that procedures on male
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All of these men with microphones that should be taken away are so obviously terrified by the growing numbers of single, child-free women who have realized that men need women WAY MORE than women ever needed them. That’s why they’re trying to take away your rights.
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What do girls want? ✨Hint: It's not what you think...✨ 🔬 With roughly only 9% of NIH research funding dedicated to conditions that disproportionately affect women, we need to support research to close knowledge gaps, find better treatments, and save lives. 🔁 Reshare to
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*men’s franchise The @pghpassion pro women’s football team made the @WFAfootball playoffs in 2024.
Today marks seven years since a Pittsburgh major pro sports franchise last advanced in a postseason. 2,557 days. Unthinkable.
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Women’s financial freedom is totally dependent on them having knowledge and control over how their body works.
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A day in the life ✨
What’s it like to be both a physician and a scientist? 🤔 🩺🔬Magee-Womens investigator @jjfitzgeraldmd shares a day in the life seeing patients, performing surgery, and advancing women’s health research 🔄 Share to spread the word.
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I cannot stand by when I am seeing female patients being treated monthly with Cipro for recurrent UTIs, developing resistance, C. diff, needing a PICC line, almost dying, when they could have just been put on vaginal estrogen years ago 🤬
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I learned about Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY) and Turner Syndrome (XO) in biology class my freshman year of high school.
You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options. Hold the line.
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Kinda torn on this. I don’t think a night shift as a med student is necessary to learn how to practice medicine. However, I think it can be helpful as a way to foster compassion for your fellow physicians. Seeing the chief surgery resident fall asleep mid procedure note after
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Happy International Urogynecology Day! 🎉 Today we celebrate the groundbreaking research and innovation that drive advances in urogynecology, improving women's health worldwide. Let’s continue to honor and support the professionals leading this important work.
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The number of women who don’t know that you can and should say stop during a pelvic exam at any time and the Gynecologist HAS TO STOP upsets me to the extreme
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🎬 Register Now: Limited Space Available! Join us on March 6 at @TheOaksTheater for a free screening of @PBS’s Below the Belt in honor of #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth. This powerful film highlights disparities in women’s health care and the challenges of living with
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The Midlife Revolution Has Arrived. Breaking Down Why 50 Isn't the New 30 — It's Better (Exclusive) So fun to be quoted here! https://t.co/z3ovuPGTAl via @people
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Films like 'Babygirl' and 'The Idea of You' and books like Naomi Watts' 'Dare I Say It' proves that midlife is no longer a dirty word. Jane Costello, author of 'It's Getting Hot in Here' breaks it...
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