Ryan E. Fitzgerald
Experienced in Clubfoot
Experienced in Clubfoot
625 6th Ave S, Suite 450, 
St. Petersburg, FL 

Overview

Dr. Fitzgerald is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He sees patients in the St. Petersburg and Tampa locations of Children's Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery Associates (COSSA), L.L.P. COSSA is the exclusive provider of pediatric orthopaedic services at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Dr. Fitzgerald was previously a surgeon at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis and was assistant clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at Indiana School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford, Illinois. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio, and a pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Back To School: How to pick a backpack, WTSP -TV (July 21, 2022).

Dr. Fitzgerald is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Clubfoot. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Clubfoot, Kyphosis, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 23 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Clubfoot.

Residency
Summa Health System, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2016
Specialties
Orthopedics
Licenses
Orthopaedic Surgery in FL
Orthopaedic Surgery in IN
Board Certifications
American Board Of Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowships
Rady Children's Hospital, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017
Hospital Affiliations
John's Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Bayfront Medical Center
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital
Mease Countryside Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male
Awards
Red Shoes Award Recipient: 2019, 2020
Indiana University Department of Orthopedic Surgery Golden Apple Award for Best Faculty Teacher: 2018-2019
Leadership in Academic Medicine Program Indiana University: 2018
Rady Children’s Hospital Lena Sefton Clark Fellow: 2017
Summa Health System Resident Teaching Award: 2016
Mid-America Orthopaedic Association’s Education Grant: April 2016
AAP: SOOr Young Investigator Award: October 2015
Walter A. Hoyt Sr. Award for Basic Science Research Award: 2015
Akron Children’s Post-graduate Best Basic Science Research Award: June 2015
Cleveland Orthopedic Society, Second Place – Best Basic Science Research: February 2015
Summa Orthopedic Research Award: 2014
Intern of the Year Award: June 2012
Excellence in Professionalism - University of Illinois College of Medicine: 2011
University of Illinois Senior 100 Honorary: 2007

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Florida Blue
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Health Options
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Highmark
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Humana
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Independent Health
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Johns Hopkins Healthcare
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Medicaid
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Sunshine Health
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UnitedHealthcare
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Locations

Children's Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery Associates LLP
625 6th Ave S, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Other Locations
Children's Orthopaedic And Scoliosis Surgery LLP
4443 Rowan Rd, New Port Richey, FL 34653
Children's Orthopaedic And Scoliosis Surgery LLP
5881 Rand Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34238
Children's Orthopaedic And Scoliosis Surgery LLP
3850 Tampa Rd, Palm Harbor, FL 34684
Children's Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery Associates LLP
3440 W Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33607

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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