Dr. Mark FitzGerald

Dr. J. Mark FitzGerald graduated from University College Dublin in 1978. After interning and training in Internal Medicine in Dublin, he worked for two years in Lesotho, Southern Africa as a General Internist. Subsequently, he completed post-graduate training in Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University before accepting a position on faculty at McMaster University in 1987. In 1989, he moved to the University of British Columbia, where he has since worked at the Respiratory Clinic at Vancouver General Hospital and at the BC Center for Disease Control. Dr. FitzGerald is Head of the Respiratory Medicine Divisions at both UBC and Vancouver General Hospital and Director of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

His clinical and research interests include asthma, chronic cough and tuberculosis. He has participated in a number of projects designed to develop better management strategies for asthma patients with innovative new therapies and patient and physician education programs.