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.
Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald is a Diplomate 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).
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 Larchmont location.
The Exceptional Women award: This distinction recognizes female Castle Connolly Top Doctors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, expertise, and dedication in their respective fields. In addition to meeting the requirements to be selected as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor, these doctors also have additional qualifications, including research and academic contributions, volunteer work within healthcare, and training at top institutions.
Selected as a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly every year since 2014, Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald has gained the highest respect from her peers. She has also been awarded the Exceptional Women in Medicine distinction every year since 2016.
Since 2016, she has been selected by Super Doctors as one of the outstanding doctors from more than 40 medical specialties who have attained a high degree of peer recognition or professional achievement.
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. She is very active academically and is heavily involved in research and training and is sought after internationally for her physician training abilities and as a specialty speaker for professional gatherings around the globe.
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Selected as a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly every year since 2014, Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald has gained the highest respect from her peers. She has also been awarded the Exceptional Women in Medicine distinction every year since 2016.
Since 2016, Dr. Fitzgerald has been selected by Super Doctors as one of the outstanding doctors from more than 40 medical specialties who have attained a high degree of peer recognition or professional achievement.
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. She is very active academically and is heavily involved in research and training and is sought after internationally for her physician training abilities and as a specialty speaker for professional gatherings around the globe.
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Louisiana State University Medical Center · New Orleans, Louisiana
UCLA / Cedars Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, California
Louisiana State University School of Medicine · New Orleans, Louisiana
Certified 1995 · Recertified 2013
Active License
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Rebecca Fitzgerald MD Dermatology · Los Angeles, California
UCLA Department of Medicine · Los Angeles, California
Southern California Kaiser Permanente · Panorama City, California
Northeast Dermatology Associates · Boston, Massachusetts
Stanocola Medical Center · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nikolis A, Cohen JL, Enright KM, Avelar L, Beleznay K, Biesman B, Cartier H, Cotofana S, Fabi S, Fitzgerald R, et al. — Cosmet Dermatol. 2024 Aug 20. PMID: 39161297
Doyon VC, Liu C, Fitzgerald R, Humphrey S, Jones D, Carruthers JDA, Beleznay K. — Aesthet Surg J. 2024 Apr 17. PMID: 38630871
Almukhtar R, Fitzgerald R, Cotofana S, Fabi S. — Dermatol Surg. 2021 Nov 1;47(11):1526–1527. PMID: 34417376
Suozzi KC, Kibbi N, Lee KC, Worley B, … Fitzgerald R, et al. — J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Sep. PMID: 34499988
Tseng FW, Bommareddy K, Frank K, DeLorenzi C, Green JB, Sadick N, Fitzgerald R, et al. — Aesthet Surg J. April 2021: sjaa075
Jones DH, Fitzgerald R, Cox SE, Butterwick K, Murad MH, et al. — Dermatol Surg. Feb 2021;47(2):214–226.
Azizzadeh B, Fitzgerald R, Massry G, Smith E. — Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. Aug 2020;28(3):253–272.
Fitzgerald R, Graivier MH, Kane M, Lorenc ZP, Vleggaar D, Werschler WP, Kenkel JM. — Aesthet Surg J. Jul-Aug 2020;30:S31–5 (Supplement).
Fitzgerald R, Carqueville J, Yang PT. — Int J Women’s Dermatol. Dec 2018;5(1):57–67.
Kontis T, Bunin L, Fitzgerald R. — Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. May 2018;26(2):225–236.
Goldberg DJ, Bass LM, Fitzgerald R, Graivier MH, Lorenc ZP. — Aesthet Surg J. May 2018;38:S1–S7 (Supplement).
Lorenc ZP, Bass LM, Fitzgerald R, Goldberg DJ, Graivier MH. — Aesthet Surg J. May 2018;38:S8–S12 (Supplement).
Fitzgerald R, Bass LM, Goldberg DJ, Graivier MH, Lorenc ZP. — Aesthet Surg J. May 2018;38:S13–17 (Supplement).
Lorenc ZP, Bass LM, Fitzgerald R, Goldberg DJ, Graivier MH. — Aesthet Surg J. May 2018;38:S18–23 (Supplement).
Graivier MH, Lorenc ZP, Bass LM, Fitzgerald R, Goldberg DJ. — Aesthet Surg J. May 2018;38:S24–28 (Supplement).
Graivier MH, Bass LM, Lorenc ZP, Fitzgerald R, Goldberg DJ, Lemperle G. — Aesthet Surg J. May 2018;38:S29–40 (Supplement).
Rossi AM, Fitzgerald R, Humphrey S. — Dermatol Surg. Nov 2017;43:S131–S139 (Supplement).
Fitzgerald R. In Azizzadeh B, Murphy M, Johnson C. “Master Techniques in Facial Rejuvenation.” Elsevier, June 2017.
