Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald MD (@jjfitzgeraldmd) 's Twitter Profile
Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald MD

@jjfitzgeraldmd

Urogynecologist and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeon⚖️ Gyneconomics ⚖️ IG/Bluesky @jjfitzgeraldMD 💡Opinions are my own and do not reflect my employer.

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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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Peri and menopausal women (elder millennials-Gen X!) are the single richest and most educated generation of women that has ever existed. You think they’re going to accept the frail, incontinent fate of their mothers and grandmothers? Think again. 🔥

UROGYNECOLOGY (@urogynjournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Xu et al. find that Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company offers significant cost savings on prescription drugs, particularly for urogynecologic treatments. Figures from this study highlight substantial savings from Mark Cuban's program compared to #Medicare. journals.lww.com/fpmrs/fulltext…

Xu et al. find that <a href="/costplusdrugs/">Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company</a> offers significant cost savings on prescription drugs, particularly for urogynecologic treatments.

Figures from this study highlight substantial savings from <a href="/mcuban/">Mark Cuban</a>'s program compared to #Medicare.

journals.lww.com/fpmrs/fulltext…
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Did you know that January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month and that most cervical cancers are associated with HPV infection? Contact your gynecologic provider today to make sure you are up-to-date on your pap smears and HPV testing.

Did you know that January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month and that most cervical cancers are associated with HPV infection? Contact your gynecologic provider today to make sure you are up-to-date on your pap smears and HPV testing.
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I think if there’s any good news in women’s health right now, it’s that in the long absence of funding or prioritization, we were building our own independent companies and funding streams that can survive outside of traditional sources of research dollars. So we are ready.

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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! people.com/the-midlife-re… via People

Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation (@mageewomens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎬 Register Now: Limited Space Available! Join us on March 6 at Oaks Theater 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

🎬 Register Now: Limited Space Available!

Join us on March 6 at <a href="/TheOaksTheater/">Oaks Theater</a> for a free screening of <a href="/PBS/">PBS</a>’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 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

UROGYNECOLOGY (@urogynjournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

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.
Dr. Glaucomflecken (@dglaucomflecken) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation (@mageewomens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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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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.

Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation (@mageewomens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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. Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald MD and team found that procedures on male

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Local government is so important: huge kudos to Bob Charland for cleaning up our neighborhood trails on the South Side! They look gorgeous 🌳 excited to run along the river in our great city.