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photo Meghan Fitzpatrick, MD

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Chief, UPMC East Critical Care Medicine

PACCM Assistant Chief for Inpatient Medicine

Email: fitzpatrickme2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-648-7784
Contact
Office: UPMC Montefiore Hospital, NW628
3459 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-648-7784
Fax: 412-624-8373
E-mail: fitzpatrickme2@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Cindy Vinkovich
Email: vinkovichc@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-648-7784
Fax: 412-624-8373
Education and Training
Education
BS - Biochemistry, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2002
MD, Temple University School of Medicine, 2006
Training
Residency - Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2009
Fellowship - Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2014
Research Interest
Dr. Fitzpatrick’s research interests focus on the relationships between chronic HIV infection and HIV co-infections with COPD, which develops in an accelerated fashion among persons chronically infected with HIV.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Fitzpatrick’s clinical responsibilities are primarily critical care and she is interested in processes of care and quality improvement in critical illness. She rounds on the medical ICU services at UPMC East and PUH.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Fitzpatrick, ME, Nouraie, M, Gingo, MR, Camp, D, Kessinger, CJ, Sincebaugh, JB, Clarke, A, Ries, JW, Kleerup, EC, Kingsley, L, Morris, A. Novel relationships of markers of monocyte activation and endothelial dysfunction with pulmonary dysfunction in HIV-infected persons. AIDS. 2016; Jun 1;30(9): 1327-39.
Fitzpatrick, M, Brooks, JT, Kaplan, JE. Epidemiology of HIV-Associated Lung Disease in the United States. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2016; Apr;37(2): 181-98.
Fitzpatrick, ME, Singh, V, Bertolet, M, Lucht, L, Kessinger, C, Michel, J, Logar, A, Weinman, R, McMahon, D, Norris, KA, Vallejo, AN, Morris, A. Relationships of pulmonary function, inflammation, and T-cell activation and senescence in an HIV-infected cohort. AIDS. 2014; Nov;28: 2505-2515.
Fitzpatrick, ME, Tedrow, JR, Hillenbrand, ME, Lucht, L, Richards, T, Norris, KA, Zhang, Y, Sciurba, FC, Kaminski, N, Morris, A. Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization is associated with enhanced Th1 inflammatory gene expression in lungs of humans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Microbiol Immunol. 2014; Mar;58(3): 202-11.
Fitzpatrick, ME, Gingo, MR, Kessinger, C, Lucht, L, Kleerup, E, Greenblatt, RM, Claman, D, Ponath, C, Fong, S, Huang, L, Morris, A. HIV infection is associated with diffusing capacity impairment in women. J Acquire Immune Defic Syndr. 2013; Nov; 64(3): 284-8.
Mangalmurti, NS, Xiong, Z, Hulver, M, Ranganathan, M, Liu, XH, Oriss, T, Fitzpatrick, M, Rubin, M, Triulzi, D, Choi, A, Lee, JS. Loss of red cell chemokine scavenging promotes transfusion-related lung inflammation. Blood. 2009; Jan 29;113(5): 1158-66.
Notable Achievements
Member, American Thoracic Society, 2009-Present
Member, American College of Chest Physicians, 2011 - Present

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