Dr. Fitzgerald's Practice Philosophy
The main two reasons anyone goes to a dermatologist are really simple - to solve a problem or to look better. Often they are one and the same.
Concerns can range from a bothersome red rash to a more serious medical problem such as skin cancer or psoriasis to the Baby-Boomer's lament, "I look so much older than I feel!" and "I'm tired of everyone asking me if I'm getting enough rest."
Understanding your Choices
There are many ways to address your concerns. So many, in fact, that choices can be overwhelming. What's really important is for you to have an understanding of those choices.
We'll do our best to help guide you through the solutions to whatever your issues might be - medical, cosmetic or all the in-betweens. We provide the latest technology, treatment procedures, skin lasers, wrinkle fixers and medical solutions. Our hand-picked skin care products are carefully chosen to provide the most beneficial effects possible for your skin. You and your skin deserve nothing less than the best.
Picking the "Home Run"
As your doctor, I feel it's my professional responsibility to make sure the treatments I offer you are the best available. I feel it's important to offer what I KNOW will work. There are many treatments openly touted as miracle fixes which actually are still in their infancy stages of development and offer only modest improvement. For this reason you may find I don't offer every single procedure you hear or read about.
Fortunately we have a vast array of proven technologies to choose from.
It's my hope that the many years of training and experience I've had will help you derive precisely the results you are looking for. My staff and I deeply appreciate and value the trust and confidence of our patients and look forward to working with you.
Dr. Fitzgerald is a Diplomat of the American Board of Dermatology and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) and the American Society of Dermatological Surgery (ASDS). She is on the clinical faculty at the University of California — Los Angeles (UCLA).
A New Orleans native, Dr. Fitzgerald graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) Medical School. She subsequently completed an Internal Medicine residency at UCLA/Cedars Sinai Medical Center(CSMC) in Los Angeles, California before returning home to New Orleans, where she completed her training in Dermatology.
She returned to California following her post graduate training, and is pleased to continue serving the greater Los Angeles area from her new Larchmont location.
Dr. Fitzgerald has published in peer reviewed medical journals, presented at medical educational seminars and has been featured as a medical expert on local and national television programs. Media
Recently invited by NewBeauty Magazine to represent the Dermatology field as a NewBeauty Medical Expert, Dr. Fitzgerald will be called upon to provide opinion and clinical photography in the public education of dermal fillers and lasers.
The magazine has been hailed as the "world's most unique beauty magazine" and contains authoritative reviews by renowned Board Certified Physicians on the latest techniques of anti-aging and cosmetic enhancements.
"Advocating the proverbial "ounce of prevention" approach, Dr. Fitzgerald favors correcting "a little bit all along" rather than waiting for substantial changes that make correction more costly." Read Dr. Fitzgerald's NewBeauty profile here.
Injection Training Physician
She is a member of the Botox Cosmetic National Education Faculty as well as a recognized expert in the use of Sculptra™. As an international training physician for Dermik, the makers of Sculptra, Dr. Fitzgerald travels around the world teaching other physicians the advanced injection techniques required for the use of Sculptra.
Dr. Fitzgerald was selected as a member of the Medical Education Faculty for Bioform Medical. As an MEF she is among a select group of physicians chosen to demonstrate and teach proper injection techniques for Radiesse.
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