Fitzgerald R, Bertucci V, Sykes JM, Duplechain JK. — Facial Plast Surg. Oct 2016;32(5).
Sykes JM, Fitzgerald R. — Facial Plast Surg. Oct 2016;32(5).
Humphrey S, Beleznay K, Fitzgerald R. — Dermatol Surg. May 2016;42(2) Supplement.
Breithaupt A, Fitzgerald R. — Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. Nov 2015;23(4):225–236.
Fagien S, Fitzgerald R, Matarasso A. — Plast Reconstr Surg. Nov 2015;136(5) Supplement.
Cotofana S, Schenck TL, Trevidic P, Sykes J, Massry GG, … Fitzgerald R, et al. — Plast Reconstr Surg. Nov 2015;136(5) Supplement.
Hart DR, Fabi SG, White WM, Fitzgerald R, Goldman MP. — Plast Reconstr Surg. Nov 2015;136(5) Supplement.
Buckingham ED, Glasgold R, Kontis T, Smith SP Jr, Dolev Y, Fitzgerald R, et al. — Facial Plast Surg. Feb 2015;31(1).
Fitzgerald R. In Azizzadeh B, Massry G. “Brow and Upper Eyelid Surgery: Multispecialty Approach.” Elsevier, Jan 2013.
Rubin A, Fitzgerald R. — Dermatol Clin. Jan 2014;32(1):37–50.
Vleggaar D, Fitzgerald R, Lorenc ZP. — J Drugs Dermatol. Apr 2014;13(4) Supplement.
Vleggaar D, Fitzgerald R, Lorenc ZP. — J Drugs Dermatol. Apr 2014;13(4) Supplement.
Vleggaar D, Fitzgerald R, Lorenc ZP. — J Drugs Dermatol. Apr 2014;13(4) Supplement.
Vleggaar D, Fitzgerald R, Lorenc ZP. — J Drugs Dermatol. Apr 2014;13(4) Supplement.
Vleggaar D, Fitzgerald R, Lorenc ZP, et al. — J Drugs Dermatol. Apr 2014;13(4) Supplement.
Fitzgerald R. — J Drugs Dermatol. Aug 2012;11(8):S9–11.
Fitzgerald R. In Carruthers J, Carruthers A. “Soft Tissue Augmentation: Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology Series.” Elsevier.
Hanke CW, Rorrich RJ, Busso M, Carruthers A, Carruthers J, Fagien S, Fitzgerald R, et al. — Plast Reconstr Surg. Apr 2011;127(4). & J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011;64(4):S66–85.
Fitzgerald R, Vleggaar D. — Dermatol Ther. Jan-Feb 2011;24(1):2–27.
Fitzgerald R, Graivier MH, Kane M, Lorenc ZP, Vleggaar D, Werschler WP, Kenkel JM. — Aesthet Surg J. Jul-Aug 2010;30:S36–45.
Patel U, Fitzgerald R. — J Drugs Dermatol. Aug 2010;9(8):S129–137.
Fitzgerald R, Graivier MH, Kane M, Lorenc ZP, Vleggaar D, Werschler WP, Kenkel JM. — Aesthet Surg J. Jul-Aug 2010;30 (Supplement).
Fitzgerald R, Vleggaar D. — J Drugs Dermatol. Oct 2009;8(10):S5–14.
Fitzgerald R. — J Drugs Dermatol. Apr 2009;8(4 Suppl):s17–21.
Fitzgerald R, Vleggaar D, Burgess C. — Aesthet Surg J. Nov-Dec 2008;28(6):699–701.
Kates L, Fitzgerald R. — Aesthet Surg J. Jul-Aug 2008;28(4):397–403.
Vleggaar D, Fitzgerald R. — J Drugs Dermatol. Mar 2008;7(3):209–20.
Jones DH, Carruthers A, Fitzgerald R, Sarantopoulos GP, Binder S. — J Dermatol Surg. Dec 2007;33(2):S193–S198.
Fitzgerald R. — Cosmetic Dermatology. 2006;19(4 Suppl 2):12–20.
Hickman PR, McBurney EI, Fitzgerald RL. — J Ped Dermatol. 1997;14:93–97.
Fitzgerald RL, McBurney EI, Nesbit LT. — Int J Dermatol. 1996;35:9–15.
Rebecca Fitzgerald MD is a BOTOX Cosmetic National Education Facility and Black Diamond (top 1%) provider for Allergan injectables. As an International Master training physician for Sculptra, Dr. Fitzgerald travels around the country and the world teaching other physicians the advanced injection techniques required for the use of Sculptra.
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Rebecca Fitzgerald
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.
Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald is a Diplomate 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).
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 Larchmont location.
